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1/2/2025
12 : 34
The Rise Of Big Potato
Allegations of price collusions among the potato cartel reveal the new, sophisticated methods food corporations are using to keep prices high. Why are your french fries so expensive? Two words: Big
1/1/2025
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12/31/2024
18 : 4
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12/30/2024
19 : 4
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12/29/2024
18 : 44
They flourish in darkness.
Shine light in the darkest corners of our politics.
12/29/2024
14 : 4
In 2024, Our Work Had Impact
Accountability journalism delivers results. Subjects from The Lever's impact stories in 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew/Charlie Riedel) Our efforts aren't simply for show. This year, again and
12/28/2024
18 : 34
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12/28/2024
14 : 4
The Year Of The Master Plan
The results are in, and they've exceeded our wildest hopes. Subjects from Master Plan. (AP Photo/Nick Ut/Manuel Balce Ceneta/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) When we started working on Master Plan more
12/27/2024
18 : 34
Sounds like accountability.
Now, it's time to build on our success. In 2025, we want Lever Time to help decide which voices and ideas are elevated into popular discourse.
12/27/2024
12 : 34
It’s Lever Time!
This year, our flagship podcast Lever Time reached new heights. Now we're taking it to the next level. Subjects of Lever Time episodes from this year. (H. Armstrong Roberts and Alex Brandon/AP
12/26/2024
18 : 34
A pleasure and a privilege.
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12/26/2024
12 : 34
The Human Face Of The Corporate Takeover
While The Lever team is on holiday break, here's a selection of our best reporting this year. Art from The Lever's human-interest investigations. (Clockwise from top left: Ryan Johnson/Lindsey
12/24/2024
18 : 14
Here’s how we do it.
How did our work reach millions of eyes and ears in 2024? It's because we follow the money to find the real story behind breaking news.
12/24/2024
12 : 34
When News Broke In 2025, We Were There
While The Lever team is on holiday break, we're offering subscribers a selection of our best reporting this year. Scenes from disasters covered by The Lever. (Rockdale County Government/AP Photos/
12/23/2024
22 : 24
Our campaign to make 2025 The Lever’s strongest year yet.
Four years ago, after working as speechwriter for Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign, I started an email newsletter covering the complex web of money, influence, and greed corrupting our democracy.
12/23/2024
12 : 34
The McKinsey Opioid Consultants Who Got Away
The Biden administration just delivered a sweetheart deal to its friends at McKinsey, letting the consulting giant off the hook for helping to “turbocharge” disastrous OxyContin sales. Investigators
12/22/2024
14 : 44
LEVER WEEKLY: Nurses And Other Superheroes
Financial technology startups could ruin Christmas and more from The Lever this week. Nurses And Other Superheroes By The Lever • 22 Dec 2024 View in browser View in browser This is Lever Weekly, a
12/21/2024
14 : 4
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Banning The Bans
Censorship gets banned, youth score a climate win, nurses win a major union vote, workers' rights are clear and unmistakable, and small businesses go boom. Banning The Bans By Sam Pollak • 21 Dec
12/20/2024
12 : 34
LEVER TIME: How Marvel Helped Sell Us Forever Wars
Can a comic book icon of military power be used to challenge war propaganda? When Iron Man hit theaters in 2008, it didn't just launch the wildly successful Marvel Cinematic Universe — it also
12/19/2024
9 : 14
Regulators Warn Crypto Could Cause Another Financial Crisis
New government reports warn that the rise of crypto-related economic risks could trigger widespread financial disruption. The similarities between the cryptocurrency bubble and the 2008 financial