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5/18/2024
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: The Consumer Watchdog Catches A Break
Plus, sick leave is sticking around, Medicaid tackles climate change, criminal justice reform is helping communities, and another state aims to make Big Oil pay. YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: The Consumer
5/17/2024
13 : 4
Thanks To Wall Street, There Goes The Neighborhood
Lawmakers are targeting investors' tightening grip on the single-family housing market, but a powerful new lobbying army is fighting back. Read below to learn how private equity is buying up single
5/17/2024
12 : 44
SIROTA’S SIGNALS: A Belated Admission About Bank Bailouts
Plus, a suicide crisis in college sports, and a graph that shows today's legacy of the financial crisis. SIROTA'S SIGNALS: A Belated Admission About Bank Bailouts By David Sirota • 16 May 2024
5/17/2024
12 : 42
LEVER TIME: What Will It Take For Israel To End Its War?
Pulitzer Prize winner Nathan Thrall details life in the Gaza Strip and West Bank since Oct. 7 and explores what's motivating Benjamin Netanyahu. What Will It Take For Israel To End Its War? By
5/14/2024
11 : 44
Landlords Are Charging You Junk Fees For Services That Screw You
Tenants are paying fees to have their credit scores lowered, among other dubious services. Read below to learn how tenants are being charged junk fees to have their credit scores lowered, among other
5/13/2024
11 : 34
Who’s Killing Your Independent Pharmacy?
As corporate pharmacy middlemen slash reimbursement fees to independent drugstores, local Illinois pharmacists push for legislative change. As millions of Americans struggle to afford their medicine,
5/12/2024
13 : 4
LEVER WEEKLY: What Is Their Ultimate Goal?
From airline refunds to tenants' collectives, people are taking control — here's all the news from The Lever this week. LEVER WEEKLY: What Is Their Ultimate Goal? By The Lever • 12 May 2024
5/11/2024
13 : 4
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Your Constitutional Right To Affordable Meds
Plus, Hawaii prioritizes housing for residents, a tech company cuts off the police, and Vermont votes to make Big Oil pay. YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Your Constitutional Right To Affordable Meds By Katherine
5/10/2024
11 : 34
LEVER TIME: Why Does America Provide So Much Support To Israel?
This week on Lever Time, we look at the forces inside the White House steering Biden's Israel policy and hear how the war has played out on the ground in Israel and Gaza. Why Does America Provide
5/9/2024
11 : 34
SIROTA’S SIGNALS: Why Hasn’t Biden Closed This Tax Loophole?
Plus, the real cost of Trump's tax cuts, a Big Tech ad that's a little too on the nose, and the Fed admits economic inequality is dangerous. SIROTA'S SIGNALS: Why Hasn't Biden Closed
5/8/2024
12 : 44
The Airlines’ Secret Billion-Dollar Refund Racket Is Set To End
Airlines won't say how much they make from unused flight credits, but potential automatic refunds could hurt their massive windfall. Read below to learn how airlines could be on the verge of losing
5/7/2024
11 : 34
CEOs Got Raises As They Cut Workers’ Pay
New data show the corporate pay gap is widening — now lawmakers are proposing a crackdown. Read below to learn how the pay gap between executives and their workers is growing wider and how a CEO tax
5/6/2024
11 : 34
Lawmakers Just Stole Air Travelers’ Right To Midflight Water
Politicians are helping airline lobbyists block passengers' right to drinking water and human-sized airplane seats. Read below to learn how lawmakers are trying to block your right to midflight
5/5/2024
13 : 4
LEVER WEEKLY: Airlines Want To Keep The Money They Owe You
Hundreds of millions of dollars are potentially at stake in the fight over airline refunds. LEVER WEEKLY: Airlines Want To Keep The Money They Owe You By David Sirota • 5 May 2024 View in browser View
5/4/2024
13 : 4
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Happy Math For Public Schools
Plus, free tax filing pays off, electric vehicles work double time, and pharmaceutical giants face scrutiny for outrageous pricing. YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Happy Math For Public Schools By Katherine Li • 4
5/3/2024
13 : 4
LEVER TIME: Big Brother Is Watching The Protesters, Sponsored By Corporate America
The intelligence community is using consumer tracking tools to spy on student protestors and everyone else they deem a threat. LEVER TIME: Big Brother Is Watching The Protesters, Sponsored By Corporate
5/2/2024
17 : 24
SIROTA’S SIGNALS: We’ll Have To Wait Until 2065 — Unless This Changes
Plus, Boeing drops incriminating evidence on an attorney, gambling takes over old-fashioned arcade games, and that time Nixon almost fought climate change. SIROTA'S SIGNALS: We'll Have To Wait
5/1/2024
11 : 34
The Homeowners’ Rebellion
Wall Street landlords face a heartland backlash that could set off a revolution. Check out our feature below on how deep in the American heartland, residents are taking a small but revolutionary step
4/30/2024
11 : 34
Congress May Cancel Your Automatic Flight Refunds
Airline-bankrolled lawmakers just added language to a bill that could undermine Biden's promise of automatic refunds on canceled or delayed flights. Read below to learn how lawmakers are trying to
4/29/2024
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Why we’re all Jacobin magazine subscribers
It's important work, and we want The Lever subscribers to access it. Why we're all Jacobin magazine subscribers By David Sirota • 29 Apr 2024 View in browser View in browser Friends: Every now