While The Lever team is on a much-needed hiatus, here’s a selection of our best recent longreads.
National Politics
Landlords are using AI to screen their tenants, heightening errors and discrimination.
After a nudge from billionaires’ think tank, justices agreed to hear a case designed to preemptively block a wealth tax.
From its recent rulings to its billionaire donor scandals, this Supreme Court term has been defined by judicial activist Leonard Leo.
The Ohio senator quietly delayed the timeline for safer tank cars that regulators say could help prevent train spills like the one in East Palestine.
As activists disrupted Semafor’s celebration with the coal baron senator, we saw the flaws of corporate funded-media in the age of climate catastrophe.
The Supreme Court just gutted wetland protections after lobbying by Harlan Crow’s business interests.
Experts say the Florida governor and his super PAC are pushing boundaries and betting that election regulators are asleep on the job.
Dems’ debt-deal celebration tells us exactly what they think is a victory — and for whom they want to deliver such wins.
Tax records show how Leonard Leo’s $1.6 billion dark money network is quietly working to eliminate state abortion protections.