The Lever (website)
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| Type | News website |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | David Sirota |
| Deputy editor | Andrew Perez |
| Associate editor | Aditi Ramaswami |
| Managing editors | Joel Warner |
| Staff writers | Julia Rock, Matthew Cunningham-Cook |
| Founded | April 2020 |
| Website | https://www.levernews.com/ |
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The Lever is a reader-supported online news outlet that focuses on investigative journalism. The organization was founded in 2020 by American journalist David Sirota.[1]
According to the outlet’s website, “The Lever’s reporting, podcasts, videos, and live events focus on politics, business and corruption — and how money shapes and distorts economic and environmental policy.”[2]
Initially named The Daily Poster, the outlet was rebranded as The Lever in 2022.[3]
History[edit]
Sirota founded the outlet in April 2020, after ending his work as senior advisor and speechwriter for Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign.[4] The Lever launched on the publishing platform Substack, before moving to Ghost in May 2021.[5] Regarding the move, Sirota told The New York Times, “we want our operation and our brand to stand on its own.”[6]
The Lever is supported by readers through paid subscriptions. As Sirota noted in a post, “As one of the few reader-supported news outlets covering politics and government, we hold ourselves accountable only to you, our subscribers.”[7]
In March 2021, New York legislators credited the organization with helping to expose the COVID-19 nursing home scandal that helped lead to the resignation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.[8] The Washington Post credited The Lever with revealing how President Joe Biden’s Education Department was contesting bankruptcy discharges for federal student loan borrowers, while The Guardian noted that the outlet was the first to report that Biden officials ignored scientific warnings about climate change when it leased parts of the Gulf of Mexico for offshore drilling.[9][10]
Articles from The Lever have been syndicated in Newsweek, The Guardian, Jacobin, The American Prospect, and The Daily Beast.[11][12][13][14][15]
In June 2022, The Lever launched a weekly podcast called Lever Time.[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ "About The Lever". The Lever. 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "About The Lever". The Lever. 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "Introducing THE LEVER". The Lever. 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "A personal note of thanks…". The Lever. 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "Welcome To The Daily Poster's New Website". The Lever. 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ Smith, Ben (2021-04-11). "Why We're Freaking Out About Substack". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "A personal note of thanks…". The Lever. 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "https://twitter.com/levernews/status/1370231545013837825". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-06-15. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ Douglas-Gabriel, Danielle (2022-02-17). "Biden administration promised bankruptcy reforms. So why is it still fighting student loan borrowers in court?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ↑ "Revealed: Biden administration was not legally bound to auction gulf drilling rights". the Guardian. 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "The government just admitted it doesn't really try to collect taxes owed by rich people". Newsweek. 2021-03-20. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "Prepare for McCarthy-era crackdowns on pro-choice protesters | Andrew Perez and David Sirota". the Guardian. 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "Workers' Pensions Are Funding Congress's Far-Right Extremists". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ Sirota, Walker Bragman, David (2020-07-14). "The Government Gave Big Oil the Power to Prosecute Its Biggest Critic". The American Prospect. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ Poster, The Daily (2021-05-13). "Debt Collectors Spending Big to Block a Crackdown". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "LEVER TIME: There's No Duty To Protect (Also: Judd Apatow On George Carlin)". The Lever. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
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