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  • | Sen John Thune AP PhotoManuel Balce Ceneta | MR Online

    Rail-lobbyist-turned-Senator could block safety bill

    Originally published: The Lever on March 9, 2023 by Julia Rock, Jordan Uhl & Matthew Cunningham-Cook (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Mar 11, 2023)

    John Thune embodies the rail industry’s Washington influence machine that could now kill bipartisan safety legislation.

  • | Politico article presented by the Association of American Railroads AAR | MR Online

    Rail lobbyists pay Politico to tout train safety

    Originally published: The Lever on February 28, 2023 by Andrew Perez (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Mar 06, 2023)

    The Beltway newsletter is running ads about the railroad industry’s alleged commitment to safety as rail lobbyists fight new safety rules.

  • | President Joe Biden greets Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at the 2023 State of the Union address Jacquelyn Martin | MR Online

    Biden DOJ backing Norfolk Southern’s bid to block lawsuits

    Originally published: The Lever on February 16, 2023 by Rebecca Burns & Julia Rock (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Feb 23, 2023)

    The company whose train derailed in Ohio is asking the Supreme Court to kill a suit by a sick rail worker—and help the firm block future lawsuits.

  • | Ohio Gov Mike DeWine and the campaign to greenwash natural gas AP PhotoPhelan M Ebenhack | MR Online

    The corporate campaign to greenwash natural gas

    Originally published: The Lever on February 14, 2023 by Naomi LaChance (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Feb 15, 2023)

    Fossil fuel-backed Democrats and Republicans are teaming up to promote natural gas as a clean energy source and maintain its use.

  • | MOVIES VS CAPITALISM | MR Online

    Introducing our new podcast: ‘Movies vs Capitalism’

    Originally published: The Lever on February 7, 2023 (more by The Lever)  |

    The Lever’s new movie podcast launches.

  • | AP PhotoMary Altaffer File | MR Online

    A Wall Street time bomb

    Originally published: The Lever on February 2, 2023 by David Sirota (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Feb 05, 2023)

    After reaping huge fees off workers’ savings, private equity firms’ subterfuge could imperil promised benefits for millions of workers and retirees.

  • | Beto ORourke and Texas Gov Greg Abbott AP Photo | MR Online

    The lawsuit that could freeze speech against billionaires

    Originally published: The Lever on January 20, 2023 by Jordan Uhl (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Jan 23, 2023)

    A gas mogul’s case against Beto O’Rourke could deter candidates from ever talking about money in politics.

  • | AP PhotoElise Amendola | MR Online

    How Big Pharma actually spends its massive profits

    Originally published: The Lever on January 6, 2023 (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Jan 10, 2023)

    New research shows that pharmaceutical companies have spent more on enriching shareholders than drug research and development over the past decade.

  • | Congress Dark Money | MR Online

    Congress still protecting dark money donors

    Originally published: The Lever on December 20, 2022 by Andrew Perez (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Dec 22, 2022)

    A series of measures in Congress’ annual omnibus spending bill show that Democrats have given up their fight to end the dark money era.

  • | Leonard Leo speaks at the 2017 National Lawyers Convention AP PhotoSait Serkan Gurbuz | MR Online

    Leonard Leo’s latest Supreme Court play

    Originally published: The Lever on December 14, 2022 by Andy Kroll, Andrew Perez & Aditi Ramaswami (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Dec 19, 2022)

    The conservative activist’s dark money network is bankrolling groups pressing the high court to gut election, affirmative action, and discrimination laws.

  • | Cryptocurrency options for your 401k AP PhotoKin Cheung | MR Online

    Crypto bros want your 401(k)

    Originally published: The Lever on December 12, 2022 by Matthew Cunningham-Cook (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Dec 14, 2022)

    Despite FTX’s collapse, a lawsuit linked to the exchange’s investor is trying to force regulators to allow crypto into the retirement market.

  • | AP PhotoPatrick Semansky | MR Online

    Why is AARP boosting Medicare privatization?

    Originally published: The Lever on November 21, 2022 by Matthew Cunningham-Cook (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Nov 23, 2022)

    The advocacy organization is welcoming the for-profit takeover of its members’ national health insurance program—because it earns hundreds of millions as part of the deal.

  • | A demonstrators mask reads Stop Evictions Save Lives during a protest in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles March 25 2021 AP PhotoMarcio Jose Sanchez | MR Online

    Real Estate industry spends big to crush LA “mansion tax”

    Originally published: The Lever on October 28, 2022 by Aditi Ramaswami (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Oct 31, 2022)

    Corporate real estate interests have come out in full force to try and defeat a ballot measure to hike taxes on multimillion-dollar property sales.

  • | A resident displays contaminated water in her kitchen in Jackson Miss AP PhotoSteve Helber | MR Online

    Private companies helped ruin Jackson’s water

    Originally published: The Lever on October 24, 2022 by Naomi LaChance (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Oct 26, 2022)

    As Mississippi considers privatizing Jackson’s water, parts of the city system already run by private companies have been left in ruins.

  • | AP PhotoRichard Drew | MR Online

    Health insurers get government cash, then jack up prices

    Originally published: The Lever on October 11, 2022 (more by The Lever)  |

    Despite the Affordable Care Act’s promises, publicly subsidized insurers are jacking up prices while Americans lose coverage.

  • | Massachusetts Wind Turbine | MR Online

    In Massachusetts, an undercover climate foe

    Originally published: The Lever on October 5, 2022 by Jon Lamson (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Oct 08, 2022)

    Utility companies in the liberal stronghold are using regulated monopoly profits to shape and derail environmental efforts.

  • | AP PhotoJulie Bennett | MR Online

    How Wall Street profits off of the sick and elderly

    Originally published: The Lever on September 30, 2022 by Jordan Uhl (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Oct 04, 2022)

    As Congress helps out its private equity donors, new research shows what happens when those firms take over nursing homes and medical offices.

  • | Sen Joe Manchin speaks during a news conference on Sept 20 2022 AP PhotoMariam Zuhaib | MR Online

    Study: Manchin’s Pipeline bill would be a climate nightmare

    Originally published: The Lever on September 27, 2022 (more by The Lever)  |

    New data suggest Dems’ greenwashed permitting legislation could produce far more carbon emissions than it eliminates.

  • | Image credit The American Clean Power Association | MR Online

    How a pipeline bill gets greenwashed

    Originally published: The Lever on September 23, 2022 by Julia Rock, Andrew Perez & David Sirota (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Sep 26, 2022)

    A “clean power” group with ties to the fossil fuel industry is selling the Manchin-Schumer gas export bill as a climate victory.

  • | A locomotive stops to switch tracks before arriving at the Selkirk rail yard Sept 14 2022 in Selkirk NY AP PhotoHans Pennink | MR Online

    Railroad CEOs were paid over $200 million as workers suffered

    Originally published: The Lever on September 16, 2022 by Matthew Cunningham-Cook (more by The Lever)  | (Posted Sep 20, 2022)

    Rail execs defend themselves by claiming their skyrocketing profits do not reflect “any contributions by labor.”

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    The gendered forms of violence in capitalist-patriarchal societies are, obviously, related to what is habitually recognized as violence against women.

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