The Lever

The Lever (formerly known as The Daily Poster) is an American investigative news outlet founded by David Sirota. The name The Lever is a reference to a quote attributed to Greek mathematician Archimedes, "give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." The Lever's staff includes journalists Andrew Perez,... Julia Rock, Matthew Cunningham-Cook, and Rebecca Burns. The investigative reporting from The Lever is frequently cited by other news outlets, including citations in the New York Times, The Guardian, HuffPost, and other outlets. During the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in 2023, The Lever revealed that the bank had lobbied for less regulation, a fact which was later cited in The New York Times''' newsletter DealBook. The Lever was also among the first news outlets to report on the 2023 Ohio train derailment. According to journalist Krystal Ball, The Lever's reporting on these topics "pushed the mainstream press to deal with the issues of political capture and deregulation that are at the heart of those crises... They beat the legacy press on both of those stories and shaped the mainstream coverage." In March 2023, The Lever received an Izzy Award from the Park Center for Independent Media "for outstanding achievement in independent media." Notable reporting and projects Dark money influence on the U.S. Supreme Court A four-part series published in 2022 by Andrew Perez of The Lever in partnership with ProPublica, titled "Inside The Right's Historic Billion-Dollar Dark Money Transfer," followed the money behind the architect of the conservative supermajority in the Supreme Court, Leonard Leo. The investigation exposed Chicago businessman Barre Seid's $1.6 billion donation to Leo's political advocacy nonprofit in the largest known dark money transfer in United States history. The series won the 2023 Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media. California Congressman Ro Khanna cited The Lever's reporting on this topic when advocating for legislation ...Read More