Akela Lacy

Akela Lacy is a politics reporter. She was previously The Intercept’s inaugural Ady Barkan Reporting Fellow; prior to that, she was a politics fellow in the D.C. Bureau. She has also worked at Politico, covering breaking news and immigration. She produced Politico’s flagship newsletter, Playbook, and co-authored the afternoon newsletter, Playbook PM. Prior to that, Lacy worked in international reporting at the Pulitzer Center. She graduated from the College of William and Mary with a B.A. in sociology and Italian. She is currently based in Washington, D.C.

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Pete Buttigieg Skipped South Bend Meetings on Police Oversight to Attend Campaign Fundraisers Across the Country

Akela Lacy — Jan. 23

Buttigieg said those meetings, which were established after a controversial police shooting, were meant to empower residents. He attended only one of eight.

Pete Buttigieg’s Campaign Used Notoriously Low-Paying Gig-Work Platform for Polling

Ryan Grim, Akela Lacy — Jan. 16

The campaign’s use of Mechanical Turk is in sharp contrast with Buttigieg’s outspokenness about the need for protections for gig workers.

At the Iowa Debate, Bernie Sanders’s Most Vociferous Opponent Was CNN

Ryan Grim, Aída Chávez, Akela Lacy — Jan. 15

Bernie Sanders took a beating from CNN moderators in the January Democratic presidential primary debate — the last one before the Iowa caucuses.

Joe Biden Is Getting Millions of Dollars of Air Cover in Iowa From Undisclosed Donors

Akela Lacy — Jan. 10

Biden’s Super PAC, Unite the Country, does not have to disclose its donors until January 31 — three days before the much-awaited Iowa caucus.

Buttigieg Blames Private Equity Firms for Surprise Billing. One of His Bundlers, a Blackstone Exec, Is Linked to the Problem.

Akela Lacy — December 24 2019

Blackstone, a private equity firm, owns a hospital staffing company involved in manufacturing surprise billing schemes, which Buttigieg has pledged to ban.

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