Inside the Slow Implosion of the Democratic Party’s Vaunted Campaign Tech Firm
Loyal Democrats say layoffs at NGP VAN and EveryAction by the company’s new private equity owners could hobble the party.
Akela Lacy
Akela Lacy is a Senior Politics Reporter at The Intercept and co-host of The Intercept Briefing podcast. 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 based in New York.
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 based in New York.
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NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scanning of Digital Versions
Authorities say banning physical mail will stem the flow of drugs, but most contraband behind bars comes from other sources — including jail guards.
Party Drugs for PTSD: Study Moves Therapeutic Use of MDMA Toward Approval
The drug scored positive results in a clinical trial designed to meet FDA standards.
Did Republicans Know About George Santos Before the Election?
The race was neck and neck, but outside Republican groups put almost no cash into Santos’s effort.
George Santos Moved to Florida in 2016, Voted There, Then Quickly Registered Again in New York
Republican Rep.-elect George Santos's official biography was filled with misrepresentations, but his real history is coming into focus.
Elon Musk’s Growing Purge of His Twitter Critics — at the Behest of the Far Right
The anarchist website It’s Going Down has no idea why its account was suspended. It had never tweeted about Elon Musk’s private jet.
Federal Prisons Failed to Stop a Pattern of Sexual Abuse Against Women
A Senate investigation found that the Bureau of Prisons did not "prevent, detect, and stop recurring sexual abuse in at least four federal prisons, including abuse by senior prison officials.”
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Incarcerated People Forced to Do Dangerous Work for "Slave" Wages at Height of Pandemic
New documents show the extent of the prison labor in New York, including jobs like asbestos removal.
Pennsylvania’s Governor-Elect Ran on Saving Democracy. Then He Appointed a Trump White House Lawyer.
Though Josh Shapiro’s entire election strategy was that he was the anti-MAGA candidate, the centrist Democrat’s team included Republican Jim Schultz.
Hakeem Jeffries Was a Literal No-Show on the Green New Deal
With momentum behind the climate initiative, progressive organizers set up an event with Jeffries in mind. Instead, his constituents found an empty chair.