At Debate, Progressive Jamaal Bowman Hits Israel Hawk Eliot Engel’s Defense Industry Backing
“He’s taken more money from weapons manufacturers than 144 Republicans in the House,” Bowman, Engel's most serious challenger, said in a recent debate.
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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Corporate Immunity, Mitch McConnell’s Priority for Coronavirus Relief, Is a Longtime Focus of the Conservative Right
ALEC, a Koch-backed group that drafts model bills for state legislators, has pushed corporate immunity measures on the state level since the early 2000s.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Defense Workers, Deemed "Essential," Protest Conditions as Overseas Weapons Sales Continue
Thanks to industry lobbying, weapons manufacturing plants are open amid the coronavirus pandemic to fulfill billions of dollars in weapons sales.
The Troubling History of the Georgia Bureau Now Investigating the Ahmaud Arbery Cover-Up
While some people welcomed the Georgia Bureau of Investigations's entry into Arbery's case, others familiar with its checkered past are more skeptical.
Multiple Yvette Clarke Primary Challenges Put Progressives in a Strategic Quandary
While James’s campaign has stalled, Adem Bunkeddeko, who nearly unseated Clarke in 2018, is the leading progressive challenger in the primary.
HEROES Act Delivers a Win to the Health Insurance Industry
The health insurance industry has for weeks been lobbying Congress to protect employer-sponsored coverage in the next coronavirus stimulus package.
The Coronavirus Crisis
A New York City Hospital Is Investigating a Nurse for Sharing Video Footage With The Intercept
Lillian Udell is being investigated for violating privacy laws after sharing video of nurses mourning a colleague who died of coronavirus at the hospital.
New Jersey's Cartoonishly Corrupt Democratic Party Is Finally Getting Challenged
Hector Oseguera, who is challenging Albio Sires for Congress, is part of a wave of challengers taking on the local machine in North Jersey.
The Coronavirus Crisis
How New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Is Using the Pandemic to Consolidate Power
Cuomo canceled six special elections, created some of the nation’s strictest ballot requirements, and expanded his budgetary powers, all in one month.
Donors to Top Fundraising Democrat in New York Congressional Race Include John Negroponte, George W. Bush’s Intelligence Chief
Evelyn Farkas’s campaign has received at least $100,000 from the defense industry, a host of lobbyists, and prominent Republicans like Negroponte.