Pete Buttigieg's Campaign Used Notoriously Low-Paying Gig-Work Platform for Polling
The campaign’s use of Mechanical Turk is in sharp contrast with Buttigieg’s outspokenness about the need for protections for gig workers.
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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At the Iowa Debate, Bernie Sanders’s Most Vociferous Opponent Was CNN
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
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.
Blackstone, a private equity firm, owns a hospital staffing company involved in manufacturing surprise billing schemes, which Buttigieg has pledged to ban.
National Democrats Have Endorsed Three Former Republicans in Key Senate Races
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is continuing a futile party strategy of endorsing moderates over candidates with more progressive platforms.
Pete Buttigieg Pledged to Make Diversity a Priority, but His Mayoral Leadership Is Mostly White
Buttigieg has touted diversity in his city administration, but seven out of nine department heads in South Bend are white.
DCCC to Consultants: Helping to Elect a Republican? Sure, We'll Work With You.
Despite its blacklist policy, DCCC has paid over $2 million to Trilogy Interactive, one of the biggest vendors working with the With Honor PAC.
The Search for a Pete Buttigieg Fundraiser
Activists heard that Buttigieg might be opening up his high-dollar fundraisers. But finding the location along Manhattan’s wealthiest corridors wasn’t easy.
South Bend’s Police Chief, Close Ally of Pete Buttigieg, Promotes Officer Involved in Controversial Choking Death
The recent promotion of officer Dave Johnson is yet another example of the mayor’s failure to adequately address troubling race relations in South Bend.
Pete Buttigieg Says Marijuana Arrests Signify “Systemic Racism.” His South Bend Police Fit the Bill.
A black South Bend resident was 4.3 times more likely to be arrested for possessing marijuana since 2012 than a white resident. Nationally, it was 3:1.