Climate Crimes
After Climate Forum, Biden Heads to a Fundraiser Co-Hosted by a Fossil Fuel Executive
Andrew Goldman, co-founder of Western LNG, was a top fundraiser for Biden's last presidential campaign and is raising money for him again.
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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Senate Democrats' Campaign Arm Is Pressuring Consultants Not to Work With Leading Progressive Candidate in Colorado
Andrew Romanoff said the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee pressured a number of firms not to work with his Senate campaign.
From Philadelphia to Oregon, the Insurgency Is Making Waves in Municipal Elections
So far this year, Working Families Party-backed candidates were elected into more than 50 offices at the local and municipal levels in nine states.
Before Kamala Harris Soured on Bernie Sanders's Medicare for All Bill, She Grew Her Email List From It
Kamala Harris distanced herself from Bernie Sanders’s Medicare for All bill at an event with large-dollar donors two weeks after her campaign ran those ads.
Amy McGrath’s Senate Campaign Manager Helped Get Her Potential Primary Opponent Fired
WLEX, a Kentucky TV station, fired host Matt Jones, who has been pondering a primary challenge to Amy McGrath, at the urging of her campaign manager.
Progressive Candidates Are Carving a Path to the Senate in 2020 — No Thanks to Chuck Schumer
If Democrats manage to seize the Senate and make Schumer the majority leader, it will be in large part due to the work of an organized left.
26-Year-Old Gun Violence Prevention Activist Is Taking on 26-Year Incumbent Rep. Bobby Rush
Robert Emmons is vying for the Chicago-area congressional seat that Bobby Rush was first elected to in 1992.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Chief of Staff and Communications Director Will Depart Her Office
Saikat Chakrabarti will go to New Consensus to work on climate issues. Corbin Trent will be the communications director on Ocasio-Cortez’s 2020 campaign.
Ohio Republicans Balked at a Nuclear Bailout, so the Industry Elected New Republicans — and Walked Away With $1.1 Billion
A newly elected state legislature, backed by a dark-money effort linked primarily to the nuclear industry, overcame years of opposition to pass the bailout.
As Puerto Rico Erupts in Protests and Governor Resigns, “La Junta” Eyes More Power
While la junta and its supporters have painted the Puerto Rican government as financially irresponsible, the board itself is no paragon of fiscal restraint.