The Lever is an American reader-supported investigative news outlet founded by David Sirota. The name The Lever is inspired by a quote from the Greek mathematician Archimedes, who said, "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."[1] Former CNN host Brian Stelter described The Lever as a "small but mighty news start-up," describing the life of its founder David Sirota as "one long campaign against plutocrats and the corrupt politicians who enable them."[1]
As of April 2024, The Lever has more than 112,000 active free and paying subscribers, and a staff of nineteen.[2]The Lever's mission, according to founder David Sirota, is to "hold power accountable."[1] According to Managing Editor Joel Warner, The Lever's "bread and butter" reporting and “core area of success” is reporting on "how corporate power is making everything worse for the rest of us".[2]
The investigative reporting from The Lever is frequently cited by other news outlets, including citations in the New York Times, NPR, The Washington Post, Politico, Al Jazeera, Rolling Stone, and The Baltimore Sun.[2]The Lever's reporting has also been cited in tweets and press releases by politicians such as Senator Sheldon Whitehouse,[3] Congressman Ro Khanna,[4] and Congressman Chris Deluzio.[5]
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist David Cay Johnston praised The Lever's reporting on corruption at The Boeing Company, stating that The Lever’s coverage of this story "is worthy of the top honor in American journalism, the Pulitzer Gold Medal for public service."[6]
According to political commentator Krystal Ball, The Lever's reporting on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (2023) and the 2023 Ohio train derailment "pushed the mainstream press to deal with the issues of political capture and deregulation that are at the heart of those crises... They beat the legacy press on both of those stories and shaped the mainstream coverage."[1]
^ abcdStelter, Brian (2023-03-18). "Politics by Other Means". Air Mail. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
^ abcTobitt, Charlotte (2024-04-22). "The Lever gets reader backing to expose corporate corruption and grows editorial team". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
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^David Cay Johnston, Huge Boeing Scandal Behind Alaska Airlines Catastrophe, DCReport, Jan 15, 2024
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