What The Lever Reported This Week:
• Boeing Supplier Ignored Warnings Of “Excessive Amount Of Defects,” Former Employees Allege — Weeks before Alaska Airlines’ terrifying debacle, one of the aircraft’s manufacturers was accused of systematically ignoring safety problems.
• How Boeing Bought Washington — Before the recent Boeing disaster, the company and its parts supplier Spirit AeroSystems spent years lobbying to boost production and weaken safety regulations.
• Nikki Haley Helped Boeing Kill Dark Money Disclosure Initiative — Following 737 crashes, the GOP presidential hopeful helped crush a proposal to force more disclosure of Boeing’s spending to influence safety regulators.
• How Kroger's Merger Push Leads Back To Alleged Human Trafficker — To defend its controversial corporate consolidation plan, the grocery giant highlighted ties to local growers — including one that hired an alleged human trafficking kingpin.
• Big Oil Is Weaponizing The First Amendment — Fossil fuel’s favorite law firm is using the concept of free speech to legally defend the industry’s misleading climate claims as well as silence its critics.
• YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Regulators Come For Boeing and Co. — Following The Lever’s reporting, the companies behind a recent airliner accident could be facing a reckoning.
Stuff To Watch Or Listen To:
• LEVER TIME: Amid Boeing Crisis, Is It Still Safe To Fly? — David Sirota and guests explore how the air travel industry — including manufacturers like Boeing — sacrificed quality for profit.
• MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Alien (w/ Joe Mayall) — The MVC team travels to space, where no one can hear you scream… due to workplace endangerment.
• LEVER TIME PREMIUM: How Wall Street Could Ruin College Football — The Lever team explains everything you need to know about how private equity could soon get involved in college sports.
The Lever In The News:
• The Lever On Weekend Edition — NPR's Scott Simon speaks with The Lever's Helen Santoro about her reporting on outdated health insurer directories and lower reimbursement rates for providers and patients.
• The Lever On Democracy Now! — David Sirota appeared on Democracy Now! to discuss The Lever’s breaking original reporting on the Boeing debacle.
• A “Miraculous” Landing Raises Systemic Airline Safety Questions — The Lever’s Katya Schwenk appeared on The Big Story podcast to discuss what is happening with Boeing and the airline industry.
• Boeing Manufacturer IGNORED Safety Warnings By Staff — Ana Kasparian discusses The Lever’s coverage on The Young Turks.
• GOP Hopeful Nikki Haley Involved in Blocking Boeing 2020 Transparency Initiative — Democracy Now! discusses our coverage of Nikki Haley and Boeing.
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