Akela Lacy
The Intercept
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Past articles by Akela:
How Moderate Democrats Derailed Police Reform
Centrists demanded a police reform bill that didn’t go too far. Now they don’t get one at all. → Read More
Biden Wins, but Now the Hard Part Begins
In Detroit, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia, organizing by progressives gave Biden a boost. → Read More
Progressive Challengers Could Shatter a Washington Narrative on Tuesday
With most attention on the presidential race, a number of Democratic House candidates are hoping to flip red seats and disprove a 2018 theory. → Read More
On the Ballot in Missouri: A GOP Effort to Undo Redistricting Reform
Missourians will vote on the GOP-backed Amendment 3, which could exclude children and noncitizens from being counted during districting. → Read More
Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party Isn’t Ready For This Fight, but Its People Might Be
A constellation of grassroots progressive organizations in the Lehigh Valley is hoping to fill the gap left by the Democratic Party. → Read More
Philadelphia Activists on Verge of Historic Win for Public Housing
Protesters and Philadelphia city officials have reached a tentative agreement to turn 50 properties over to a community land trust. → Read More
In New Ad, Anti-Monopoly Group Hits Rep. Richie Neal Over Blackstone Ties, Corporate Tax Cuts
It’s the second ad from Fight Corporate Monopolies, a progressive group, to criticize Neal, who chairs the Ways and Means Committee, over corporate ties. → Read More
GOP Money Flowing to Super PAC Backing Rep. Eliot Engel, Documents Show
Nearly $1 million in dark money has boosted Engel, who is facing a serious challenge from Jamaal Bowman, in the past few weeks. → Read More
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. → Read More
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. → Read More
Bloomberg Has Hired the Vice Chairs of the Texas and California Democratic Parties
The Bloomberg campaign is counting on performing well in the delegate-rich Super Tuesday states. → Read More
AIPAC Is Helping Fund Anti-Bernie Sanders Super PAC Ads in Nevada
The group is telling donors that contributions to the Democratic Majority for Israel, whose ads are attacking Sanders, count as donations to AIPAC. → Read More
Bloomberg Plagiarized Parts of At Least Eight of His Plans
The Intercept found that exact passages from at least eight Bloomberg plans or accompanying fact sheets were plagiarized. → Read More
Meet Mark Mellman: the Centrist, Pro-Israel Operative Behind the Anti-Sanders Ads in Iowa
Democratic Majority for Israel has deep ties to the right-leaning pro-Israel lobby AIPAC — and now the group is spending big to stop Bernie Sanders. → Read More
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. → Read More
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. → Read More
Tiffany Cabán Stuns Queens Machine, Holds Solid Lead in Race for Queens District Attorney
Cabán ran on ending cash bail, decriminalizing poverty and sex work, and faced the full weight of the machine. → Read More
Ocasio-Cortez Amendment Shifts Some of DEA’s Funding to Opioid Treatment, as House Democrats Push to Increase Agency’s Budget
House Democrats originally allocated $80 million more to the law enforcement agency than the Trump administration had even requested. → Read More
Sanders, Warren, and Wyden Slam Assange Indictment, a Renegade Use of the Espionage Act to Criminalize Journalism
The indictment marks the first time the U.S. has used the Espionage Act to target a publisher. → Read More
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Backs Tiffany Cabán in Pivotal Queens DA Race
Ocasio-Cortez announced support for Cabán after the Democratic Socialists of America endorsed the public defender earlier this month. → Read More