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Prospect Weekend Reads
Week of May 15th
Stories from the week you don't want to miss!

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Economists Hate Rent Control. Here's Why They're Wrong
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To solve the housing crisis, the U.S. will need to embrace policies to
increase the number of affordable housing units, encourage more
construction, and build millions of units of social housing. As Mark
Paul writes, rent control is a commonsense solution that would make a
huge difference.

The Access Journalism-House Republican Mind Meld
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For X-Date, our daily newsletter on the debt ceiling, David Dayen wrote
about the thinly-disguised relationship between Punchbowl News and Kevin
McCarthy, which has distorted the debt ceiling fight by laundering House
Republican wishes through "objective" journalism.

Rahm Emanuel's Gas Pipeline
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The Alaska LNG Project, long viewed as a commercially nonviable
liquefied natural gas complex, is now receiving support from Biden
administration officials-including U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm
Emanuel. Lee Harris has the story.
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What Happens if President Biden Caves on the Debt Ceiling?
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What would the White House caving to the GOP on the debt ceiling mean
for the American people? Ryan Cooper found out.

Curtailing Starbucks' War on Its Unionized Baristas
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Starbucks is denying benefits and raises to its unionized workers,
making organizing new shops tougher than ever. This is almost certainly
illegal, Steven Greenhouse reports, but the NLRB still has not yet taken
action.

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