Prospect Weekend Reads Week of June 26th Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
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People demonstrate outside the Supreme Court, June 30, 2023, in Washington.
Supreme Court Decides Fake Plaintiffs Are Good Plaintiffs: In using a case where the stated plaintiff had no involvement in the lawsuit to wipe away student debt cancellation for over 43 million borrowers, the Supreme Court has gotten away with substituting their own beliefs for the law. David Dayen has the story. Samuel Alito's Revealing Temper Tantrum: Read Steven Lubet on how Justice Alito's preemptive response
to the ProPublica story about his connections with GOP donors reveals much about his breach of judicial ethics.
The Death Cult of the American Car: As
pedestrian deaths continue to escalate on a year-by-year basis, Ryan Cooper argues, state and federal governments can borrow from the European playbook to regulate large vehicles and bar lobbyists from dictating motor policy.
We're Number One! (Actually, 38, out of 38): A recent
Oxfam study of 38 OECD nations ranked the U.S. last or near last in minimum wages, unemployment standards, worker protections, and the right to organize. Harold Meyerson has the story.
Minnesota Stands Out in Midwest on Abortion: Read Emma Murphy on how Minnesota has become a haven for those seeking abortion from neighboring red states, showing how Democratically controlled legislatures can expand the right to abortion post-Dobbs.
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