Prospect Weekend Reads Week of February 5th Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
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People participating in the “Take Our Border Back” convoy gather in Dripping Springs, Texas, February 2, 2024.
The REAL Threat at Our Border: As Rick Perlstein explains in the latest installment of The Infernal Triangle, the real danger facing Texas isn’t an “invasion” of migrants. It's the far right.
Pre-Preemption: GOP-controlled states are blocking liberal cities from passing legislation residents desperately need, despite widespread voter support. Harold Meyerson reports on how Republican state legislatures prevent the will of urban voters for our February print issue.
Casualties of a Failed Health Care System: A broken healthcare system has left hospitals around the country in shambles, even at the elite Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Staffing shortages, mergers, and our system of profits over patient care, Robert Kuttner writes, are to blame. From Flint to East Palestine and Back: A year after the train derailment in East Palestine, residents are still waiting for Washington lawmakers to fund studies on the ongoing health impacts. Gabrielle Gurley has the story. Blowing the Door Off Boeing's 'Epstein Deal': In 2008, the same Deputy AG that gave Jeffrey Epstein a sweetheart plea deal won a similar deal for Boeing after the 737 Max murders. Now, Maureen Tkacik reports, a lawyer who represented Epstein's victims is suing the Department of Justice to determine whether Boeing deployed the same tactics to avoid prosecution.
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