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Prospect Weekend Reads
Week of March 18
Stories from the week you don't want to miss!
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The battle-scarred home in Kibbutz Be'eri, in Israel near the Gaza
border, where Hamas held more than a dozen hostages when it overran
southern Israel on October 7, 2023
What Really Happened on October 7?
:
A new documentary from Al Jazeera cuts through the ecosystem of
disinformation and Israeli propaganda to try to determine what really
happened on October 7th. Read Maureen Tkacik's review of the
documentary, which premiered on YouTube this week.
Landmark's Settlement Breaks Up the Real Estate Cartel
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The National Association of Realtors has agreed to end the practice of
six percent agent commissions, which could drop US commissions by as
much as 30 percent and lower home prices by thousands of dollars. David
Dayen has the story.
The Disinformation Gap Between Talk and Action
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U.S. policymakers have said much about the impact of disinformation on
our electorate. It's time for them to pass comprehensive regulation that
actually matches their rhetoric, Gabrielle Gurley argues.
How the Welfare State Fails the Poor
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Our welfare programs shame the poor and withhold essential services,
while Wall Street gets trillion dollar bailouts. It doesn't have to be
that way, Robert Kuttner writes in his review of the new documentary The
Barber of Little Rock.
The Self-Funding 'Victim' of the Criminal Justice System
:
In trying to distinguish himself from his opponent, former prosecutor
Angela Alsobrooks, Maryland Senate candidate David Trone is casting
himself as a victim of the criminal justice system-although his
run-ins with the law were for business violations. Luke Goldstein has
the story.
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