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Prospect Weekend Reads
Week of June 17th
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How an 'Algorithm' Turned Apartment Pools Green [link removed]: RealPage, the software company currently under FBI investigation, gave landlords the tools to extract ever-higher revenues while keeping vacancies high. Maureen Tkacik reports on how the price-fixing company changed the logic of rental housing.

The Independent Media Hustle [link removed]: In this week's installment of The Infernal Triangle, Rick Perlstein details how political journalism can meet the moment, using Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo's independent success as a case study.

Elon Musk and the Decline of Tesla [link removed]: Elon Musk is sticking around Tesla, having extorted $48 billion from his shareholders. That's good news for him, Ryan Cooper writes, but Tesla's days may be numbered.

Big Business Has Come for Your Baseball Cards [link removed]: Fanatics, the self-described Amazon of sports, has used long-term exclusive deals to monopolize apparel and memorabilia markets, and make its products unavoidable. Luke Goldstein has the story.

A Fighter for the Working Class [link removed]: Longtime reporter Linda Tirado is dying as a result of complications from being shot by a police officer with a rubber bullet during the George Floyd protests. Alissa Quart honors her life and tireless legacy fighting for working people.

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