Prospect Weekend Reads Week of June 17th Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
ILLUSTRATION BY JANDOS ROTHSTEIN
How an ‘Algorithm’ Turned Apartment Pools Green: 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: In this week's installment of The Infernal Triangle, Rick Perlsteindetails 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: 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: 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: 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 Quarthonors her life and tireless legacy fighting for working
people.
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