Prospect Weekend Reads Week of July 8th Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
Escape From the Box: Buying a car in America opens customers up to overcharges, hidden fees, unnecessary add-ons and rampant deception from car dealers. As David Dayen reports, one former car salesman is fighting to make the system more ethical. Dead Man Walking: President Biden's candidacy is almost dead on arrival. Robert Kuttner wonders: Do the Democrats have the energy to turn out enough voters for down ballot races that will also vote at the top of the ticket?
Arkansas Secretary of State Rejects Abortion Amendment Petitions: In the eleventh hour, Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston rejected petitions for a constitutional amendment protecting the right to abortion that would have been on the ballot in November. Gabrielle Gurley has the story.
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