Prospect Weekend Reads Week of October 14th Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
ILLUSTRATION BY ALEX NABAUM
Leveraging the Money Power: Pension funds are America’s largest pool of public capital. For our October special issue, Robert Kuttner examines how blue states can leverage this power for the public good. Sean O'Brien's Tantrum Against the Democrats: What game is Sean O’Brien playing? Is he looking out for the Teamsters, Steven
Greenhouse asks, or is he looking out for himself?
Playing Hardball: How can blue states protect themselves from interstate aggression? For our October special issue, Arkadi Gerney and Sarah Knight argue it's time for blue states to play offense.
Falling Into Climate Disaster: For
our Cold Civil War issue, Gabrielle Gurley examines how red state climate obstructionism is preventing the country from meeting its climate goals.
Cutting Through the Granite: Maggie Goodlander, a former Biden antitrust official now running for Congress, is bringing a message of fighting corporate power to New Hampshire’s notoriously prickly voters. Luke Goldstein has the story.
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