View this email in your browser

 

 

Your Prospect Weekend Reads
Week of 6/28/2021
Stories from the week you don't want to miss!

Patrick Semansky/ AP Photo
Nina Turner introduces Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie
Sanders during a campaign event, January 4, 2020, in Mason City, Iowa.

Nina Turner Is Reaching Forward and Reaching Back
:
In this profile, Contributor Sarah Jaffe asserts that although Democrats
may find Turner's style abrasive, they can learn a lot from the Bernie
Sanders ally. Specifically, it is because Turner has invited regular
people to join her fight for progressive ideas that she's found a
coherent message that resonates with working-class people.

Washington Isn't Used to the Left Setting the Agenda
:
Executive Editor David Dayen explains that the reason Washington is
alarmed by Democrats linking two separate infrastructure bills is
because they're not used to the left setting the agenda. For the left to
succeed, Dayen argues, they must also erase privatization from the
agenda.

The New Freedom Rides
:
Contributor Luis Feliz Leon profiles the successors of the original
Freedom Riders: a cross-country bus caravan led by Black Voters Matter
and the UNITE HERE hospitality workers union who are fighting back
against a resurgence of voter suppression bills nationwide, advocating
for federal voting rights legislation, and statehood for D.C.

VIDEO - It's Payback Time: Can Public Programs Get Us Out of Economic
Depression?
:
Managing Editor Jonathan Guyer, Staff Writer Alex Sammon, and
Contributors Kalena Thomhave and Bryce Covert reassess the welfare
system, digging further into the concepts they explored in our May/June
issue: UBI, cash benefits, and the Child Tax Credit.

The Senate's Quiet Opposers
:
Contributor Amelia Pollard explains that although progressive Democrats
view Manchin as the chief blocker of progress for thwarting the voting
rights bill and refusing to break the filibuster, he's definitely not
alone. And in fact, the filibuster has served to protect the guise of
Democratic consensus the party so desperately tries to maintain.

Biden's War Powers Without Limits
:
Contributor Karen Greenberg breaks down how airstrikes blur the
distinction between war and hostilities, arguing that Congress needs to
rise to the challenge, as re-establishing norms of restraint are not
enough.

READ MORE OF OUR LATEST HERE

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

[link removed]

YOUR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION SUPPORTS INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM

Copyright (C) 2021 The American Prospect. All rights reserved.
_________________

Sent to [email protected]

Unsubscribe:
[link removed]

The American Prospect, Inc., 1225 I Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC xxxxxx, United States