This short, unsigned opinion by five justices isn’t a harbinger of something cataclysmic that might happen in the future; it’s the thing itself.
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Your Prospect Weekend Reads
Week of 9/6/2021
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Abortion rights demonstrators including Jaylene Solache, right, of Dallas, Texas, rally outside the Supreme Court, March 4, 2020, in Washington.

We Can Go Back: Contributor Felicia Kornbluh offers her thoughts on the Supreme Court, Texas, and the end of Roe v. Wade. How to fight despair? Kornbluh posits that one should join the people and groups preparing for the skirmishes and battles ahead.
The Vanishing Case for Liberal Inaction: Staff Writer Alexander Sammon argues that Democrats who believe we should keep the filibuster because they fear a Republican majority are just worried about the world as it exists today.
Timeline: How Corporate America Has Helped Decimate Unions: In this infographic, Contributor Jo Constantz shows how the declining bargaining power of unions contributes to the crisis of extreme income inequality in the United States.

At Asner's Side: Contributor Kim Fellner reflects on the legacy and activism of actor and former SAG president Ed Asner.

Infrastructure Summer: The Fight Against the Next Pandemic Starts Now: Tech billionaires are pushing for funding to prep for future pandemics. Writing Fellow Lee Harris asks why the left is not.

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