Your Prospect Weekend Reads Week of 10/4/2021 Stories from the
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USPS Begins Postal Banking Pilot Program: In the most dramatic step in a half-century to re-establish a postal banking system, a new pilot program allows customers to cash business or payroll checks at the post office and place them onto a gift card. Executive Editor David Dayen has the scoop.
The New York Times' Misleading Headline of the Year: Contributor Peter Dreier asserts that Biden hasn’t "thrown in with the left.” Rather, it’s the left that has backed his compromises; the center-right has not.
U.S. Demands Something for Nothing at Glasgow: In this first installment of our Global Warning newsletter series (sign up for it here!), Writing Fellow Lee Harris explains why the constraint on global climate talks is still parochial American politics.
The Whole Judiciary Branch Has a Credibility Crisis: The Supreme Court is back in session but, as Staff
Writer Alexander Sammon asserts, it hasn’t brought legitimacy with it. This time, with a more straightforward financial corruption, differing from the ideological and partisan corruption the Court had become known for.
Blue Bayou: A Bittersweet Victory for Immigrant Activists: Contributor Manuel Madrid hails Justin Chon’s deportation drama as a cultural high point for the immigration rights movement. But do progressives still care now that Trump is gone?
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