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Your Prospect Weekend Reads
Week of 10/11/2021
Stories from the week you don't want to miss!

Susan Walsh / AP Photo
President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations after touring a
Clayco Corporation construction site for a Microsoft data center in Elk
Grove Village, Illinois, October 7, 2021.

The Case for Deliverism
: Executive Editor
David Dayen argues that Democrats can no longer skate by simply on
talking about popular issues - especially if the Dems continue to fail
delivering on them.

The Undignified Demise of Centrism
:
Centrist Democrats may force changes to the Build Back Better Act, but
Staff Writer Alexander Sammon argues that their rationale as a political
orientation has disintegrated.

Can't See The Forest for the Trees
:
Contributor Luis Feliz Leon has the story about a proposed wood pellet
plant in North Carolina that would increase air pollutants in a
majority-minority community already hammered by climate change.

Opposition Grows to Biden's Deportation Practices
:
Contributor Marcia Brown on the Biden administration using a
public-health order to expel migrants and asylum seekers, in absence of
an immigration policy.

The Many Feints of The Sopranos
: Contributor
Aaron Bady argues that inside David Chase's failed prequel is a better
movie straining to get out.

VIDEO: The Influence Game: Jonathan Guyer's Panel on Big Business and
Biden's National-Security Policy
:
At Netroots Nation, managing editor Jonathan Guyer led a panel on
corporate power and foreign policy featuring journalist Akbar Shahid
Ahmed, national-security expert Mandy Smithberger, and scholar Kathleen
Clark.

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