Your Prospect Weekend Reads Week of 11/22/2021 Stories from the
week you don’t want to miss!
COURTESY OF MADELEINE SOUZA-RIVERA
Madeleine Souza-Rivera with her husband and son
A Look at How Unions Lift Workers: Contributor Steven Greenhouse explains that there’s a big story the
media usually misses about unions: how they consistently improve the lives of workers.
How Democrats Can Break the Vicious Political Cycle: Contributor Toby Jaffe argues that nominating corporate stand-ins rather than candidates with conviction makes it difficult to deliver meaningful results when in power.
Challenging Georgia on Latino Voting Rights: Contributor Julia Knoerr explains that
despite the language provisions still in force in the Voting Rights Act, Latino voters may not receive the Spanish-language materials they need.
The Democrats’ Last Chance to Make Build Back Better Better: Executive Editor David Dayen argues that they can use the savings from provisions that will likely fall out of the bill in the Senate to make some remaining programs permanent.
VIDEO: Global Warning, a Virtual Event: The Most Pressing Issues of COP26: Writing Fellow Lee Harris
and Senior Editor Gabrielle Gurley speak with Kenneth Luongo (President, Partnership for Global Security), Steven Nesbit (President, American Nuclear Society), and Economic Policy Analyst Anusar Farooqui. The discussion dives deep into issues related to alternative energy and sustainable investing.
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