Tourists buying sunscreen and straw hats from the CVS on Washington Avenue are financing a Middle Eastern kleptocrat
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Your Prospect Weekend Reads
Week of 12/6/2021
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Masrour Barzani, Iraqi Kurdistan prime minister and owner of a Miami building housing a CVS
Cowboy Drugstore: Contributor Zack Kopplin investigates traces of a kleptocrat from Iraq to Delaware to Miami.

Interrogating a Critical Race Theory Critic: Providence, Rhode Island, English teacher Ramona Bessinger gained notoriety for calling out a ‘racially divisive’ curriculum. Contributor Rachel Cohen says the reality is more complex.

What the New Sheriffs of Wall Street Can Do: Writing Fellow Lee Harris asserts that Biden has empowered a crop of aggressive financial regulators. They’ll need to look beyond the banking industry and into finance’s darker corners. From our November/December ‘21 issue.

Abortion and the Beginning of the End of the Right to Privacy: Senior Editor Gabrielle Gurley's Q&A with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on how Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization sets the stage for more restrictive policies. This is one piece in our 3-part series, Defending Roe.

Gillibrand Slams ‘Four Men’ for Watering Down Military Sexual Assault Reform: The New York senator worked for a decade and assembled two-thirds of the Senate to support her reform, only to see it wither in a closed-door conference. Executive Editor David Dayen has the story.

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