Your Prospect Weekend Reads Week of March 28th Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia Thomas leave the funeral services of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, on February 20, 2016.
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Isn’t the Only Problem With the Supreme Court: It’s a fundamentally undemocratic institution, writes Managing Editor Ryan Cooper, and Justice Clarence Thomas’s unethical behavior is far from the first time the Court has been corrupt or immoral.
Washington’s Best Hope: In our latest print issue, Executive Editor David Dayen profiles Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, whose years of public service have yielded a blueprint for how to get things done, a model of effective policymaking in a divided America.
The War Nerd: Lucas Kunce is captaining a campaign against corporate power, foreign oligarchs, and Wall Street raiders. Can he convince Missourians that they share a common enemy? Prospect Writing Fellow Lee Harris traveled around the state with the candidate for U.S. Senate to assess his chances.
The Memo Writer: Jennifer Abruzzo, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, has signaled she’s serious about restoring and protecting workers’ basic rights on the job. Prospect editor at large and longtime labor writer Harold Meyerson profiles Abruzzo’s bid to transform the American workplace, also in our April issue.
How Hungary’s Orban Turned the Ukraine War to His Own Advantage: Contributor Kim Lane Scheppele examines how Hungary’s autocratic leader Viktor Orban has spun his close connection with Russian President Vladimir Putin into an advantage ahead of the country’s April 3rd national elections.
