Your Prospect Weekend Reads Week of April 4th Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
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Amazon Labor Union member Tristan Lion Dutchin, 27, gestures as he awaits the unionization vote results, April 1, 2022, in New
York.
A Generational Worker Revolt Hits Its Stride: The worker organizing victories at Amazon and Starbucks are part of a generational shift in power, argues Prospect editor at large Harold Meyerson, and it's young workers who are at the forefront.
Uber Gives Up, Moves On: Uber is ending its years-long conflict with the taxi companies, forming new partnerships and consolidating the rideshare market. Read Prospect Senior Editor Gabrielle Gurley on what this new era for Uber means for drivers and the rideshare economy as a whole.
How Oligarchs Stash Money in Foreign Real Estate: Contributors Zack Kopplin and Basma Humadi identified nearly 300 properties, with a combined worth in the hundreds of millions, connected to the family of Iraqi Kurdistan’s president Nechirvan Barzani. Read more about how laranjas, or financial proxies, have enabled these secretive investments.
Joe Manchin Insists That Democrats Do Unpopular Things: As it turns out, making unpopular decisions can tank approval ratings. Managing Editor Ryan Cooper writes about how Joe Manchin prevented the hugely popular Child Tax Credit from being expanded, and how that affects Democrats as the midterms approach.
The Dance of Liberals and Radicals: This week, our co-founder Robert Kuttner revisits the legacy of the late Todd Gitlin, and what his prescient book The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage reveals about our current political moment.
