Your Prospect Weekend Reads Week of May 16th Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
COURTESY OF AMY'S KITCHEN
Hell in Amy's Kitchen: Amy's Kitchen
has cultivated a reputation for being an ethically conscious company, but behind closed doors workers describe an abusive and dangerous work environment. Jarod Facundo wrote about how workers are fighting back despite the company's union-busting efforts.
Dem Voters Want Dem Pols Who Do Things:Staff Writer Alex Sammon wrote about the primary results in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Oregon. The verdict? Democratic voters want more than what the Joe Manchin wing of the party has to offer.
Federal Highway Removal Program Raises Hopes in California: Transit activists and racial justice advocates have mixed feelings about California's billion dollar federal pilot program to remove highways that have displaced communities. Claire Wang wrote about what's at stake with the new proposed infrastructure plans. The Age of Rationing: From pandemic supply chain snarls to baby formula shortages, Executive Editor David Dayen writes, we forgot that physical production isn't magic, and we need to engineer it to stability. Republicans Are Working Themselves Into a Murder Frenzy: The Buffalo shooter's belief in great replacement theory is virtually indistinguishable from mainstream conservative rhetoric. Read Managing Editor Ryan Cooper on how the GOP has fully embraced right-wing extremism.
