Your Prospect Weekend Reads Week of May 23rd Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
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A policeman talks to people asking for information outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022, after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at the school, killing 21 people, 19 of them children.
The Senate Has Forfeited Its Right to Exist: The Sandy Hook massacre was a decade ago, and the Senate has been doing nothing but blocking any gun control measures since that time. If any political body has ever forfeited its right to exist, writes Managing Editor Ryan Cooper, it is the Senate.
If Republicans Win in 2024 By Fraud...: If the GOP steals the 2024 presidential election, Co-Founder and Co-Editor Robert Kuttner offers one way to fight back: a mass tax revolt.
Blowing the Truck Whistle: Executive Editor David Dayen talked to former carbon dioxide delivery driver Cyrus Coron, who describes his dangerous experiences on the job, serious neglect, and rampant fraud at Airgas, the largest packaged gas distributor in the United States. Heidi Heitkamp Lobbies Against a Democratic FCC: President Biden's nominee to the FCC, Gigi Sohn, is a progressive who would bring the FCC back into Democratic control. Former Blue Dog Democratic senator Heidi Heitkamp is running a six-figure ad campaign to block her nomination. Ramenda Cyrus has the story. How the Senate—Once, Long Ago—Banned Assault Weapons: Read Editor-At-Large Harold Meyerson on how commonsense federal gun legislation was once an achievable outcome.
