Prospect Weekend Reads Week of July 25th Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH ANGÈLE WILSON
Abolish State Senates: State senates are redundant. Legislatures based solely on single-member districts are undemocratic. Editor-at-large Harold Meyerson proposes we scrap them both.
Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer Have a Surprise for You: At long last, negotiations with Joe Manchin have seemingly led somewhere — a
smaller-than-promised, but still sizable agreement on health care, taxing corporations, and climate. Read Executive Editor David Dayen on what's in the Inflation Reduction Act and whether it matters.
Why We Need Social Housing: The private market will not provide an adequate solution to the housing crisis. Rent is often the largest expense for many American families. To make housing a human right, Ramenda Cyrus argues, we need social housing.
A Four-Day Week at Five Days' Pay: American workers are putting too many hours at the job despite stagnating wages. Read Sarah Jaffe on why we need a four-day workweek.
It's Time for Public Pharma: The COVID-19 pandemic showed how our privatized health care system is incapable of providing adequate care. Staff Writer Alexander Sammon wrote about how public manufacturing of prescription drugs would remove the profit motive from delivering essential medication.
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