Prospect Weekend Reads Week of August 1st Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
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Kansans to Alito: F*ck You.: Editor-at-large Harold Meyerson wrote about Kansas overwhelmingly voting against a a ballot measure that would have stripped the right to choose from their state constitution. As it turns out, Americans don't like to have their rights taken away.
Battling to a Win in 2022: According to Stanley B. Greenberg, polling shows Democrats have a slim but possible path to victory
this November. To win, they must address the skyrocketing cost of living.
The Enablers of Predatory Capitalism: Want to bulk up your understanding of predatory capitalism? Co-editor and co-founder Robert Kuttner reviewed and critiqued four influential books for our August issue: Thinking Like an Economist, The Man Who Broke Capitalism, The Meddlers, and The Lords of Easy Money.
The Modern-Day Company Towns of Arkansas: What happens when Walmart and Tyson Foods, two of the biggest corporations in the country, are headquartered less than 30 minutes from each other in rural Northwest Arkansas? Olivia Paschal has the story.
Democrats' Self-Funder Problem: Wealthy self-funding candidates are running in Democratic primaries for some of the party’s most consequential races, including recent primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin. But self-funded candidates, Staff Writer Alexander Sammon writes, are a liability for the party.
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