Prospect Weekend Reads Week of August 15th Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
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Postmaster General Louis Dejoy talks after President Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, April
6, 2022.
DeJoy's Continued Job Security Depends on Biden's Next Move: President Biden has the opportunity to fire Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy by appointing two members to the Postal Service
Board of Governors that will support his removal. Will he take it? Executive Editor David Dayen has the story.
The Inflation Reduction Act's Quiet Revolution on Public Power: Managing Editor Ryan Cooper wrote about one of the best provisions in the IRA: grants to cooperative and public power to invest in renewable energy, which could be the path forward to decarbonization and energy democracy.
New York Times Faces Backlash Over Dan Goldman Endorsement Debacle: Dan Goldman, who won the New York Times endorsement for the NY-10 congressional race, enjoys close family ties with Times publisher
A.G. Sulzberger. Read the full story from Alexander Sammon, David Dayen and Ryan Grim.
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