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Prospect Weekend Reads
Week of September 12th
Stories from the week you don't want to miss!

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Navient was once one of the largest student loan servicers, but in
October 2021, the company pulled out of the federal servicing program.

Warren, Pressley Ask Navient About 'Attempting to Scam' Student Loan
Borrowers
:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley are trying to stop
Navient from pushing borrowers into private refinancing schemes that
would make them ineligble for student debt cancellation. David Dayen has
the story.

Another Private Equity-Style Hospital Raid Kills a Busy Urban Hospital
:
As Maureen Tkacik writes, the sudden closure of Atlanta Medical Center,
one of the city's only two Level I trauma centers, is just the latest
manifestation of a terrible reality: Too many hospitals are worth more
dead than alive.

The Supreme Court Is Vulnerable on Abortion
:
The Supreme Court has damaged its legitimacy through the Dobbs decision.
Ryan Cooper argues that Democrats ought to seize on this moment and
control the scoop of the Court's power.

Maura Healey Looks to Have a Lock on the Massachusetts Governorship,
But...
:
Maura Healey is likely to win the Massachusetts governorship this
November, ending eight years of GOP rule under Charlie Baker. As
Gabrielle Gurley argues, it won't be enough to solve the state's
long-held problems.

Potential Rail Worker Strike Caused by Erratic Scheduling
:
A tentative agreement with the railroad unions this week had so far
prevented an industry-wide strike or lockout. Mike Elk wrote about the
roots of the struggle and why the railroads' erratic and exploitative
scheduling was unsustainable.

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