Prospect Weekend Reads Week of November 21st Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
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Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, makes his way to the House Republicans' candidate forum in the Capitol Visitor Center on
November 14, 2022.
Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC's Inquiry Into FTX: In March, eight members of Congress, including the new House Majority Whip David Emmer, wrote a letter urging the SEC to cease making inquiries into crypto firms. One of the firms in
question was FTX. David Dayen has the story.
Advocates Celebrate End of Trump-Biden Immigration Policy: Title 42, a holdover from the Trump administration which was used to expel over one million migrants, is now over, but the next phase of immigration policy is uncertain. Read Ramenda Cyrus on what could be next for the Biden administration.
The Contradictions of Effective Altruism: Read Ariel Ron on how the FTX collapse reveals the potential for reckless risk-taking in the philosophy behind Effective Altruism, making it an ineffective vehicle for true social change. The Democrats' Generational Change: Democrats are undergoing a fundamental generational change at all levels of leadership, with one major exception: the White House. What does this signal for President Biden? Robert Kuttner investigates.
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