On the economic-inequality discussion, profound. On capitalism per se, not so much.
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⏩ Watch the 2021 Hillman Prize Ceremony
See Prospect Executive Editor David Dayen accept his award for magazine journalism, in conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel, and Editor-at-Large Harold Meyerson chat with book journalism winners Rick Perlstein and Zach Carter.
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Cicely Tyson: A Shining Titan of Black Excellence
In an exceptional memoir, one of the greatest actresses in American film deconstructs her craft and bears witness to history.
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Altercation: Damn the Author, but Don’t Cancel the Book
On the new, deficient Philip Roth biography and the apparently sociopathic biographer
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⏩ Climate, Immigration, and Monopolies: Watch Our March/April Issue Event
Our staff and contributors discuss climate change, corporate monopolies, and immigration during the COVID pandemic.
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How Labor Saved a Paper Mill From the Scrap Heap
Wisconsin county official and U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson writes a fascinating book about revitalizing manufacturing in a small town.
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⏩ Alex Sammon Speaks About Amazon’s Global Dominance on The Young Turks
Staff Writer Alex Sammon speaks to Ryan Grim, elaborating on his review of Alec MacGillis’s book about Amazon.
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Reconceiving the American Future
A new book argues that the vision of the United States as a ‘majority-minority’ society is a statistical illusion.
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Altercation: An Anti-Semite Who’s Anything But
Yet another fiction in the right wing’s echo chamber
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Change Our Minds, Change the World
Two new books on the false narratives undermining public policy
