The American Prospect

Apropos of nothing, billionaires don't tell us what to publish—and we're reporting on the stories they don't want you to know. Sign up for our newsletter today so you don't have to miss a single update: trib.al/O0oszFd

The planning process in Wichita shows that democracy can work well to sort out competing values and get housing built. buff.ly/IQuMbdL

Implied in the question posed by the title of Omer Bartov’s new book, "Israel: What Went Wrong?", is the equally unsettling question of whether the state of Israel can be fixed. buff.ly/BcbAtKW

When people can’t see a doctor because they either lack coverage or can’t afford it, it kicks into motion a chain of events that impoverishes the entire state. buff.ly/G2Gqs3H

South Carolina state lawmakers are proceeding with the Great Erasure of African American voters without the legal hindrances of the Voting Rights Act, that now timeworn relic of the late Great Society buff.ly/hNrQGwP

Flock cameras and its database are also easily hackable, enabling anyone to watch children and to stalk and terrorize romantic interests, undocumented immigrants, people seeking reproductive health care, or people of the “wrong” race. buff.ly/TcC6kS9

Former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin secured the Connecticut Democratic Party's endorsement for Congress in a historic upset over incumbent Rep. John Larson. buff.ly/OBok2me

Tom Steyer’s Problem: Even as Mark Zuckerberg is now funding a pro-Becerra PAC, Steyer lacks the only two endorsements that could actually help him. buff.ly/T3u450T

Executives at Home Depot and Lowe’s want to hide how—and whether—they protect customers’ civil rights when they share automatic license plate reader data with local cops and federal agents, who use the information to hunt immigrants and others. buff.ly/TcC6kS9

This week in South Carolina, state lawmakers are proceeding with the Great Erasure of African American voters without the legal hindrances of the Voting Rights Act, that now timeworn relic of the late Great Society. buff.ly/h6lq3Z8

Former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin secured the Democratic endorsement for Connecticut’s 1st District in a historic upset to incumbent Rep. John Larson, a working-class progressive with a storied record of taking on corporate power. buff.ly/LuLtL61

Can You Support Medicare for All and Take Money From Big Pharma? Diana DeGette, a longtime Colorado congressional incumbent, has received half a million in donations from pharmaceutical company PACs. buff.ly/zedZ9np

Elon Musk’s Plan to Make You Invest in SpaceX: He’s got his eye on your retirement savings and his net worth. buff.ly/bu7hrjY

Trump Moves to Hide Immigrant Detention Conditions as Prisoners Describe "Torture": The administration is eroding the last line of oversight for immigration detention as it spends $1.3 billion on renovating warehouses to imprison even more immigrants. buff.ly/KiObpsC

Trump’s actions produce some short-run gains for his personalist brand of politics, but as the fall election approaches, they portend a divided and disabled Republican Party against energized and progressive Democrats. buff.ly/HBYOXJq

It’s obvious what is happening here, because we’ve seen it before. Musk has to say something wild to build hype in the market, and at least for the moment, it seemingly doesn’t matter how many of his past promises have not come true. buff.ly/Xxs6OtD

Since the 2010 cycle, Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette’s campaign committee has received a total of $555,765 from PACs associated with 30 different pharmaceutical companies. buff.ly/hthuLn5

As Trump presses ahead with his conversion of warehouses into huge immigrant concentration camps, advocates and lawmakers are warning that there is virtually zero oversight of the conditions inside any ICE prison. buff.ly/saj8f7Q

Another person has died in ICE custody. Denny Gonzalez, who allegedly killed himself, is the fourth person in 2026 ICE says died by suicide. That's a lot of deaths in facilities the regime claims are providing the best health care some immigrants have had. buff.ly/tJxOC1H

Goyim on the Grass, Alas: The idolatry of the Christian nationalist Mall meetup buff.ly/sQpDWLU