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Texas hold-’em-up: a voting-rights standoff

Texas hold-’em-up: a voting-rights standoff

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


Texas hold-’em-up: a voting-rights standoff

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Jul 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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The state’s Democratic lawmakers have fled to Washington, stymieing a voting-rights bill. We examine the growing state-level, bare-knuckle fights on voting rights across the country. Ransomware attacks just keep getting bolder, more disruptive, more sinister; what structural changes could protect industries and institutions from attack? And Britain’s efforts to bring back the eels that once filled its rivers.For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceofferRuntime: 21min
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Jul 14, 2021
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