• The former chair of the Florida GOP admits that his party schemed to disenfranchise black citizens through voter ID laws
• Who’s affected by Pennsylvania’s voter ID law? Abby Rapoport of the American Prospect investigates

• The latest threat to the ozone layer? Freaky summer storms
• When “informed consent” is anything but. RH Reality Check reports on a federal court ruling to uphold a South Dakota law that requires doctors to mislead women about the risks of abortion

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