Your Right to Vote Is in More Danger Than You Realize

In January 1966, five months after the Voting Rights Act took effect, the Ku Klux Klan attacked the home of Vernon Dahmer, a Mississippi activist...

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Stephen L. Carter

Tim Cook’s White House Visit Shows the True Cost of Tariffs

One of the most provocative items in my wardrobe is a plain dark T-shirt designed by a libertarian economist. In 10 lines across the front, it...

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Matthew Yglesias

WNBA Sex Toy Stunt Needs to Stop Being Profitable

The multiple sex toys that have been launched onto courts during WNBA games over the last two weeks are physically dangerous to players and...

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Adam Minter

Texas Is Betting Latinos Will Swing Republican. That’s a Risk.

Republicans are making a risky assumption as they attempt to rewrite the Texas Congressional map with a mid-decade power grab designed to net five...

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Mary Ellen Klas

Young Men Should Be Worried About Their Jobs

This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on web...

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Brooke Sample

AI Doesn’t Just Lie — It Can Make You Believe It

One of the more subtle and insidious threats posed by artificial intelligence and related technology is its ability to tamper with memories....

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F.d. Flam

Don’t Turn Chip Controls Into Bargaining Chips

“Disciplined” isn’t the first word that pops into mind when describing US trade strategy. The White House has introduced a bizarre range of issues...

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Editorial Board

US Would Be Wise Not to Count Its Winnings on Trade Just Yet

The White House and its supporters consider the tariffs that go into effect today a triumph — proof that the administration’s critics have gotten...

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Editorial Board

OpenAI Employees Have Stock to Sell

Just a real “private markets are the new public markets” moment: Of course the traditional way “to leverage investor demand to provide employees...

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Matt Levine

The Winning Stocks Always Rule — But Never Quite Like This

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . The stock market is always narrow. One of the most influential...

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John Authers

401(k) Plans Will Get More Fun

Programming note: Money Stuff is off for the next two weeks, Elon permitting . We’ll be back August 25. Historically one way to save for retirement...

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Matt Levine

The Fed Needs Economists Who Aren’t Politicians

Which Stephen Miran will show up to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting in mid-September 1 as a freshly appointed governor of the world’s...

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Robert Burgess

Tourist Sites and Flash Flooding Are on a Collision Course

It’s one of the world’s fastest-growing tourist sites, attracting more visitors than the Statue of Liberty, the Tower of London, or Pompeii....

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David Fickling

A $30 Million Paycheck? Big Law Has Lost the Plot

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, the total billable hours of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. If you were a lawyer earning tens of...

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Jessica Karl

England’s Sparkling Wine Is Losing Its Fizz

I do enjoy a glass of champagne but I often wish I could substitute the experience with English varietals, especially those grown by friends. It’s...

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Marcus Ashworth

The US Will Regret Throwing India Under the Bus

President Donald Trump just threw India under the bus. After months of affronts and barbs, Washington now treats New Delhi more as foe than friend,...

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Andreas Kluth

Plastic Ain’t Fantastic When It’s Hiding in Your Brain

Here’s a fact that might make you feel a little strange inside: You and I have plastic in our brains. Tiny particles of polymers are also hanging...

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Lara Williams

What If Everything We Think About Obesity Is Wrong?

The US government is approaching the study of obesity all wrong. According to leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services, food...

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F.d. Flam

The Summer I Turned Into Plastic

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a massive expansion of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. Serious question: Has this newsletter gone...

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Jessica Karl

The Earth Is Drying Out and We Need to Act Urgently

You might not believe it if you've experienced one of the flash floods hammering the planet from Texas to Vietnam this summer, but the Earth is...

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Mark Gongloff

In India, Modi and the Mountains Are Under Siege

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a far-ranging ramble through Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here . It’s not been a good couple of weeks for...

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Howard Chua-Eoan

Congress Can End the Gerrymandering Circus

“Unacceptable, unconscionable and un-American.” So says House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of efforts by Texas Republicans, at the urging of the...

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Editorial Board

Bananafication Is the New Exceptionalism

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . Entering this year, American Exceptionalism was all the rage. Then...

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John Authers

Hedge Funds Meet With Companies

If you are trying to decide whether to buy the stock of some company, one thing you could do is sit down with its chief executive officer and ask...

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Matt Levine

Trump Wins a Second Chance for Smoot and Hawley

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . We are about to discover whether Reed Smoot and Willis Hawley were...

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