Vanita Gupta restoring the Voting Rights Act

For the first time in half a century, the United States will elect a president without the full safeguards of the Voting Rights Act in place. The Supreme Court invited Congress to enact new legislation to address the impact of Shelby County. It is well past time for Congress to take up the invitation to restore the Voting Rights Act to its full strength.

The Washington Post, August 1, on the spread of discriminatory voting laws.

BOB KOCHER obamacare

Large health systems deliver “personalized’’ care in the same way that GM can sell you a car with the desired options. Yet personal relationships of the kind often found in smaller practices are the key to the practice of medicine. They are the relationships that doctors want to forge with patients, and vice versa.

The Wall Street Journal, August 1, on the flaws of the Affordable Care Act.

SOPHIE GILBERT Harry potter and the cursed child

[T]he names are the same, and the characters feel familiar, but it’s apparent that they’re imitations nonetheless ... [In] agreeing to revisit characters whose stories have already been deftly wrapped up, Rowling risks undermining the powerful legacy she gave them in the first place.

The Atlantic, August 1, on the latest entry in J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter’’ universe.