First Links—8.7.15

There Is No Pro-Life Case for Planned Parenthood
Ross Douthat, The New York Times

What Faith Is and What It Isn’t
Editors, Dominicana

The Lost Promise of the Voting Rights Act
Ari Berman, The Atlantic

Almost Lovable
Sheila Fitzpatrick, London Review of Books

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