Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Population growth and climate change are shifting the roots of the Fulani, a nomadic tribe that for centuries has herded its livestock across Nigeria.

We look into how that way of life is threatened and how it's leading to increasing regional conflict.

And there are still plenty of frontiers to be conquered beyond the surface of the earth.

But behind the scenes, Russia and America are competing for a soft power win just 400 kilometers up.

That's coming to a silver screen near you. First up, though,

They were prepared to cut us off and try to silence us.

We were not going to let them do that.

On Sunday, Democratic lawmakers in Texas walked out of a vote on a bill that would have drastically

restricted voter rights.

That's why Democrats used the last tool available to us.

We denied them the quorum that they need to pass this bill, and we killed that bill.

They claimed the bill targeted minorities and that they had no other way of preventing it from being passed.

Republican Governor Greg Abbott responded by threatening to withhold lawmakers' pay.

Voting rights have become a political flashpoint in Republican states across America.

Many Republicans believe, or more accurately, think their constituents believe, the big lie.

Former President Donald Trump's assertion that the election was stolen from him through widespread voter fraud.

Yesterday, President Joe Biden said he would fight like heck against efforts to restrict voting.

This sacred right is under assault with an incredible intensity like I've never seen.

It's simply un-American.

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