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The future remains precarious for Rikuzentakata, where more than 1,700 people died in the disaster, as many survivors have settled elsewhere and swaths of downtown lie unused.

Biden Signals Support For Voting Rights  NPR Biden to sign executive order expanding voting access  CNN Biden marking ‘Bloody Sunday’ by signing voting rights order  The Associated Press On the anniversary of Selma we are sadly reminded: voting rights are still imperiled  The Guardian

Millions who lost jobs at the beginning of the pandemic are still out of the labor force, making up levels not seen since the Great Recession. (Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The executive order is relatively limited in scope. It calls upon officials at federal agencies to study and potentially expand access to voter registration materials.

When a healthy 41-year-old died a year ago, an autopsy blamed heart disease. But his family wants to know if the coronavirus was lurking before anyone realized it.

The GOP is having a change of heart on economics. It could have implications for policymaking.  NBC News POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Trump sends legal notice to GOP to stop using his name – POLITICO  Politico Trump wants top Republican fundraising organizations to

The GOP is having a change of heart on economics. It could have implications for policymaking.  NBC News POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Trump sends legal notice to GOP to stop using his name – POLITICO  Politico Trump wants top Republican fundraising organizations to

At site of four churches demolished by Islamic State, Francis laments ‘barbarous blow’ of extremism in the ‘cradle of civilization’

Industry organization assesses that many eateries will only restart operations in coming 2 weeks, or even after Passover, due to difficulty finding employees

FM Ernesto Araujo and president’s son Eduardo Bolsonaro holding meetings, including with Netanyahu at Prime Minister’s Office; won’t have to quarantine