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The Voting Rights Act, a crowning achievement of the civil rights movement, turns 60 this week. It’s not in good shape.

Seattle voters will decide on Tuesday whether to renew funding for a voucher program that has made running for office more accessible there. 

A new executive order says that the government will only buy artificial intelligence models that are neutral and nonpartisan, but in reality, the policy would require technology companies to conform to the administration’s ideology.