A Racial Entitlement? Supreme Court Threatens Voting Rights Act, One of Civil Rights Era’s Key Gains; Fascism in the Church: Ex-Priest On “The Pope’s War,” Clergy Abuse and Quelling Liberation Theology; After 40 Years in Solitary, Angola 3 Prisoner Albert Woodfox Ordered Freed for 3rd Time in Louisiana.
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February 28, 2013
Senate to Vote on Sequester Proposals Ahead of Friday Deadline
Senate Confirms Jack Lew for Treasury
Senate Panel Delays Brennan Vote for 2nd Time
Hagel Takes Pentagon Helm After Confirmation Vote
Senate Judiciary Committee Weights Assault Weapons Ban
Newtown Father Appeals for Ban on Assault Rifles
U.S. Increases Aid to Syrian Rebels; Training Underway in Regional Country
Shell Delays Arctic Drilling After Setbacks
Bloomberg Super PAC Helps Defeat Pro-Gun Candidate in Illinois Primary
Judge Orders Release of Seattle Activists Jailed for Resisting Grand Jury Testimony
French Resistance Fighter Stéphane Hessel Dies at 95
Rosa Parks Statue Unveiled in Washington, D.C.