Beyond Gun Control, Obama Urged to Tackle Joblessness, Incarceration and U.S. “Culture of Violence”; Obama’s SOTU Address Calls for Middle-Class Revival, But Poverty & Inequality Still Get Short Shrift; Despite Planned Troop Withdrawal, Special Ops & Private Forces Prepare to Continue Afghan War; As Obama Touts Pathway to Citizenship, Record Deportations Leave Undocumented Immigrants in Fear.
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February 13, 2013
Obama Issues Call to Action on Climate, Gun Control in SOTU Address
Obama Backs Minimum Wage Hike to $9/Hr
U.S. to Withdraw 34,000 Troops from Afghanistan
U.S. Air Strike Kills 10 Afghan Civilians
Dorner Believed Dead After Shootout With Police
Senate Panel Advances Hagel Nomination
U.N. Security Council Condemns North Korea Nuclear Test
Syrian Rebels Seize Military Airport; U.N. Warns Toll Nears 70,0000
Bahraini Forces Disrupt Protest Ahead of Uprising’s 2-Year Anniversary
Ex-Italian Intel Chief Sentenced for CIA Kidnapping
Pentagon Bugging Attorney-Detainee Meeting Rooms at Gitmo
Senate Backs Expansion of Violence Against Women Act
Obama Signs Exec Order on Cyber-Attacks
New York Could Delay Fracking Decision, Leaving Ban in Place
“Stop and Frisk” Lawsuit Granted Class-Action Status