Social Issues

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File: In this Tuesday, March 25, 2014 file photo, Oscar Pistorius leaves the high court in Pretoria, South Africa. The murder trial of Pistorius is expected to enter a critical phase of testimony Monday as the defense attempts to overcome a faltering start and show how the disabled Olympic athlete fatally shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by mistake because he was overwhelmed by a long-held fear of violent crime. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe-File)

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File: In this Friday April 11, 2014 file photo, Oscar Pistorius puts on his jacket as he arrives at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa. The murder trial of Pistorius is expected to enter a critical phase of testimony Monday as the defense attempts to overcome a faltering start and show how the disabled Olympic athlete fatally shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by mistake because he was overwhelmed by a long-held fear of violent crime. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe-File)

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File: In this Monday, April 14, 2014 file photo, Oscar Pistorius leaves the high court in Pretoria, South Africa. The murder trial of Pistorius is expected to enter a critical phase of testimony Monday as the defense attempts to overcome a faltering start and show how the disabled Olympic athlete fatally shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by mistake because he was overwhelmed by a long-held fear of violent crime. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe-File)

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Paul W. Bridges, the former mayor of Uvalda, Ga., holds his 2014 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum Sunday, May 4, 2014 in Boston. Bridges is being recognized for risking his mayoral career by publicly opposing a controversial immigration law. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)

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Accepting the 2014 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on behalf of her grandfather former President George H.W. Bush, Lauren Bush Lauren, center, and fellow Award recipient Paul W. Bridges, the former mayor of Uvalda, Ga, right, hold the awards as they stand with Jack Schlossberg, left, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Sunday, May 4, 2014, in Boston. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)

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Lauren Bush Lauren, center, granddaughter of former President George H.W. Bush, center, reacts to seeing family members in the audience before she accepts the 2014 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on behalf of her grandfather from Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, left, as fellow Profile in Courage Award recipient, Paul W. Bridges, looks on during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum Sunday, May 4, 2014, in Boston. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)

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House minority leader Nancy Pelosi said in an interview broadcast Sunday that criticism by conservative lawmakers against herself and the Obama administration only demonstrates that they are suffering from a "poverty of ideas." (MSNBC)

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In this Thursday, May 1, 2014 photo, Website designer Dorry Clay, works on her laptop at her home in Stonington, Conn. Clay, who has battled cancer and the effects of the recession, is urging Connecticut lawmakers to enact legislation establishing a state-run pension plan accessible to most workers. Lawmakers in Connecticut and other states are responding to a widespread loss of private-sector pensions, a lack of access to employer-sponsored retirement accounts in smaller businesses and stagnant incomes that make it hard for workers to contribute to their own retirement plan or company account. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)