Morning Must Reads: March 6

• “The government of Ukraine’s breakaway territory of Crimea said Thursday that it will hold a referendum on whether to formally secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation, dramatically escalating tensions as the West tries to negotiate a withdrawal of Russian troops from the region.” [WSJ]
  • Obama orders sanctions against Ukraine agitators [TIME]
  • How the Ukraine Crisis Ends [Henry Kissinger/WashPost]
  • “Hillary Rodham Clinton has sparked a political uproar this week by wading into the middle of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, likening the moves of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the actions of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler leading up to World War II.” [WashPost]
• “The Senate rejected President Obama’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s civil rights division on Wednesday in a stunning 47-52 vote in which seven Democrats abandoned their leadership. The vote was all the more remarkable for the five Democrats in tough reelection races this year who voted in vain to move Debo Adegbile’s nomination forward.” [Hill]
• “The committee dustup between Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa and ranking Democrat Elijah E. Cummings has Democrats and Republicans at each other’s throats and demanding apologies.” [Roll Call]
• “Reinventing Skid Row: When hipsters met the homeless, and made a new downtown L.A.” [Politico]
• The Story Behind the SAT Overhaul [NYT]
• Prettier in print
  • Cover: “The Top of America” by Josh Sanburn
  • “Looking Back in Anger: Vladimir Putin may control Crimea, but his 19th century tactics do not bode well for Russia” by Fareed Zakaria
  • “What Putin Wants” by David Von Drehle and Simon Shuster
  • “The South’s Red Hot Town” by Jon Meacham
  • “Nate Silver, a burrito-loving, poker-playing stats geek, changed what we know about baseball and politics. Next up: ESPN and everything else” by Jack Dickey

• Obama orders sanctions against Ukraine agitators [TIME]
• How the Ukraine Crisis Ends [Henry Kissinger/WashPost]

• “Hillary Rodham Clinton has sparked a political uproar this week by wading into the middle of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, likening the moves of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the actions of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler leading up to World War II.” [WashPost]

• Cover: “The Top of America” by Josh Sanburn
• “Looking Back in Anger: Vladimir Putin may control Crimea, but his 19th century tactics do not bode well for Russia” by Fareed Zakaria
• “What Putin Wants” by David Von Drehle and Simon Shuster
• “The South’s Red Hot Town” by Jon Meacham
• “Nate Silver, a burrito-loving, poker-playing stats geek, changed what we know about baseball and politics. Next up: ESPN and everything else” by Jack Dickey

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