--- description: In the News: Pro-Russia separatists defy Putin; Rep. Trey Gowdy on Benghazi; Climate report won't make Americans care; and what's prettier in print title: Morning Must Reads: May 8 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Morning Must Reads](/tag/morning-must-reads/) ## Morning Must Reads Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Morning Must Reads: May 8 by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 12:14 PM CUT  The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 12:14 PM CUT * Inside Putin’s East European spy campaign \[[TIME](http://time.com/90752/inside-putins-east-european-spy-campaign/ "undefined")\] * “The main pro-Russian separatist groups in eastern Ukraine decided on Thursday to go ahead with a referendum on secession set for Sunday,defying an appeal from Russian President Vladimir Putin a day earlier to postpone the vote to facilitate dialogue with the government in Kiev.” \[[WSJ](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304655304579549261835484146?mod=WSJ%5Fhp%5FLEFTTopStories&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304655304579549261835484146.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ%5Fhp%5FLEFTTopStories "undefined")\] * Rep. Trey Gowdy: Benghazi needs deeper scrutiny \[[USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/05/07/benghazi-house-select-committee-rep-trey-gowdy-editorials-debates/8831225/ "undefined")\] * Keystone, Inc: “Funded by multibillion-dollar oil companies, labor unions and ultrarich environmentalists, the fight has filtered into every crack and crevice of the nation’s capital — all for a project some advocates on both sides privately concede wouldn’t be an environmental or economic game-changer.” \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/keystone-xl-pipeline-transcanada-barack-obama-106473.html#ixzz317mRlh2C "undefined")\] * Climate change is already here, but that won’t make Americans care \[[TIME](http://time.com/91625/climate-change-is-here-but-that-wont-make-americans-care/ "undefined")\] * Florida finds itself in the eye of the storm on climate change \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/08/us/florida-finds-itself-in-the-eye-of-the-storm-on-climate-change.html?hp&%5Fr=0 "undefined")\] * Janet Yellen: Economy improving, but housing a concern \[[Christian Science Monitor](http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0507/Janet-Yellen-Economy-improving-but-housing-a-concern "undefined")\] * The troubled search for Nigeria’s stolen girls \[[New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2014/05/the-troubled-search-for-nigerias-stolen-girls.html "undefined")\] * Black mobility belies U.S. civil rights hopes as milestone nears \[[Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-08/black-mobility-belies-u-s-civil-rights-hope-as-milestone-nears.html "undefined")\] * This former cocaine kingpin is lobbying Congress to let him keep his cheetahs (and liger ) \[[Mother Jones](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/05/mario-tabraue-cocaine-kingpin-lobbying-congress-big-cats "undefined")\] * Your broadband company may be holding your internet access hostage \[[TIME](http://time.com/90703/your-broadband-company-may-be-holding-your-internet-access-hostage/ "undefined")\] Prettier in print: * [Vladimir Putin’s War](http://time.com/92067/vladimir-putins-war/ "undefined") by Michael Crowley and Simon Shuster * [Hell and High Water](http://time.com/92068/hell-and-high-water/ "undefined") by Michael Grunwald * [Jon Favreau’s Meals on Wheels](http://time.com/92086/jon-favreaus-meals-on-wheels/ "undefined") by Isaac Guzman * Kareem Abdul-Jabar: [How to tell if you’re a racist like Donald Sterling ](http://time.com/87024/kareem-abdul-jabbar-why-donald-sterling-does-not-think-he-is-racist/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/92166/morning-must-reads-may-8/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/92166/morning-must-reads-may-8/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: May 8","datePublished":"2014-05-08T12:14:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:43:30.374Z","description":"In the News: Pro-Russia separatists defy Putin; Rep. 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