Morning Reads: Elderly Nun Faces 30 Years For Anti-War Protest; NSA Spying On Bernie Sanders?
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January 15, 2014

Via Moyers & Company:

Good morning! It’s National Hat Day, so dress appropriately. Here are some of the stories we’re reading on a crisp Wednesday in NYC…

Fight continues –> A federal judge has ordered supervision for elections in Evergreen, Alabama, through 202o — the first such ruling since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act last year.

Speaking of Alabama –> Salon’s Natasha Lennard writes that the case of Roger Shuler, the blogger imprisoned indefinitely for refusing to remove posts about local politicians, is even worse than some outlets have reported.

But still no high-level bankers –> Jos...

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