Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

July 2016

July 22, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Purvi Patel, Sketchy Sperm Banks, and Foreclosure Frauds

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Grace Herbert, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News

An appeals court in Indiana partially reverses Purvi Patel’s feticide conviction
Buyers beware: Sperm banks are largely unregulated
New documents shed light on the unholy alliance between Big Oil and Big Tobacco
How sleazy lawyers profit from desperate homeowners facing foreclosure

July 15, 2016

Sidney's Picks: OSHA, Trump's White Supremacist Buds, and Sushi Skullduggery

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Lunch or evidence? Photo by Su-Lin, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News

OSHA harnesses Big Data to protect workers
Nick Confessore on Donald Trump and white supremacy
Child deaths rose 71% in the Dallas County foster care system this year
Sushi lovers despair: Bait-and-switch is the norm

July 8, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Dallas Shooting, Black Lives, and White Blindness

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Dallas skyline, by Barn&Col, Creative Communs.

Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

Why Alton Sterling and Philando Castile are dead: racism plus over-policing
Michael Eric Dyson on whiteness as blindness
Victims of the Tazreen factory fire in Bangladesh have finally been compensated for their losses
Feet in 2 Worlds launches Unidos, an app to help young Latino voters register to vote, and more