Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

October 2017

October 27, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Whitefish, Catalonia, and Halperin

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The Best of the Week’s News

Congress probes $300 million Whitefish contract.
Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
“It was gross. He’s gross”: Mark Halperin exposed as a sexual harasser
If you were laid off, would you train your replacement? (Video)

October 20, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Emoluments, Eye Drops, and Voter Suppression

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The Best of the Week’s News

Hotels & Hot Dogs: Emoluments lawsuit challenges Trump’s self-dealing presidency
Drug companies make eye drops too big on purpose, so you waste half the bottle.
How voter suppression won Trump Wisconsin
University of Chicago grad students vote to unionize.

October 13, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Hot Prisons, North Korea, and The Iran Deal

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The Best of the Week’s News

Sidney Award-winner John Carlos Frey on the terrible toll of overheated prisons
After Weinstein
Ten million Americans get fee-laden payroll cards instead of checks
Nuclear war could be closer than you think
The tragedy of the Iran Deal

October 6, 2017

Sidney's Picks: FEMA, Chickens, and Harvey Weinstein

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The Best of the Week’s News

FEMA yanks dismal Puerto Rico stats from its website.
Hillman Prize-winner Rebecca Traister shares a very personal memory of Harvey Weinstein.
How petty criminals became indentured servants on a chicken farm
Trump administration set to roll back the birth control mandate.
“A Life on the Line”