Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

December 2017

December 15, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Kalven's Victory, Tip Theft, Trench Death, and "The Pope"

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Patricia Evans

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

Hillman Prize-winner Jamie Kalven wins his legal battle to protect his sources! Thanks to all who signed our statement of support.
Study: Employers would steal $5.8 billion in tips under Trump administration’s proposed rule
Deaths from trench accidents doubled in 2016.
A Kentucky state legislator takes his own life after two Sidney Award-winners expose him as a fraud and a predator

December 8, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Kalven's Crusade, Weinstein's Silence, and Legalized Theft

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The Best of the Week’s News

Hillman Prize-winner Jamie Kalven continued his battle to protect his sources at the trial of the officer who shot Laquan McDonald.
Inside Harvey Weinstein’s complicity machine
Roy Moore says that America was last great when we had slavery.
Trump administration proposes legalized tip-stealing.

December 1, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Class Warfare, Michael Flynn, and Chronic Pain

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Scott Stults, Creative Commons.

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

The Senate seems poised to pass a tax bill that raises taxes on working people and slashes them for corporations.
Michael Flynn pleads guilty to a tell-tale single charge of lying to federal investigators…suggesting he flipped on someone more senior.
Chronic pain patients are becoming collateral damage in the opioid crisis.
Sexual harassment is a blue collar problem, too.
Our friends at the Investigative Fund are looking for a senior editor to direct the Ida B. Wells fellowship program.