Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

April 2018

April 20, 2018

Schumer’s 420 Surprise, Teacher’s Strikes, and Abortion

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The Best of the Week’s News:

Chuck Schumer will introduce a bill to decriminalize cannabis.
What’s at stake in the teachers’ strikes?
Wells Fargo will pay a billion dollars to federal regulators as punishment for phony account scam.
Republican state legislators continue their assault on abortion rights.

April 13, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Black Births Matter, "I Am Lula," & Scott Pruitt's Garbage

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The Best of the Week’s News

Racism is literally killing Black mothers and babies.
Brazilian lawmakers add “Lula” to their names as a popular ex-president goes to jail and democracy hangs in the balance.
The Trump admin seeks to deport longtime Vietnamese immigrants, despite a treaty allowing them to stay.
Scott Pruitt wanted to swap out the EPA logo because he thought it looked like a pot plant, let garbage pile up.

April 6, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Trump Trashed Equal Pay Day & Pruitt Demanded a Bulletproof Desk

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The Best of the Week’s News

Trump killed protections for female contractors on Equal Pay Day. (Correction: This is from a year ago this week.)
Scott Pruitt demanded a bulletproof desk, and lights and sirens to dodge traffic.
The man sent to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gave lavish salariesto his accomplices.
New California law automatically registers eligible voters when they get their drivers’ licenses.