Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

June 2018

June 29, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Kennedy, Janus, and more!

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Insomnia Cured Here, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

How the White House enticed Anthony Kennedy to retire.
What does Kennedy’s exit mean for Roe v. Wade?
Janus: Son of Bush v. Gore
White House seeks to deny asylum on the basis of unauthorized entry.
ICE crashes whistleblower’s interview with CBS!
We have a democracy crisis, not a civility crisis

June 22, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Kids in Detention

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CE Miller Photography, Creative Commons. Photo from Stop Separating Immigrant Families action in Chicago, Jun 2018.

Sidney’s Picks:

Video shows immigrant kids arriving at NYC foster facility without parents.
Immigrant children forcibly drugged in detention, lawsuit alleges.
“Es un avion!” A 3-year-old takes the stand in immigration court.
Tech workers push back against their employers’ collaboration with ICE.
Wilbur Ross, Vladimir Putin, and the Bank of Cypress

June 15, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Cashing in on kids behind bars

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Xabier Cid, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News

Defense contractors are cashing in on immigrant kids.
Washington Post union asks #DearJeffBezos for a fair contract as Amazon kills Seattle tax to help the homeless.
New York City must pay $1 billion to fix lead paint and other dangers in public housing.
How the norms of political journalism help spread Trump’s lies.
How Janus v. AFSCME could kneecap public sector unions.

June 8, 2018

Sidney's Picks: The New Yorker Recommends Solidarity!

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Courtesy of the New Yorker staff.

The Best of the Week’s News:

New Yorker staff back union drive by huge margin.
Jails must treat opioid withdrawal, ACLU suit asserts.
Hundreds of migrant kids, separated from their parents, languish in border stations.
What happens when a peevish twerp with the attention span of a gnat runs an empire?

June 1, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Organizing the Digital Newsroom & Austerity in the UK

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The Best of the Week’s News:

Organizing the digital newsroom, by Hillman Prize-winner Steven Greenhouse
Austerity in the UK
The hidden horrors of “zero tolerance” in Texas immigration court
What happened to Jill Stein’s recount millions?
The unintended victims of the opioid crackdown