Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

April 2019

April 26, 2019

Sidney's Picks: What's in Trump's Tax Returns? Google Accused of Retaliation

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Creative Commons, Got Credit.

The Best of the Week’s News:

What is Trump hiding in his tax returns? And how his stonewalling makes impeachment more likely…
Google accused of retaliating against an employee for collective action.
Judge charged with obstruction of justice for allegedly helping an undocumented man elude ICE.
Exxon, Shell, and Walmart accused of using forced labor disguised as drug treatment.

April 12, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Largest Private Sector Strike in Years; NY DAs Coddled Epstein

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Mike Mozart, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

31,000 Stop & Shop workers went on strike this week, making this the country’s largest private sector strike in years.
Manhattan DA’s office had graphic proof that Jeffrey Epstein was the most serious kind of sex offender, but gave him a lenient rating anyway.
Luxurious Hudson Yards: Let them eat tasteful performance spaces!
A white NBA player reflects on privilege, allyship, and race.

April 5, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Freelancers Yearn for Unions; Cy Vance Lives Large

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Illustration by Chris Blakely, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Freelancers want to join unions, but the law won’t let them.
How corporate lobbyists conspire to make filing your taxes needlessly miserable.
Manhattan DA Cy Vance sucked a quarter million from a forfeiture slush fund for lavish dining and travel.
No, you can’t die from touching fentanyl.
“Someone is always trying to kill you”: Violence against women in Central America