Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

June 2019

June 28, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Corroborating E Jean; Allowing Gerrymandering

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Chuck Allen, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Meet the women who corroborate E. Jean Carroll’s allegations of rape against the president.
The Supreme Court’s gerrymandering verdict is a disaster for democracy.
The end of the Lordstown GM plant means the end of a struggle for workplace democracy.
Oregon Republican senators remain in hiding after walking out to thwart a cap-and-trade bill.

June 21, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Adjuncts, Reparations, and Toothbrushes

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Tomaz Stolfa, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

The fight to unionize Florida’s adjunct professors
Trump administration argues that detained kids don’t need toothbrushes, soap, or a horizontal surface to sleep on.
Hillman Judge Ta-Nehisi Coates rebukes Mitch McConnell at historic Juneteenth reparations hearing.
Alexis Wainwright of WJAC tweets graphic video of inmates being tortured at an Ohio county jail where 9 inmates have died this year.

June 14, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Sanders Post Mortem; UAW Drive in TN

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Wikimedia Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Sarah Huckabee Sanders: The press secretary who demonized the press
How right-wing mag Quillette reported propaganda as fact, putting reportersat risk.
Big labor news: UAW gets another crack at unionizing a VW plantin Tennessee
Celebrating black fatherhood
Hillman Judge Ta-Nehisi Coates and Hillman board member Danny Glover to testify before Congressabout reparations on Juneteenth.

June 7, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Local 420, The Hyde Amendment, and Migrant Children

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Kynan Tate, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

The rush to unionize Illinois’ nascent marijuana industry.
What is the Hyde Amendment and why does it need to go?
The Trump administration announces a new kiddie concentration camp.
Hillman Judge Ta-Nehisi Coates reads from his new novel!