Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

December 2019

December 27, 2019

Happy New Year from the Sidney Hillman Foundation!

December 20, 2019

Sidney's Picks: RIP Philoine Hillman Fried (1917 - 2019)

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Philoine Hillman Fried. Courtesy of the Hillman family.

It is with great sadness that we report that Sidney Hillman’s daughter, Philoine, passed away on Sunday. Deepest condolences from all of us at the Sidney Hillman Foundation. She was a remarkable woman and we will miss her.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Evangelical Christianity’s flagship magazine calls for Trump’s removal from office
Your smart phone is ratting you out
How Amazon squeezes its sellers
“Putin Told Me”: How Trump got the idea Ukraine interfered in the election
Why public college should be free

December 13, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Democracy Grief, KY Pardon Binge, Scooter Union

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Lindsay Beyerstein, 2006.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Democracy grief is real.
Trump’s NLRB hands McDonald’s a big win.
Scooter rental workers in San Francisco vote to unionize.
Defeated GOP governor of Kentucky goes on pardoning spree, freeing convicted killer whose brother threw him a campaign fundraiser.
Harvard may have violated labor law with email to hiring managers.

December 6, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Mayor Pete, McKinsey, and Trump's Invisible Wall

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Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Consulting giant McKinsey urged the Trump administration to cut back on food and medicine for detained immigrants.
Democratic hopeful Pete Buttigieg can’t say what he did at McKinsey.
Trump’s invisible wall
Sidney-winner Michael Hiltzik takes a close look at Trump’s cruel new food stamp rules.
Sira Naturals becomes the first cannabis company to unionize in Massachusetts.

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