Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

June 2022

June 24, 2022

Sidney’s Picks: Starbucks Union Busting Complaint and Billionaires Behaving Badly

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Elliott Stoller, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Starbucks used “an array of illegal tactics” to thwart union drive, NLRB complaint alleges. (CBS)
In forensic pathology, racist assumptions can lead to false allegations. (NYT)
A billionaire and GOP mega-donor is gaming the tax system. (ProPublica)
Gore-Tex heir funded a GOP spy op linked to Blackwater founder Erik Prince. (Mother Jones)
Philadelphia Story: An armed society is a mass-shooting society. (Prospect)

June 17, 2022

Sidney's Picks: White Parents Run Black Teacher Out of Town; Starbucks Union Wins Grow

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Elliott Stoller, Creative Commons, Starbucks Workers Rally & March, 2022.

Best of the Week’s News:

White parents ran a Black educator out of town, and pursued her to the next one, making her one of many teachers forced from their jobs over ideology. (WaPo, ProPublica)
As Starbucks workers rack up their 150th election victory in the face of fierce opposition, Starbucks workers in Everett go on strike. (WTTW, Bloomberg, KOMONews)
Amazon is running out of people to staff its warehouses, leaked memo shows. And no wonder… (Vox, WaPo)
Eastman emails confirm, Ginni Thomas has a lot of explaining to do. (CNN, NYT)

June 10, 2022

What Do Workers Want?; What Does Boudin’s Recall Mean?

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The number of workers in U.S. Starbucks locations that have filed for union elections (11/21-5/22). Via WERN report.

The Best of the Week’s News:

What do workers want? New report has answers. (WERN)
California fast food workers strike for better working conditions. (LAT)
Private equity, absentee landlords, and weak tenant protection laws make most of Georgia’s affordable housing barely habitable. (AJC)
In Limbo at the Airway Inn: Jackson Heights residents displaced by fire wait to return home. (Curbed)
San Francisco journalists debunk national media myth-making about the recall of progressive DA Chesa Boudin. (Defector; Mission Local)
Sidney-winners making an impact: Detention facility that illegally jailed children will now have oversight. (ProPublica)

June 3, 2022

Sidney's Picks: Loss, Grief, and the Fight for Free Speech

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x1klima, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

The staff of Uvalde’s daily paper report and grieve. (New Yorker)
Johnny Depp wins the right wing’s war on free speech. (Salon)
China is harassing female journalists of Chinese descent with a network of bots. (Axios)
Ford announces 6000 new union jobs, building electric vehicles. (CNBC)
The Men Lost to 20 Bruckner Blvd: NYC’s deadliest construction site (NYT)