Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

July 2022

July 29, 2022

Sidney’s Picks: RIP David Moberg; Death Row Travesty

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Journalist David Moberg, by Eden, Janine, & Jim, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Remembering David Moberg, labor journalist, 1943-2022. (Nation)
Alabama man remains on death row despite strong evidence of innocence. (WaPo)
The U.S. labor movement is on the rise, despite strong opposition from corporations. (Guardian)
How local journalists proved a 10-year-old abortion patient was raped. And how the girl’s doctor has been targeted by anti-choice zealots. (WaPo, NYT)
“Nobody would choose this”: A Maine family lives out of their van on the Turnpike (Press Herald)

July 8, 2022

Sidney’s Picks: Georgia Organizing Wave Brewing?; Biden on Abortion

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Kevin Trotman, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Starbucks union victories could be the beginning of an organizing wave in Georgia. (AJC)
A new law could increase fines for u nsafe construction sites, if Gov. Hochul signs it. (NYT)
Planned Parenthood workers vote to unionize. (WWLP)
Highland Park and an Illegitimate Supreme Court (New Yorker)
More things Biden could be doing to support abortion rights. (WaPo, Slate)

July 1, 2022

Sidney's Picks: Starbucks Union-Busting Tactics Exploit Post-Roe Desperation

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Rick Cameron, Creative Commons.

Best of the Week’s News:

Starbucks is dangling an abortion travel benefit in front of organizing workers like a “cat toy.” (Bon Appétit)
Production workers on “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy“ unionize. (NPR)
Amazon Labor Union takes the fight to Phoenix. (People’s World)
How a public university is buckling to a conservative crusade. (ProPublica)
More evidence that Trump planned to lead the mob to the Capitol on January 6. (WaPo)