The best of the Week’s News:

• The Philadelphia Inquirer examines the roots of systemic racism through institutions founded in Philadelphia, including itself.  
   
• Dirty tricksters of Project Veritas lose in court, jury awards $120,000 to victims. (NYT)
   
• Independent labor unions flourished because big unions weren’t meeting workers’ needs for organizing. (ITT)
   
• Union officials say they will request a union vote for 3000 JetBlue flight service workers. (NBC)

Sidney’s Picks:

• U.S. Open workers say their wages were stolen. (DocumentedNY)
   
• How did Trump manage to take so many top secret documents from the White House? (LATimes)
   
• MI GOP official/election conspiracist tells poll workers to be “undercover agents” and break the rules. (CNN)
   
• Pregnant women in Alabama can be jailed for months to “protect” their fetuses from drugs. (AL.com)