Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

October 2023

October 20, 2023

Sidney's Picks: News Industry Struggles as Traffic from Big Tech Plummets

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Russell Davies, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

News industry frets as clicks from Big Tech plummet. (NYT)
Elon Musk yanks the NYT’s verification badge as misinformation on Israel-Hamas war spreads unchecked. (WaPo/NYT)
New California law raises minimum wage for health care workers to $25 an hour. (CalMatters)
Skyrocketing housing costs force professionals to live in their cars. (NYT)
Meet Leonard Leo, the man behind the right wing overhaul of the judicial system. (ProPublica/WNYC)
A $20,000 lectern and a girls’ trip to Paris spark an investigation into Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. (40/29 News)

October 13, 2023

Sidney's Picks: Triangle Fire Memorial Dedicated; UAW Expands Strike

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Triangle Factory Fire memorial, Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition.

The Best of the Week’s News:

The 146 victims of the Triangle Factory fire received their long-awaited memorial this week, 111 years after their deaths galvanized the labor movement. (WaPo, Nation, NYT)
UAW unexpectedly expands strike to Ford’s Kentucky SUV plant signaling major escalation. (CNBC)
Kaiser Permanente reaches tentative deal with health care union after historic 72-hr strike. (NBC)
Book bans expand in Texas as new state law takes effect. (Texas Tribune, ProPublica)
Epoch Times, a far-right conspiracy peddling newspaper, expanded revenues by 685% in two years. (NBC)

October 6, 2023

Sidney's Picks: NYC's Right to Shelter is Under Fire

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James Marvin Phelps, Creative Commons.

Sidney’s Picks:

New York City tries to dodge its 40-year-old obligation to house migrants. (NYT)
NLRB steps up to protect undocumented workers. (Documented)
Trump allegedly blabbed critical submarine secrets to a Mar-a-Lago guest who told…basically everyone. (ABC)
What did the writers win in the 5-month WGA strike? (Prospect)
Repetitive injuries take hidden toll on autoworkers. (Nation)
Deliveristas’ wage hike on hold as tech giants win stay of new law. (The City)