The Best of the Week’s News: 

• 12 people have died violently in Mississippi State prisons this month. 
   
• Senate investigators interview IRS whistleblower about alleged interference in Trump or Pence audit. 
   
• Trump-appointed federal judge belittles trans woman seeking justice. 
   
• Federal labor law makes it too hard to form a union.

Sidney’s Picks: 

• NYC mulls half-billion-dollar bailout for taxi drivers victimized by bad loans
   
• Twitter vs. Facebook: Do facts matter in political ads?
   
• Big structural change for the New York Times’ Opinion section 
   
• Philly starts shaming businesses that flout the city’s labor laws. 

The Best of the Week’s News: 

• Yes, climate change is intensifying Australia’s unprecedented wildfires.
   
• Home-invading NYPD cop who terrorized a family with racist abuse resigns from the force. 
   
• Unredacted documents prove Trump personally demanded an illegal freeze of fundsto Ukraine. 
   
• This was the decade of feminist uprisings in Latin America. 

• 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