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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

Sidney's Picks: Philly's Black Labor History; Project Veritas Defeat

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Philadelphia, Matthew Colo, Wikimedia Commons

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)