The Best of the Week’s News: 

• Judges are letting Americans adopt detained migrant children, without even notifying their parents. 
   
• Meet Helen, the 5-year-old who signed away her rights in immigration detention. 
   
• Trump’s plan could squelch protest in D.C. 
   
• Welcome back: The return of American socialism
   
• Still seething after a year of #MeToo

The Best of the Week’s News: 

• Kavanaugh’s own calendar shows him drinking with the guests Ford placed at the party where she was attacked. 
   
• GOP staffers thwarted Deborah Ramirez’s bid to testify against Brett Kavanaugh. 
   
• Threaten.Interrogate.Promise.Spy: Amazon’s ruthless union-busting video 
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• Trump administration says human-caused climate change is inevitable, so environmental standards are pointless. 

The Best of the Week’s News: 

• McDonald’s workers announce strike to protest rampant sexual harassment. 
   
• Leahy: Kavanaugh misled the Senate under oath and I cannot support him. 
   
• Seven states ban victim aid to people with criminal records.
   
• Arizona lawmakers cut education spending, and Arizona teachers got mad. 

Happy Labor Day, Brothers and Sisters! 

• Workers’ rights will be seized in the streets, not in the courts.
   
• “Fight or Die”: Desperate times spark new wave of labor militancy. 
   
• Fox News shames a beloved actor for bagging groceries, gets an earful.  
   
• 32BJ member Dashawn Freeman reflects on how union membership has transformed his life.