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August 3, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Spy Ties & Trump Lies

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The Best of the Week’s News:

Maria Butina would get drunk and brag about her ties to Russian intelligence, former classmates say
Trump is lying more, and he knows exactly what he’s doing
Ex-FEMA personnel chief accused of harassing women, hiring frat buddies and randos he met in bars
The post-Janus fight that could reshape Oregon

July 27, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Punching the Clock for $$, Minimum Wage Victory, and Massive Voter Purges

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Kristine, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

States purged 16 million voters between 2016 and 2018.
California bosses will have to pay workers for time spent punching in and out.
A big victory in Birmingham’s fight to raise the minimum wage.
After the Raid: The legacy of Postville
Anna March, Literary Grifter Extraordinaire

July 20, 2018

Sidney's Picks: The Trauma of Detention; Ocasio and Socialism, and Cockfighting Confidential

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Adam Cohn, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

“This is not how I gave them my son”: 46 days in immigration detention leave lasting toll
Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bring socialism to the Democratic Party?
Trump nominee was the architect of a legal strategy that could bankrupt unions post-Janus.
Indictments reveal deep Russian infiltrationinto U.S. election infrastructure.
The cockfighting raid that up-ended a small town

July 13, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Kavanaugh, Russian Media Meddling, and Medicaid

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Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Kavanaugh is bad news for working people.
Russian operatives sought to exploit Americans’ trust in local news.
The human toll of Medicaid work requirements
Contractor admits to detaining migrant kids in a vacant office building.

July 6, 2018

Sidney's Picks: The Great Gateway Tunnel Shakedown and When Ice Takes Mom

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Creative Commons via Hopeful in NJ. A representation of the Gateway Tunnel Project courtesy of Sen. Frank Lautenberg & Amtrak.

The Best of the Week’s News:

The tunnel that could break New York
Kids struggle to survive on their own after ICE takes their parents.
The Army is turfing immigrants serving honorably on their path to citizenship.
Driver’s license suspensions are modern-day debtor’s prison.
CalOSHA opens a third probe of Tesla’s car factory.

June 29, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Kennedy, Janus, and more!

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Insomnia Cured Here, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

How the White House enticed Anthony Kennedy to retire.
What does Kennedy’s exit mean for Roe v. Wade?
Janus: Son of Bush v. Gore
White House seeks to deny asylum on the basis of unauthorized entry.
ICE crashes whistleblower’s interview with CBS!
We have a democracy crisis, not a civility crisis

June 22, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Kids in Detention

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CE Miller Photography, Creative Commons. Photo from Stop Separating Immigrant Families action in Chicago, Jun 2018.

Sidney’s Picks:

Video shows immigrant kids arriving at NYC foster facility without parents.
Immigrant children forcibly drugged in detention, lawsuit alleges.
“Es un avion!” A 3-year-old takes the stand in immigration court.
Tech workers push back against their employers’ collaboration with ICE.
Wilbur Ross, Vladimir Putin, and the Bank of Cypress

June 15, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Cashing in on kids behind bars

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Xabier Cid, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News

Defense contractors are cashing in on immigrant kids.
Washington Post union asks #DearJeffBezos for a fair contract as Amazon kills Seattle tax to help the homeless.
New York City must pay $1 billion to fix lead paint and other dangers in public housing.
How the norms of political journalism help spread Trump’s lies.
How Janus v. AFSCME could kneecap public sector unions.

June 8, 2018

Sidney's Picks: The New Yorker Recommends Solidarity!

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Courtesy of the New Yorker staff.

The Best of the Week’s News:

New Yorker staff back union drive by huge margin.
Jails must treat opioid withdrawal, ACLU suit asserts.
Hundreds of migrant kids, separated from their parents, languish in border stations.
What happens when a peevish twerp with the attention span of a gnat runs an empire?

June 1, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Organizing the Digital Newsroom & Austerity in the UK

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The Best of the Week’s News:

Organizing the digital newsroom, by Hillman Prize-winner Steven Greenhouse
Austerity in the UK
The hidden horrors of “zero tolerance” in Texas immigration court
What happened to Jill Stein’s recount millions?
The unintended victims of the opioid crackdown

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Clear It With Sidney

Clear It with Sidney

Sidney's Picks: Spy Ties & Trump Lies

Sidney's Picks: Punching the Clock for $$, Minimum Wage Victory, and Massive Voter Purges

Sidney's Picks: The Trauma of Detention; Ocasio and Socialism, and Cockfighting Confidential

Sidney's Picks: Kavanaugh, Russian Media Meddling, and Medicaid

Sidney's Picks: The Great Gateway Tunnel Shakedown and When Ice Takes Mom

Sidney's Picks: Kennedy, Janus, and more!

Sidney's Picks: Kids in Detention

Sidney's Picks: Cashing in on kids behind bars

Sidney's Picks: The New Yorker Recommends Solidarity!

Sidney's Picks: Organizing the Digital Newsroom & Austerity in the UK

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Sidney's Picks: Spy Ties & Trump Lies

Sidney's Picks: Punching the Clock for $$, Minimum Wage Victory, and Massive Voter Purges

Sidney's Picks: The Trauma of Detention; Ocasio and Socialism, and Cockfighting Confidential

Sidney's Picks: Kavanaugh, Russian Media Meddling, and Medicaid

Sidney's Picks: The Great Gateway Tunnel Shakedown and When Ice Takes Mom

Sidney's Picks: Kennedy, Janus, and more!

Sidney's Picks: Kids in Detention

Sidney's Picks: Cashing in on kids behind bars

Sidney's Picks: The New Yorker Recommends Solidarity!

Sidney's Picks: Organizing the Digital Newsroom & Austerity in the UK

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