Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

January 2018

January 26, 2018

Sidney's Picks: IndyStar Shines, Obstruction of Justice, and Medical Marijuana

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The Best of the Week’s News

How the IndyStar brought down Larry Nassar by exposing the biggest sex abuse scandal in sports history.
Why Mueller’s probably mulling an obstruction charge against Donald Trump.
A 12-year-old with epilepsy battles Jeff Sessions over medical marijuana.
Do you miss us now? Democrats pay dire price for neglecting organized labor.

January 19, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Tip Theft, Free Speech, and Abortions Denied

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The Best of the Week’s News

Legalized tip theft would hit women hard.
Is free speech killing democracy?
Medicaid work requirements: Cruel and pointless
The heavy toll of abortions denied

January 12, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Spreadsheet Self-Defense, Dick Durbin, and the Carrier Con

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Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

The creator of the “Media Men” spreadsheet speaks out.
Dick Durbin confirms that the president slurred Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries.”
Poynter and the American Society of News Editors take the Koch Foundation’s dirty money.
Carrier workers laid off, despite Trump’s promises

January 5, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Killer Garbage, Freezing Schools, & Open Secrets

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Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

Inside the dirty, deadly world of private garbage collection
Baltimore kids shiver in freezing classrooms.
What war with North Korea would look like.
Weinstein, Trump, Wolff and “Open Secrets”