Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

September 2020

September 25, 2020

Sidney's Picks: Unions, Hollywood, and the Supreme Court

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Jean-Guillaume Dumont, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

With unions surging in public esteem, support for labor is 2020’s sleeper issue. (TBT)
Trump is trying to bust the VAs largest union, and workers are living in fear. (ITT)
What if Trump refuses to concede? (Atlantic)
Breonna Taylor’s killers will never face justice because we’ve legalized murder by cop. (WaPo)
Hollywood is cleared to resume production in the COVID era, thanks to a new safety deal with the unions. (DLH)

September 18, 2020

Sidney's Picks: Ice Hysterectomies, USPS Voter Suppression, and Vaccine Fears

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Vaccine vials, Matt Allworth, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

At least 15 women were subjected to questionable reproductive surgeries in ICE detention, lawyers say. (USA Today)
A federal judge temporarily blocks DeJoy’s overhaul of the USPS, calling it “voter disenfranchisement.” (CNN)
OSHA is failing to protect workers from COVID hazards on the job. (HuffPo)
Bill Barr puts in a good word for political interference in prosecutions. (Slate)

September 11, 2020

Sidney's Picks: Wildfires, Lies, and Protests

The Best of the Week’s News:

Wildfires in California have already smashed all records, consuming 2.2 million acres…and the fire season has barely even started. (LiveScience, Buzzfeed)
While the U.S. grapples with widespread hunger, France will keep paying up to 84% of the salaries of workers furloughed by COVID-19 until next summer. (NYT, ABC)
Michelle Goldberg on what the Woodward tapes reveal about Trump’s lies. (NYT)
Why is the DOJ getting involved in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against Trump? (MoJo)
At least 9 people have been killed in anti-police brutality protests in Colombia. (CBC)

September 4, 2020

Sidney's Picks: COVID Childcare Crisis

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Photo by Arlene Mejorando, courtesty of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project/Slate.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Will the pandemic spark a childcare revolution? (Slate)
As Labor Day approaches, New York City’s arts industry looks ahead to an uncertain future. (NYT)
What’s so great about California’s “Labor Slate”? (In These Times)
Why Trump’s eviction moratorium falls short. (Curbed)
Donald Trump dismissed American war dead as “suckers” and “losers.” (Atlantic, AP)