Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

October 2024

October 25, 2024

Sidney's Picks: Donald Trump is Anti-Worker

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The Best of the Week’s News

Trump’s most shocking anti-worker statements. (Guardian)
The Amazon River is drying up. (NYT)
Admissions scandal: USC granted the children of major donors nearly guaranteed admission and roles as walk-on athletes. (LAT)
California ballot initiative would end involuntary servitude in prisons. (MoJo)
LA County supervisor steps down and will plead guilty to stealing moneyearmarked for hungry seniors. (LAist)

October 18, 2024

Sidney's Picks: Mass Deportations Could Send Dairy Prices Soaring

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The Best of the Week’s News

Got milk? Trump’s mass deportations could send dairy prices skyrocketing. (NYT)
Labor’s bleak future under Project 2025. (The Nation)
Project 2025 was such a disaster for the Republicans that a dark money group linked to Elon Musk made a fake left-wing equivalent they call Progress 2028. (Open Secrets)
The execution of Robert Roberson has been postponed amid concerns that he is innocent. A retired detective who helped convict him is speaking up to save his life. (NYT)
Far-right election deniers are recruiting poll workers in swing states. (Wisconsin Watch)
Cops are already intercepting mail-order abortion pills. (Intercept)

October 11, 2024

Sidney's Picks: Unions Make Pitch for Harris

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The Best of the Week’s News

Unions make the pitch for Harris over Trump. (Guardian)
Supreme Court denies appeal by Uber and Lyft, allowing wage theft claims to proceed in California. (Reuters)
FTC chair Lina Khan is taking on corporate interests and noncompetes and making billionaires nervous. (Bloomberg)
How NAFTA broke American politics. (NYT)
Press freedom advocates demand answers after Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchina dies in Russian custody. (CPJ)

October 4, 2024

Sidney's Picks: 500th Starbucks Store Goes Union

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The Best of the Week’s News

500th Starbucks store wins union election in Washington State. (Common Dreams)
A Trump win could threaten overtime pay for millions of workers. (HuffPo)
Hillman Prize-winner Ava Koffman on the billionaire pastors reshaping Texas politics. (NYT Mag)
Bracing for Impact: Climate change disasters like Hurricane Helene are killing workers. (Jacobin)
Long-running Immigration and Customs Enforcement program trains civilians to use deadly force. (DocumentedNY)