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. 

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

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. 

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