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October 12, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Adopting Migrant Kids; Squelching Protest; Seething After #MeToo

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Simon Blackley, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Judges are letting Americans adopt detained migrant children, without even notifying their parents.
Meet Helen, the 5-year-old who signed away her rights in immigration detention.
Trump’s plan could squelch protest in D.C.
Welcome back: The return of American socialism
Still seething after a year of #MeToo

October 5, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Kavanaugh's Drinking Buddies, Bogus Traffic Stops, and Undocumented Workers

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He liked beer, okay? He still likes beer.

Chris Schrier, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

We were Kavanaugh’s drinking buddies and…what were you thinking?!
LA County deputies targeted innocent Latinos for drug stops.
A 14-year-old prepares to fend for herself; and California farm workers live in fear.
Crippling the IRS makes tax cheating easy.

September 28, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Kavanaugh, Climate Change Betrayal, and Amazon Union-Busting

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Lorie Shaull, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Kavanaugh’s own calendar shows him drinking with the guests Ford placed at the party where she was attacked.
GOP staffers thwarted Deborah Ramirez’s bid to testify against Brett Kavanaugh.
Threaten.Interrogate.Promise.Spy: Amazon’s ruthless union-busting video
.
Trump administration says human-caused climate change is inevitable, so environmental standards are pointless.

September 21, 2018

Sidney's Picks: McDonald's Historic #MeToo Strike; Golf Digest Frees and Innocent Man

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Joe Brusky, Creative Commons, 2014.

The Best of the Week’s News:

“[W]e’re telling McDonald’s: No more sexual harassment”
She reported her 2006 rape…and nothing happened.
Toothless Texas inmates denied dentures, forced to live on blended food.
Golf Digest springs an innocent man from prison.

September 14, 2018

Sidney's Picks: McDonalds #MeToo Strike; Kavanaugh's Lies

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Photo from 2013 Fast Food Strike, Creative Commons, Annette Bernhardt.

The Best of the Week’s News:

McDonald’s workers announce strike to protest rampant sexual harassment.
Leahy: Kavanaugh misled the Senate under oath and I cannot support him.
Seven states ban victim aid to people with criminal records.
Arizona lawmakers cut education spending, and Arizona teachers got mad.

September 7, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Wage Stagnation, Kavanaugh, and a Horrifying Police Shooting

The Best of the Week’s News:

Wages are stagnating under Trump.
Too many restaurant jobs come with a side of verbal abuse.
Don’t kid yourself: Kavanaugh would overturn Roe v. Wade.
Why Kavanaugh should be impeached as a federal judge, not elevated to the Supreme Court.
Dallas police officer shoots a black man in his own home after supposedly “mistaking” his apartment for her own.

September 3, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Special Labor Day Edition

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SEIU Local 99, Creative Commons.

Happy Labor Day, Brothers and Sisters!

Workers’ rights will be seized in the streets, not in the courts.
“Fight or Die”: Desperate times spark new wave of labor militancy.
Fox News shames a beloved actor for bagging groceries, gets an earful.
32BJ member Dashawn Freeman reflects on how union membership has transformed his life.

August 31, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Born Near the Border? No Passport for You!

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If you were born around here (the Rio Grande Valley of Texas), the Trump administration might deny you a passport.

The Best of the Week’s News:

The U.S. is denying passports to Americans born in South Texas.
The inside scoop on the national prison strike.
The Murder of Mill Town, USA
Trump disapproval rating hits historic high of 60%.
No excuses for attack on Canadian journalist.

August 24, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Trump in NY's Crosshairs; Suboxone and Sweetgrass; Union Density

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Jeffrey Zeldman, Creative Commons: Statue: New York State Supreme Court.

Sidney’s Picks:

New York State prosecutors can go after Trump, even if Mueller won’t.
Extreme heat is killing farm workers.
Fighting the opioid overdose epidemic with suboxone and sweet grass.
Low union density is costing you money, even if you don’t belong to a union.

August 17, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Delivereros & Google's Activist Workers

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Matt Jiggins, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Google workers organize to oppose Dragonfly, a censorsing search engine for China.
The dangerous lives of New York City’s delivereros.
Is it legal to silence your disgraced associates by shoving campaign donations in their mouths?
Republicans just impeached the entire West Virginia Supreme Court.

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Sidney's Picks: Adopting Migrant Kids; Squelching Protest; Seething After #MeToo

Sidney's Picks: Kavanaugh's Drinking Buddies, Bogus Traffic Stops, and Undocumented Workers

Sidney's Picks: Kavanaugh, Climate Change Betrayal, and Amazon Union-Busting

Sidney's Picks: McDonald's Historic #MeToo Strike; Golf Digest Frees and Innocent Man

Sidney's Picks: McDonalds #MeToo Strike; Kavanaugh's Lies

Sidney's Picks: Wage Stagnation, Kavanaugh, and a Horrifying Police Shooting

Sidney's Picks: Special Labor Day Edition

Sidney's Picks: Born Near the Border? No Passport for You!

Sidney's Picks: Trump in NY's Crosshairs; Suboxone and Sweetgrass; Union Density

Sidney's Picks: Delivereros & Google's Activist Workers

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