Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

September 2019

September 27, 2019

Sidney's Picks: The GrubHub Grind and the Kill List

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Lisa Lagman Sperl, Creative Commons.

Sidney’s Picks:

The GrubHub Grind: How meal delivery apps affect workers
Cashing in on involuntary commitment
Court rules that American journalist has no right to know if the U.S. has been trying to kill him with drones
Non-profit hospital frees thousands of patients from medical debt after ProPublica exposé

September 20, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Climate Strike, Kavanaugh, Ukraine

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School Strike, Creative Commons.

Solidarity with the Global Climate Strikers!

Sidney’s Picks:

How Amazon workers pushed for action on climate.
A look at the fiery destruction Bolsonaro has unleashed on the Amazon.
Don’t freak out, but we’re down 3 billion birds. Okay, maybe freak out.
Kavanaugh demanded that Times reporters lie in exchange for an interview. They declined.
Trump tried to force Ukraine to meddle in the 2020 election.

September 13, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Yoga Solidarity, Uber's Drivers, and Kickstarter's Alleged Union Busting

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David Rosemblum, Creative Commons. Illustration only.

The Best of the Week’s News:

YogaWorks instructors push for a union, the first of its kind in their industry
Uber claims drivers aren’t part of its usual business
Kickstarter may have broken the law by firing two union organizers
Brad Parscale: Trump’s Digital Carny
ThinkProgress never had a chance.

September 6, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Amazon's Wild Ride, ICE's Spoiled Vaccines, Marianne Williamson is Not Mad, Just Disappointed

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Sindy, Creative Commons.

Sidney’s Picks:

Private profits, public mayhem: Amazon’s rough ride
Customs and Border Patrol freezes people in hielaras, but ICE can’t keep vaccines chilled.
Why elite black athletes should ditch white colleges to play for HBCUs
Marianne Williamson is indignant that Erica Jong thinks it’s “weird” to believe thoughts can change the weather.