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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

Sidney’s Picks: Starbucks Union Busting Complaint and Billionaires Behaving Badly

The Best of the Week’s News:

  • Starbucks used “an array of illegal tactics” to thwart union drive, NLRB complaint alleges. (CBS)
     
  • In forensic pathology, racist assumptions can lead to false allegations. (NYT)
     
  • A billionaire and GOP mega-donor is gaming the tax system. (ProPublica)
     
  • Gore-Tex heir funded a GOP spy op linked to Blackwater founder Erik Prince. (Mother Jones)
     
  • Philadelphia Story: An armed society is a mass-shooting society. (Prospect)