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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

Sidney's Picks: U.S. Open Workers Get Paid; Clean Water Restored to Jackson

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The Best of the Week’s News:

  • Clean water restored to Jackson, MS, but the fate of the water system remains uncertain. (MS Today)
     
  • U.S. Open workers finally get paid after Documented blows the whistle on wage theft. (DocumentedNY)
     
  • Biden averts rail strike by brokering a tentative last-minute deal, now it’s up to the rank-and-file to vote on it. (NYT, NP Bulletin, Trains)
     
  • Clearwater Confidential: How Scientology basically killed an affordable house project in Florida. (TB Times)
     
  • Over 5000 minor league baseball players voted to unionize after a lightening organizing campaign that took just 17 days. (Marketwatch)