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September 27, 2019

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

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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.

August 30, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Union Approval Soars, Solitary Kills

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SEIU Local 99, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Union approval nears 50-year high.
When solitary is a death sentence.
You’re reading that hurricane map wrong.
“The Reasonable Rebels”

August 23, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Vaccines, Coal, and the Service Industry

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Dr. Partha Sarathi Sahana, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

US won’t provide flu vaccines to migrants in detention, even though at least three kids have died of the flu in custody
Life in the Service Industry: Low wages, bad tips, unreliable hours
Unpaid Blackjewel miners continue their standoff.
Inside Trump’s bizarre campaign to free rapper A$AP Rocky from Sweden.

August 16, 2019

Sidney's Picks: 1619 and the Koch Safety Crisis

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Kevin Jarrett, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

The New York Times’ groundbreaking 1619 Project marks the 400th anniversary of slavery in America and traces its legacy to the present day
An ICE officer steered his truck into a crowd of protesters that included children and a wheelchair user–then calmly parked and went to work
The worker safety crisis at Koch-owned Georgia Pacific
How Gamergate touched off a new culture war

August 9, 2019

Sidney's Picks: ICE Raids, Insulin, and A Fat Rideshare Raise

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Thomas Hawk, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

As the nation grieved the deadliest anti-Latino hate crime in living memory, the Trump administration launched massive immigration raids, separating families and losing track of kids.
Alexa, stop using child labor!
Summer’s hottest domestic terror defense: Trump Made Me Do It
Lifelong Detroit resident dies of diabetes on the streets of Iraq, a country he’d never even visited, after ICE deported him there.
El Monte, California passes a $30 minumum wage for rideshare drivers, the nation’s highest!

August 2, 2019

Sidney's Picks: Kentucky Miners Occupy the Tracks; California Might Reform the Gig Economy

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“Canary in a Coal Mine,” by Thomas Hawk, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News

Kentucky coal miners say they will keep blocking coal trains until they get paid by the Blackjewel mine. The mine sent out paychecks knowing they would bounce and failed to post a legally-required bond.
“Military romance scams” ensnare lonely Americans on facebook.
California bill could reform the gig economy to benefit workers.
How one “outdoor cat” destroyed an entire bird sanctuary.

July 26, 2019

Sidney's Picks: US Citizen Detained By ICE; The Road to "No"

The Best of the Week’s News:

U.S. citizen freed after 23 horrific days in ICE detention.
The McMindfulness scam
The Road to “No”: Asylum-seekers risk everything to make their case, but the courts are rarely swayed.
Contempt for Consent: A Toronto doctor’s downfall
Prospective Secretary of Labor’s writings raise eyebrows in the #MeToo era.

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

Sidney's Picks: Climate Strike, Kavanaugh, Ukraine

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

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

Sidney's Picks: Union Approval Soars, Solitary Kills

Sidney's Picks: Vaccines, Coal, and the Service Industry

Sidney's Picks: 1619 and the Koch Safety Crisis

Sidney's Picks: ICE Raids, Insulin, and A Fat Rideshare Raise

Sidney's Picks: Kentucky Miners Occupy the Tracks; California Might Reform the Gig Economy

Sidney's Picks: US Citizen Detained By ICE; The Road to "No"

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