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Clear it with Sidney
by Lindsay Beyerstein
Fri, Jul 25, 2014
by Lindsay Beyerstein
Thu, Jul 24, 2014
Tue, Jul 22, 2014
Sidney Awards
Wed, Jul 09, 2014
Esther Kaplan Wins July Sidney for "Losing Sparta: The Bitter Truth About the Gospel Of Productivity"
Photo: David M. Barreda
Jim Gray, former Philips maintenance worker, on his porch in Sparta, TN
HILLMAN PRIZES
U.S:
The 2014 Hillman Prize ceremony was a night to remember! See photo slideshow here. Videos here. Congratulations to all the winners! The entry deadline for the 2015 Hillman Prize contest will be January 30, 2015.
The 2013 Hillman Officers' Award for Public Service went to garment workers in Bangladesh in memory of Aminul Islam
CANADA:
The Canadian Hillman Prize reception was a huge success. Congratulations to the winners! See photos and video of acceptance speeches.
New and Notable
"Documented," the new documentary by Sidney Award winner, Jose Antonio Vargas, is now showing on CNN. Check listings.
In case you missed "Stuck in Segregation" at the Schomburg Center with Farai Chideya, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Richard Rothstein and Patrick Sharkey, you can watch the livestream video here, and download a PDF of Rothstein's "Segregation Never Really Ended: The Link Between Housing and Education" here.
Hillman hosted a preview screening of Slavery By Another Name with author Douglas Blackmon and director Sam Pollard, moderated by Gerry Hudson. Read about it here. See video of Q&A here.
E.J. Dionne received a special Hillman Award for Career Achievement. Photos and acceptance speech here.