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Introducing Hillman's Newest Judge: Ta-Nehisi Coates

It is my great pleasure to welcome the Sidney Hillman Foundation’s newest judge, Ta-Nehisi Coates. This fall, Coates joined the distinguished panel of judges who adjudicate our monthly Sidney Awards and our annual Hillman Prizes. 

Ta-Nehisi is a senior editor at The Atlantic, a celebrated blogger, a memoirist, and a 2012 Hillman Prize-winner. His fellow Hillman judge Rick Hertzberg describes him as “one of the most elegant and sharp observers of race in America, [an] upholder of universal values, a brave and compassionate writer who challenges his readers to transcend narrow self-definitions and focus on shared humanity.”

We could not be happier or more proud to have Ta-Nehisi on our team.