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October 27, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Whitefish, Catalonia, and Halperin

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The Best of the Week’s News

Congress probes $300 million Whitefish contract.
Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
“It was gross. He’s gross”: Mark Halperin exposed as a sexual harasser
If you were laid off, would you train your replacement? (Video)

October 20, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Emoluments, Eye Drops, and Voter Suppression

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The Best of the Week’s News

Hotels & Hot Dogs: Emoluments lawsuit challenges Trump’s self-dealing presidency
Drug companies make eye drops too big on purpose, so you waste half the bottle.
How voter suppression won Trump Wisconsin
University of Chicago grad students vote to unionize.

October 13, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Hot Prisons, North Korea, and The Iran Deal

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The Best of the Week’s News

Sidney Award-winner John Carlos Frey on the terrible toll of overheated prisons
After Weinstein
Ten million Americans get fee-laden payroll cards instead of checks
Nuclear war could be closer than you think
The tragedy of the Iran Deal

October 6, 2017

Sidney's Picks: FEMA, Chickens, and Harvey Weinstein

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The Best of the Week’s News

FEMA yanks dismal Puerto Rico stats from its website.
Hillman Prize-winner Rebecca Traister shares a very personal memory of Harvey Weinstein.
How petty criminals became indentured servants on a chicken farm
Trump administration set to roll back the birth control mandate.
“A Life on the Line”

September 29, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Hugh Hefner, Private Jets, and Far-Right Memes

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The Best of the Week’s News

Hugh Hefner: Nightmare Boss
HHS Secretary Tom Price promises to pay for his private flights, at pennies on the dollar.
Texas GOP meme-master teams up with the German far-right
Puerto Rico’s slow-motion medical crisis
If you’re sick of politics in sports, blame the Department of Defense.

September 22, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Graham-Cassidy Lies, The Alt Right, and Mexican Journalists

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Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

The boys who cried #FakeNews on Graham-Cassidy
Undercover with the Alt-Right
Mourning a crusader for women’s health
“They used a power drill”: The state turns on Mexican journalists

September 15, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Fake News Capital, Houston EPA in Peril

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Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

Behold, the Fake News Capital of the World
Houston is awash in spilled chemicals, but the local EPA lab is closing
The Redemption and Rejection of Michelle Jones
Unions step up to fight deportations

September 8, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Our First White President, Facebook Fake News, and a Tale of Two Janitors

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Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

Hillman judge Ta-Nehisi Coates on “Our First White President”
How Michigan gambled and lost on charter schools
How Facebook undermines its own fake-news-fighting program
How sketchy rehab centers troll for clients online
A tale of two janitors

September 1, 2017

Sidney's Picks: DACA, Defunding Labor, and Trump's Opioid Snake Oil

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The Best of the Week’s News

What if Trump ends DACA?
Right wing alliance plots to “defund and defang” the labor movement
Trump offers snake oil solutions to the opioid problem
Utah nurse stands up to cop, refuses to take illegal blood sample, gets arrested

August 25, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Dylann Roof, Day Laborers, and David Duke's Godson

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Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

Dylann Roof: A Most American Terrorist
Day laborers have a First Amendment right to ask for work, court rules
Sidney Award-winner Alec MacGillis on how Ben Carson is deconstructing HUD
David Duke was my godfather…

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Sidney's Picks: Whitefish, Catalonia, and Halperin

Sidney's Picks: Emoluments, Eye Drops, and Voter Suppression

Sidney's Picks: Hot Prisons, North Korea, and The Iran Deal

Sidney's Picks: FEMA, Chickens, and Harvey Weinstein

Sidney's Picks: Hugh Hefner, Private Jets, and Far-Right Memes

Sidney's Picks: Graham-Cassidy Lies, The Alt Right, and Mexican Journalists

Sidney's Picks: Fake News Capital, Houston EPA in Peril

Sidney's Picks: Our First White President, Facebook Fake News, and a Tale of Two Janitors

Sidney's Picks: DACA, Defunding Labor, and Trump's Opioid Snake Oil

Sidney's Picks: Dylann Roof, Day Laborers, and David Duke's Godson

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