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February 10, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Sessions, Voting, and the Dominican Republic

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Traveller-Reini, Dominican Republic, Creative Commons. 

The Best of the Week’s News

  • Evelyn Turner tried to help black people vote, and Jeff Sessions tried to jail her
     
  • The Trump Organization looks to the Dominican Republic, despite a promise to forgo foreign deals
     
  • Kellyanne Conway flouted federal ethics law with Ivanka “commercial” 
     
  • Unplugged: Critical Federal Energy Regulatory Commission offline until further notice
February 3, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Meet DCReport, Fight Weasel Words

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Tara_Siuk, Creative Commons

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

January 27, 2017

Sidney's Picks: McSecretary's Hearing Postponed; Facebook Strikes at Fake News

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Roadside Pictures, Creative Commons.

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

January 20, 2017

Sidney's Picks: The Resistance

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Donkey Hotey, Creative Commons.

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

January 13, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Chaffetz' Banana Republic BS, Madoff's Hot Chocolate Racket

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LouisH Pixel, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News

January 6, 2017

Sidney's Picks: A Preview of Coming Travesties at DOL, State, and Beyond

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Gustav Klim, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News

December 16, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Brazil's Bitter Austerity, Court Halts TX Embryo Antics

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Brazillian Graffiti, Kaj Bjurman, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News

December 9, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Trump Picks McSecretary of Labor, Attacks Carrier Union Leader 

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Photo Credit: Boston Public Library, Creative Commons.

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

November 18, 2016

Sidney's Picks: "Choice" in Rapid City, Life After Pulse

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Rapid City, South Dakota, by JSF539, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News

  • “Choice” in Rapid City: Kiera Feldman’s moving account of a woman contemplating an abortion in South Dakota 
     
  • How a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting overcame survivor guilt and rebuilt his life.  
     
  • Civil rights leaders say voter suppression tipped the election for Trump. 
     
  • What a Trump Supreme Court could mean for the union movement. 
November 15, 2016

2017 Hillman Prizes: Call for Entries on Now Through January 30

The Sidney Hillman Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2017 Hillman Prizes which honor investigative journalism and commentary in the public interest. Winners exemplify reportorial excellence, storytelling skill, and social justice impact. The 2017 prizes will be given for work published or aired in 2016. Our categories are:

  • Book (nonfiction)
  • Newspaper Reporting (print or online)
  • Magazine Reporting (print or online)
  • Broadcast Journalism (story/series/documentary at least 20 minutes in total package length that aired on television, radio or podcast)
  • Web Journalism (story/series that appeared online but not in print) Open to blogs, photojournalism, and other multimedia projects as well as text.
  • Opinion & Analysis Journalism (commentary and analysis in any medium)
All entries must be received by January 30, 2017. There is no fee to enter. A cover letter and the nominated material are the only requirements. View the submission form and application instructions. See previous winners here.
 
Winners will be announced in April 2017. Each winner is awarded travel to New York City to receive a $5,000 prize and a certificate designed by New Yorker cartoonist, Edward Sorel, at our ceremony to be held Tuesday May 9, 2017 at the New York Times Center.

 

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