November 2018

November 30, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Acosta & Epstein; Moonves; and Putin

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Donkey Hotey, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Future Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta put child rapist Jeffrey Epstein above the law.
How CBS titan Les Moonves tried to silence the woman he allegedly raped.
The Trump Organization planned to give Vladimir Putin a $50 million penthouse in Trump Tower Moscow.
Corporate “wellness programs” are just another way for your boss to spy on you.

November 20, 2018

2019 Hillman Prizes: Call For Entries on Now!

Attention journalists, editors, and awards coordinators, the call for entries for the 2019 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now!

The Hillman Prizes honor investigative journalism and commentary in service of the common good.

Prizes are awarded in the following categories:

Book
Newspaper
Magazine
Broadcast
Web
Opinion & Analysis

Each prize consists of a $5000 honorarium and travel to New York City to attend the awards ceremony.

Deadline for applications is January 30, 2019.

Click here for full details and to enter.

November 16, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Florida, Dwarf-Tossing, and Femicide

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Reinhard Link, Creative Commons.

Sidney’s Picks:

The Resistance needs to hit the streets to defend democracy in Florida.
Trump’s pick to replace Kavanaugh is a defender of dwarf-tossing.
67 femicides cast a shadow over Mexican city.
Labor marks the 99th anniversary of the Centralia Massacre.

November 9, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Our Crackpot Acting AG, Mass Shootings, And Scott Walker's Downfall

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Bye bye, Scott!

Photo by Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Our new acting AG penned an anti-Mueller op/ed, sat on the board of a fraudster firm, and touted crackpot legal theories.
The Newest Jim Crow
He survived the mass shooting in Las Vegas only to die in the mass shooting at Thousand Oaks.
Unions finally brought down Scott Walker, but the damage is done.

November 2, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Women in Prison; the Shadow Rulers of the VA; and Native American Women Candidates Making History

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SCCN, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

The other family separation crisis: Women in prison
The latest on the shadow rulers of the VA, from Sidney-winner Isaac Arnsdorf.
Debunking right-wing myths about birthright citizenship.
What did Zinke do?
Female Native American candidates poised to make history in the midterms.

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November 2018

Sidney's Picks: Acosta & Epstein; Moonves; and Putin

2019 Hillman Prizes: Call For Entries on Now!

Sidney's Picks: Florida, Dwarf-Tossing, and Femicide

Sidney's Picks: Our Crackpot Acting AG, Mass Shootings, And Scott Walker's Downfall

Sidney's Picks: Women in Prison; the Shadow Rulers of the VA; and Native American Women Candidates Making History

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Sidney's Picks: Acosta & Epstein; Moonves; and Putin

2019 Hillman Prizes: Call For Entries on Now!

Sidney's Picks: Florida, Dwarf-Tossing, and Femicide

Sidney's Picks: Our Crackpot Acting AG, Mass Shootings, And Scott Walker's Downfall

Sidney's Picks: Women in Prison; the Shadow Rulers of the VA; and Native American Women Candidates Making History

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