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August 19, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Feds to Ditch Private Prisons

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After reporting by Hillman Prize-winners Shane Bauer and Seth Freed Wessler, the federal government vows to ditch private prisons
A tale of Munchausen Syndrome and murder
Pro-life? Pregnancy deaths nearly doubled in Texas after health care cuts
A $600 death sentence: The race to save a patient who earned too much for Medicaid

August 12, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Michael Brown; Necessary Trouble; and Get That Baby Out of Here

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The Best of the Week’s News

Think tank scholar, corporate consultant, or both?
“It’s very easy to become numb…” An oral history of the shooting of Michael Brown
Sarah Jaffe’s “Necessary Trouble” is a guided tour of American radicalism.
Get that baby out of here: Trump’s child care plan would moslty benefit the rich

August 5, 2016

Sidney's Picks: CT Gov Nixes Ethics $$; Trump Channels McCarthy

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

Connecticut governor slashes ethics funding while he’s under investigation
Trump’s Indecent Proposal
Facebook lets cops hide citizens’ videos through “law enforcement portal”
Sidney-winner Danielle Ivory talks 911 and Wall Street on DemocracyNow!

July 22, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Purvi Patel, Sketchy Sperm Banks, and Foreclosure Frauds

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The Best of the Week’s News

An appeals court in Indiana partially reverses Purvi Patel’s feticide conviction
Buyers beware: Sperm banks are largely unregulated
New documents shed light on the unholy alliance between Big Oil and Big Tobacco
How sleazy lawyers profit from desperate homeowners facing foreclosure

July 15, 2016

Sidney's Picks: OSHA, Trump's White Supremacist Buds, and Sushi Skullduggery

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The Best of the Week’s News

OSHA harnesses Big Data to protect workers
Nick Confessore on Donald Trump and white supremacy
Child deaths rose 71% in the Dallas County foster care system this year
Sushi lovers despair: Bait-and-switch is the norm

July 8, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Dallas Shooting, Black Lives, and White Blindness

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

Why Alton Sterling and Philando Castile are dead: racism plus over-policing
Michael Eric Dyson on whiteness as blindness
Victims of the Tazreen factory fire in Bangladesh have finally been compensated for their losses
Feet in 2 Worlds launches Unidos, an app to help young Latino voters register to vote, and more

June 24, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Private Prison Confidential & The Other Smoke Inhalation Lobby

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UMWomen, Creative Commons. A giant puppet flaps in the breeze at a protest outside a Corrections Corporation of America facility in Texas. Shane Bauer went undercover as a CCA guard in Louisiana.

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

Hillman Prize-winner Shane Bauer spent four months undercover in a private prison
The homebuilders’ lobby would let you burn to death in your sleep to save a few bucks
By this point in the campaign, Romney had more offices than Trump has staffers
What does last night’s Brexit victory mean for the global economy?

June 17, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Bloodlust, Zika, and Paranoia

The Best of the Week’s News

I will satisfy my bloodlust: The Orlando shooter’s private security firm ignored warnings about two other killers
In the shadow of Zika
Trump peddles another conspiracy theory, protester paranoia grips his followers
Clinton garners the endorsement of the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor union

June 10, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Scientology, Deadbeat Donald, and the Stanford Rapist

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

Scientology and Goldman Sachs team up to teach morality. What could go wrong?
Donald Trump is the anti-Lannister. He never pays his debts.
CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield explains why she read the Stanford rape victim’s impact statement on the air
A defense attorney explains how defendants like the Stanford Rapist work the system for lighter sentences
How Margaret Sanger myths are used to shame black women

June 3, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Uber's Sup-Prime Caper, "Both Sides-ism," and Walmart

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

Uber joins the sub-prime auto racket
How “Both Sides-ism” is wrecking journalism
Trump: Litigator in Chief
How Tampa Bay Wal-Marts abuse the police to secure their stores

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Clear It with Sidney

Sidney's Picks: Feds to Ditch Private Prisons

Sidney's Picks: Michael Brown; Necessary Trouble; and Get That Baby Out of Here

Sidney's Picks: CT Gov Nixes Ethics $$; Trump Channels McCarthy

Sidney's Picks: Purvi Patel, Sketchy Sperm Banks, and Foreclosure Frauds

Sidney's Picks: OSHA, Trump's White Supremacist Buds, and Sushi Skullduggery

Sidney's Picks: Dallas Shooting, Black Lives, and White Blindness

Sidney's Picks: Private Prison Confidential & The Other Smoke Inhalation Lobby

Sidney's Picks: Bloodlust, Zika, and Paranoia

Sidney's Picks: Scientology, Deadbeat Donald, and the Stanford Rapist

Sidney's Picks: Uber's Sup-Prime Caper, "Both Sides-ism," and Walmart

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Clear It With Sidney

Sidney's Picks: Feds to Ditch Private Prisons

Sidney's Picks: Michael Brown; Necessary Trouble; and Get That Baby Out of Here

Sidney's Picks: CT Gov Nixes Ethics $$; Trump Channels McCarthy

Sidney's Picks: Purvi Patel, Sketchy Sperm Banks, and Foreclosure Frauds

Sidney's Picks: OSHA, Trump's White Supremacist Buds, and Sushi Skullduggery

Sidney's Picks: Dallas Shooting, Black Lives, and White Blindness

Sidney's Picks: Private Prison Confidential & The Other Smoke Inhalation Lobby

Sidney's Picks: Bloodlust, Zika, and Paranoia

Sidney's Picks: Scientology, Deadbeat Donald, and the Stanford Rapist

Sidney's Picks: Uber's Sup-Prime Caper, "Both Sides-ism," and Walmart

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