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

• DCReport is an exciting new project that goes beyond parsing what politicians say to expose what they actually do 
   
• “Reforming,” “revamping,” “fixing”: Weasel words for cutting Social Security 
   
• Congressional Republicans balk at Trump’s border wall. 
   
• What the Women’s Marchers can learn from the Tea Party.

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

• Donald Trump Has No Mandate–Sad! 
   
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ”Victory does not guarantee respect”
   
• Trump’s DC hotel is an ethics nightmare and his business conflicts areunconstitutional 
   
• Legendary muckraker, Trump biographer, Wayne Barrett dies at 71

The Best of the Week’s News

• Trump’s McSecretary of Labor is poised to reverse historic gains in wage and hour protections
   
• Trump wants all Obama-appointed ambassadors out by Inauguration Day, even if that means leaving key posts empty for months
   
• The House revives a 130-year-old rule allowing Congress to cut a federal employee’s pay to $1/year.
   
• Benghazi Irony Alert: GOP senators want to hold U.S. diplomats hostage by slashing their security budget

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

• Trump taps “grotesque” pick for Secretary of Labor, fast food exec Andy Puzder, whose conflicts of interest could rival those of his boss.  
   
• Carrier union leader attacked by Trump hits back at POTUS-elect for lying about jobs. 
   
• Ripping out dreadlocks: Investigation co-authored by Hillman Prize-winner exposes racism in New York State prisons. 
   
• 500 migrants drowned, but no one investigated who killed them.  

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)