March 21, 2017
2017 Canadian Hillman Prize Winners Announced
The 2017 Canadian Hillman Prize goes to Min Sook Lee for her groundbreaking TVO documentary, Migrant Dreams, which profiles a group of migrant agricultural workers who were lured to Canada by promises of high-paying greenhouse jobs only to find exploitation, surveillance, and intimidation via the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
An honorable mention goes to Jorge Barrera for Quest for Innocence on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network for reversing the wrongful second-degree murder conviction of Connie Oakes, a Cree woman sentenced to a lengthy prison term for a murder she did not commit.
Another honorable mention goes to Sara Mojtehedzadeh and her team at the Toronto Star for A Workers’ Compensation System in Crisis, a hard-hitting series on the quiet dismantling of Ontario’s workers’ compensation system.
Learn more about this year’s Canadian Hillman honorees.
March 17, 2017
Sidney's Picks: Muslim Bans, the Oxford Comma, and Homeless College Kids
Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News
- Did Trump’s big mouth doom his new Muslim Ban?
- $10 million in overtime hinges on an Oxford comma.
- 14% of community college students at 70 schools are homeless, a new report finds.
- The new Take Care Blog tracks the legal intricacies of the Trump administration.
March 10, 2017
Sidney's Picks: GOP Cripples the Government; KKK Wizard Refutes White Supremacy
Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News
March 3, 2017
Sidney's Picks: Workers' Rights, DOL, and JCC Threats
Photo credit:
Hillman board member Danny Glover, by qbac07, Creative Commons.
February 17, 2017
Sidney's Picks: The Mar-A-Lago Blues, the ACA, and Sinking Mexico City
Photo credit:
WallyG, Creative Commons.
The Best of the Week’s News
February 10, 2017
Sidney's Picks: Sessions, Voting, and the Dominican Republic
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
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
Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News
January 20, 2017
Sidney's Picks: The Resistance
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
The Best of the Week’s News
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