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Members of the Local 12 United Auto Workers Union picket outside a Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio during a nationwide strike.
November 8, 2023
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2023 Hillman Prize Winners
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2023 Hillman Prize for Book Journalism
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners
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2023 Hillman Prize for Broadcast JournalismMSNBC
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2023 Hillman Prize for Newspaper JournalismThe New York Times
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2023 Hillman Prize for Opinion JournalismMore Perfect Union
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2023 Hillman Prize for Web JournalismAL.com
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2023 George Barrett Award WinnerNational Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union
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