September 2016

September 30, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Sick Leave Victory, New Trump Scandal & iNarc

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

From now on, federal contractors must offer sick leave.
iNarc: Apple logs your iMessage contacts and may share them with the police.
How Donald Trump’s company violated the U.S. embargo against Cuba.
Kratom is the painkilling, addiction-fighting botanical you’ve never heard of…and the DEA just banned it.

September 23, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Stillman Wins Genius Grant; SAT Shortchanges Students

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Sidney Hillman Foundation, 2012.

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

Hillman Prize-winner Sarah Stillman wins a MacArthur Genius Grant!
Trump’s still lying about birtherism.
So much for the meritocracy: The new SAT further-disadvantages the neediest students.
How bad science misled chronic fatigue patients.

September 16, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Oysters of Death and Hasidic Psychiatry

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

A raw deal: The oyster industry refuses to prevent a deadly infection
Meet the 93-year-old SEIU member who’s representing New York in the electoral college
Can medical marijuana treat autism and epilepsy?
“Healing” Hasidic adulterers with psychiatric drugs

September 13, 2016

NYC Book Event: Johnny Copelyn on "Maverick Insider" 10/6 at 6:30pm

Former South African labor leader Johnny Copelyn will be discussing his new book, “Maverick Insider,” on Thursday, October 6 at 6:30pm. The book describes the role of labor unions in the dismantling of apartheid.

The event is hosted by the Sidney Hillman Foundation. It will take place at 1199 SEIU, 310 W. 43rd St. (btwn 8th and 9th Aves) in Manhattan.

September 9, 2016

Sidney's Picks: When the PD Goes Broke; The Cat Worshippers of Nashville

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

The Marshall Project kicks off a three-part series on the cash-strapped public defender system of Louisiana.
School teachers are driving for Uber to make ends meet.
Meet the cat-worshiping end times cult of Nashville.
Dreamer’s scholarship yanked just before his first class

September 2, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Labor Day Edition

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Happy Labor Day, Brothers and Sisters!

Arizonans will vote on a $12/hr minimum wage in November, despite efforts to keep the question off the ballot
10,000 workers accuse Chipotle of wage theft
If private sector unions were as strong today as they were in 1979, the average worker would earn $2704 more each year
Volkswagen must bargain with its skilled trades employees at UAW Local 42, the NLRB has ruled

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September 2016

Sidney's Picks: Sick Leave Victory, New Trump Scandal & iNarc

Sidney's Picks: Stillman Wins Genius Grant; SAT Shortchanges Students

Sidney's Picks: Oysters of Death and Hasidic Psychiatry

NYC Book Event: Johnny Copelyn on "Maverick Insider" 10/6 at 6:30pm

Sidney's Picks: When the PD Goes Broke; The Cat Worshippers of Nashville

Sidney's Picks: Labor Day Edition

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Sidney's Picks: Sick Leave Victory, New Trump Scandal & iNarc

Sidney's Picks: Stillman Wins Genius Grant; SAT Shortchanges Students

Sidney's Picks: Oysters of Death and Hasidic Psychiatry

NYC Book Event: Johnny Copelyn on "Maverick Insider" 10/6 at 6:30pm

Sidney's Picks: When the PD Goes Broke; The Cat Worshippers of Nashville

Sidney's Picks: Labor Day Edition

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