December 27, 2019
Happy New Year from the Sidney Hillman Foundation!
Clear It with Sidney
December 20, 2019
Sidney's Picks: RIP Philoine Hillman Fried (1917 - 2019)
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Philoine Hillman Fried. Courtesy of the Hillman family.
- It is with great sadness that we report that Sidney Hillman’s daughter, Philoine, passed away on Sunday. Deepest condolences from all of us at the Sidney Hillman Foundation. She was a remarkable woman and we will miss her.
The Best of the Week’s News:
- Evangelical Christianity’s flagship magazine calls for Trump’s removal from office
- Your smart phone is ratting you out
- How Amazon squeezes its sellers
- “Putin Told Me”: How Trump got the idea Ukraine interfered in the election
- Why public college should be free
December 13, 2019
Sidney's Picks: Democracy Grief, KY Pardon Binge, Scooter Union
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Lindsay Beyerstein, 2006.
The Best of the Week’s News:
- Democracy grief is real.
- Trump’s NLRB hands McDonald’s a big win.
- Scooter rental workers in San Francisco vote to unionize.
- Defeated GOP governor of Kentucky goes on pardoning spree, freeing convicted killer whose brother threw him a campaign fundraiser.
- Harvard may have violated labor law with email to hiring managers.
December 6, 2019
Sidney's Picks: Mayor Pete, McKinsey, and Trump's Invisible Wall
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Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons.
The Best of the Week’s News:
- Consulting giant McKinsey urged the Trump administration to cut back on food and medicine for detained immigrants.
- Democratic hopeful Pete Buttigieg can’t say what he did at McKinsey.
- Trump’s invisible wall
- Sidney-winner Michael Hiltzik takes a close look at Trump’s cruel new food stamp rules.
- Sira Naturals becomes the first cannabis company to unionize in Massachusetts.
November 22, 2019
Sidney's Picks: Deadly Quartz Countertops, Google's Union-Busting, Wyo. GOP Eats Itself
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Quartz countertops, Heather, Creative Commons.
The Best of the Week’s News:
- Fancy quartz countertops are trashing workers’ lungs.
- Google hires union-busting firm.
- Postmates, arbitration, and class-action lawsuits
- “In Lockstep”: Creeping authoritarianism consumes the Wyoming Republican Party.
- CPJ asks: “Will Mike Pence defend press freedom?”
November 19, 2019
2020 Hillman Prizes: Call For Entries on Now!
Attention journalists, editors, and awards coordinators, the call for entries for the 2020 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now!
The Hillman Prizes honor investigative journalism and commentary in service of the common good.
Prizes are awarded in the following categories:
- Book
- Newspaper
- Magazine
- Broadcast
- Web
- Opinion & Analysis
Each prize consists of a $5000 honorarium and travel to New York City to attend the awards ceremony.
Deadline for applications is January 30, 2020.
Click here for full details and to enter.
November 15, 2019
Sidney's Picks: The Religious Right, the Bolivian Coup, and Uber's Big Tax Bill
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Bolivian Cityscape, Belinda Grasnik, Creative Commons.
The Best of the Week’s News:
- U.S. Ambassador assails ProPublica reporter over story about Mike Pence favoring Christian groups for foreign aid.
- Anti-choice grifter bilks city of Austin out of $1.6 million that should have gone to women’s health care.
- Fundamentalist Christian legislators have seized Bolivia in a coup and unleashed a wave of anti-indigenous violence.
- New Jersey hits Uber with $640 million tax bill for misclassifying employees as contractors.
November 8, 2019
Sidney's Picks: Life in the Shadows, ParaSites, and Jim Jordan
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Rep. Jim Jordan. Photo by Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons.
The Best of the Week’s News:
- Deportation in the midst of a labor shortage, from the new website palabra.
- ParaSites: These phony local news sites are sucking the lifeblood of local news
- “I was the fastest girl in America, until I joined Nike”
- A referee complained to Jim Jordan that the Ohio State wrestling team’s doctor had masturbated in front of him, and Jordan shrugged it off, a new lawsuit alleges.
November 5, 2019
2020 Canadian Hillman Prize, Call For Entries: Open Now Through January 15
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Attention, journalists, editors, and awards coordinators:
The Sidney Hillman Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Canadian Hillman Prize honouring excellence in investigative journalism!
The Canadian Hillman Prize celebrates print, digital and broadcast reporting that highlights injustice and leads to public policy change.
Winning entries will be judged on the following criteria:
- Significance of journalism in service of the common good
- Resourcefulness and courage in reporting
- Skill in relating the story and impact of the coverage
Eligibility: Entries must be published or broadcast in 2019 and have been made widely available to a Canadian audience. Nominated material and a cover letter explaining how the entry meets the requirements can be submitted here. Deadline: January, 15, 2020. There is no fee to enter.
The Canadian Hillman Prize winner will be honoured at a ceremony in Toronto on March 26, 2020 and be awarded a certificate, $5,000 honorarium, and travel to New York City for the U.S awards ceremony in May.
November 1, 2019
Sidney's Picks: Teachers' Victory, Coal's Betrayal, Warren's Biggest Plan Yet
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The Best of the Week’s News:
- Chicago’s historic teachers’ strike ends with a deal for smaller classes, more support staff, and a raise.
- Coal companies are shirking their legal duty to clean up after their mines.
- Memories fade, but love endures as a legendary legal mind grapples with Alzheimer’s disease.
- Medicare for All without a middle class tax hike? Elizabeth Warren presents a plan for that.