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July 15, 2016

Sidney's Picks: OSHA, Trump's White Supremacist Buds, and Sushi Skullduggery

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The Best of the Week’s News

OSHA harnesses Big Data to protect workers
Nick Confessore on Donald Trump and white supremacy
Child deaths rose 71% in the Dallas County foster care system this year
Sushi lovers despair: Bait-and-switch is the norm

July 8, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Dallas Shooting, Black Lives, and White Blindness

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

Why Alton Sterling and Philando Castile are dead: racism plus over-policing
Michael Eric Dyson on whiteness as blindness
Victims of the Tazreen factory fire in Bangladesh have finally been compensated for their losses
Feet in 2 Worlds launches Unidos, an app to help young Latino voters register to vote, and more

June 24, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Private Prison Confidential & The Other Smoke Inhalation Lobby

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UMWomen, Creative Commons. A giant puppet flaps in the breeze at a protest outside a Corrections Corporation of America facility in Texas. Shane Bauer went undercover as a CCA guard in Louisiana.

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

Hillman Prize-winner Shane Bauer spent four months undercover in a private prison
The homebuilders’ lobby would let you burn to death in your sleep to save a few bucks
By this point in the campaign, Romney had more offices than Trump has staffers
What does last night’s Brexit victory mean for the global economy?

June 17, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Bloodlust, Zika, and Paranoia

The Best of the Week’s News

I will satisfy my bloodlust: The Orlando shooter’s private security firm ignored warnings about two other killers
In the shadow of Zika
Trump peddles another conspiracy theory, protester paranoia grips his followers
Clinton garners the endorsement of the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor union

June 10, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Scientology, Deadbeat Donald, and the Stanford Rapist

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

Scientology and Goldman Sachs team up to teach morality. What could go wrong?
Donald Trump is the anti-Lannister. He never pays his debts.
CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield explains why she read the Stanford rape victim’s impact statement on the air
A defense attorney explains how defendants like the Stanford Rapist work the system for lighter sentences
How Margaret Sanger myths are used to shame black women

June 3, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Uber's Sup-Prime Caper, "Both Sides-ism," and Walmart

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

Uber joins the sub-prime auto racket
How “Both Sides-ism” is wrecking journalism
Trump: Litigator in Chief
How Tampa Bay Wal-Marts abuse the police to secure their stores

May 27, 2016

Sidney's Picks: McDonald's, Yelp, and Salon

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

Who’s afraid of the Fight for 15? McDonald’s closes headquarters amid protests
Yelp meltdown: Chiropractors flip out over 1-star reviews
What happened to Salon?
Inside the FBI’s elite art crime squad

May 20, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Verizon Strike, Mass Graves, and Skid Row

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The Best of the Week’s News

An inside look at the Verizon strike
Hillman Prize-winner Nina Bernstein sent a drone to reveal the mass graves of New York City
Abscesses and twisties: A day in the life of a Skid Row doctor
Trump delegate indicted on weapons and child porn charges

May 13, 2016

Sidney's Picks: The Olive Garden, H2 Visas, and the Workers Unite! Film Festival

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The Best of the Week’s News

How the Olive Garden and the banks replaced paychecks with fee-laden debit cards
Americans don’t miss manufacturing, we miss unions
More coverage of the sometimes deadly H2 visa program from our Sidney Award-winners at Buzzfeed
Check out the Workers Unite! Film Festival in New York City, on now through May 26

May 6, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Sex Work, Surveillance, and a Socialist Mayor for London

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

Should sex work be legal?
London elects Sadiq Khan, the city’s first socialist Muslim mayor
A political scientist explains why Donald Trump is a weak general election candidate
The FBI orders cops to manufacture fictitious chain of evidence to hide surveillance

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Clear It with Sidney

Sidney's Picks: OSHA, Trump's White Supremacist Buds, and Sushi Skullduggery

Sidney's Picks: Dallas Shooting, Black Lives, and White Blindness

Sidney's Picks: Private Prison Confidential & The Other Smoke Inhalation Lobby

Sidney's Picks: Bloodlust, Zika, and Paranoia

Sidney's Picks: Scientology, Deadbeat Donald, and the Stanford Rapist

Sidney's Picks: Uber's Sup-Prime Caper, "Both Sides-ism," and Walmart

Sidney's Picks: McDonald's, Yelp, and Salon

Sidney's Picks: Verizon Strike, Mass Graves, and Skid Row

Sidney's Picks: The Olive Garden, H2 Visas, and the Workers Unite! Film Festival

Sidney's Picks: Sex Work, Surveillance, and a Socialist Mayor for London

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Sidney's Picks: OSHA, Trump's White Supremacist Buds, and Sushi Skullduggery

Sidney's Picks: Dallas Shooting, Black Lives, and White Blindness

Sidney's Picks: Private Prison Confidential & The Other Smoke Inhalation Lobby

Sidney's Picks: Bloodlust, Zika, and Paranoia

Sidney's Picks: Scientology, Deadbeat Donald, and the Stanford Rapist

Sidney's Picks: Uber's Sup-Prime Caper, "Both Sides-ism," and Walmart

Sidney's Picks: McDonald's, Yelp, and Salon

Sidney's Picks: Verizon Strike, Mass Graves, and Skid Row

Sidney's Picks: The Olive Garden, H2 Visas, and the Workers Unite! Film Festival

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