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February 16, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Trump's Betrayals, Mass Shootings, and Reward Points

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The Best of the Week’s News

Exposé reveals Trump’s finely-honed system for concealing affairs through media manipulation.
James Risen asks, “Is Trump a traitor?”
The common denominator in mass shootings? Entitled and embittered men.
The poor subsidize wealthier consumers at the cash register.

February 9, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Kelly's Disgrace, Black Lung, & Kratom Follies

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Michael Kray, Creative Commons. Shows the powdered leaves of kratom, a Southeast Asian plant in the coffee family, which has been used as a remedy for opioid dependence and chronic pain for centuries, and which the FDA is seeking to ban.

The Best of the Week’s News

The Rob Porter scandal becomes John Kelly’s disgrace.
A new Black Lung epidemic alarms doctors and cripples miners.
Trump may try to deport Green Card holders who receive public benefits like Medicaid.
The FDA uses junk science to smear kratom, a promising natural treatment for opioid addiction.

February 2, 2018

Sidney's Picks: ER Catch-22, Tax Cut Follies, and Fat Leonard

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The Best of the Week’s News

Insurers exploit the ER Catch-22: You don’t know if it’s an emergency unless you go to the ER
The GOP tax cuts are draining the treasury even faster than expected.
Green Card veteran starts hunger strike to protest impending deportation.
How “Fat Leonard” infiltrated the Navy’s 7th Fleet with spectacular bribes.

January 26, 2018

Sidney's Picks: IndyStar Shines, Obstruction of Justice, and Medical Marijuana

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The Best of the Week’s News

How the IndyStar brought down Larry Nassar by exposing the biggest sex abuse scandal in sports history.
Why Mueller’s probably mulling an obstruction charge against Donald Trump.
A 12-year-old with epilepsy battles Jeff Sessions over medical marijuana.
Do you miss us now? Democrats pay dire price for neglecting organized labor.

January 19, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Tip Theft, Free Speech, and Abortions Denied

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The Best of the Week’s News

Legalized tip theft would hit women hard.
Is free speech killing democracy?
Medicaid work requirements: Cruel and pointless
The heavy toll of abortions denied

January 12, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Spreadsheet Self-Defense, Dick Durbin, and the Carrier Con

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

The creator of the “Media Men” spreadsheet speaks out.
Dick Durbin confirms that the president slurred Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries.”
Poynter and the American Society of News Editors take the Koch Foundation’s dirty money.
Carrier workers laid off, despite Trump’s promises

January 5, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Killer Garbage, Freezing Schools, & Open Secrets

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

Inside the dirty, deadly world of private garbage collection
Baltimore kids shiver in freezing classrooms.
What war with North Korea would look like.
Weinstein, Trump, Wolff and “Open Secrets”

December 15, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Kalven's Victory, Tip Theft, Trench Death, and "The Pope"

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

Hillman Prize-winner Jamie Kalven wins his legal battle to protect his sources! Thanks to all who signed our statement of support.
Study: Employers would steal $5.8 billion in tips under Trump administration’s proposed rule
Deaths from trench accidents doubled in 2016.
A Kentucky state legislator takes his own life after two Sidney Award-winners expose him as a fraud and a predator

December 8, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Kalven's Crusade, Weinstein's Silence, and Legalized Theft

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The Best of the Week’s News

Hillman Prize-winner Jamie Kalven continued his battle to protect his sources at the trial of the officer who shot Laquan McDonald.
Inside Harvey Weinstein’s complicity machine
Roy Moore says that America was last great when we had slavery.
Trump administration proposes legalized tip-stealing.

December 1, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Class Warfare, Michael Flynn, and Chronic Pain

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

The Senate seems poised to pass a tax bill that raises taxes on working people and slashes them for corporations.
Michael Flynn pleads guilty to a tell-tale single charge of lying to federal investigators…suggesting he flipped on someone more senior.
Chronic pain patients are becoming collateral damage in the opioid crisis.
Sexual harassment is a blue collar problem, too.
Our friends at the Investigative Fund are looking for a senior editor to direct the Ida B. Wells fellowship program.

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Clear It with Sidney

Sidney's Picks: Trump's Betrayals, Mass Shootings, and Reward Points

Sidney's Picks: Kelly's Disgrace, Black Lung, & Kratom Follies

Sidney's Picks: ER Catch-22, Tax Cut Follies, and Fat Leonard

Sidney's Picks: IndyStar Shines, Obstruction of Justice, and Medical Marijuana

Sidney's Picks: Tip Theft, Free Speech, and Abortions Denied

Sidney's Picks: Spreadsheet Self-Defense, Dick Durbin, and the Carrier Con

Sidney's Picks: Killer Garbage, Freezing Schools, & Open Secrets

Sidney's Picks: Kalven's Victory, Tip Theft, Trench Death, and "The Pope"

Sidney's Picks: Kalven's Crusade, Weinstein's Silence, and Legalized Theft

Sidney's Picks: Class Warfare, Michael Flynn, and Chronic Pain

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Sidney's Picks: Trump's Betrayals, Mass Shootings, and Reward Points

Sidney's Picks: Kelly's Disgrace, Black Lung, & Kratom Follies

Sidney's Picks: ER Catch-22, Tax Cut Follies, and Fat Leonard

Sidney's Picks: IndyStar Shines, Obstruction of Justice, and Medical Marijuana

Sidney's Picks: Tip Theft, Free Speech, and Abortions Denied

Sidney's Picks: Spreadsheet Self-Defense, Dick Durbin, and the Carrier Con

Sidney's Picks: Killer Garbage, Freezing Schools, & Open Secrets

Sidney's Picks: Kalven's Victory, Tip Theft, Trench Death, and "The Pope"

Sidney's Picks: Kalven's Crusade, Weinstein's Silence, and Legalized Theft

Sidney's Picks: Class Warfare, Michael Flynn, and Chronic Pain

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