CalMatters wins the January Sidney Award for outstanding investigative journalism for Anat Rubin's article, “The WalMart of public defense: How justice gets sold to the lowest bidder in rural California.”

Anat Rubin of @calmatters.org wins the January Sidney for exposing California's flat-fee do-nothing public defender system.

“It’s not at all surprising that this is happening with these ICE [removal] officers being sent out to basically treat people terribly,” a one-time deputy chief counsel with the agency told me, anticipating more escalation of violence. My latest for @motherjones.com:

Last call! Call for Entries for 2026 Canadian Hillman Prizes on now through Jan 15:

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations

US artist visas are now given based on your number of social media followers

The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

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The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

Call for Entries for 2026 Canadian Hillman Prizes on now through Jan 15:

The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2043...

Congrats to this month's Sidney winners on their critical work telling the stories of child farmworkers in California.

Thank you @sidneyhillman.bsky.social for recognizing our work. The project was a model of collaboration by all involved 👊🏽

Did you know that children as young as 12 can legally work on farms in CA? This month’s Sidney winners found that thousands of kids are toiling in fields, getting exposed to pesticides, and dreading immigration raids. And the state is unable to protect them.

Congratulations to @lajourno.bsky.social, @photospice.bsky.social, and @loelebee.bsky.social on winning the Dec Sidney Award for exposing the systemic exploitation of child farmworkers in CA. Produced by @capitalandmain.bsky.social, @latimes.com, and McGraw Center.

Call for Entries for 2026 Canadian Hillman Prizes on now through Jan 15:

The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

Y’all did not have to thank him.

We are now accepting entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism. Categories: Book, Newspaper, Magazine, Broadcast, and Opinion & Analysis journalism. No entry fee!

The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

We are now accepting entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism. Awards are given for Book, Newspaper, Magazine, Broadcast, and Opinion & Analysis journalism. No entry fee!

The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

I have been thinking about this line today, on the value of editors, from the late great John Bennet, for no reason in particular.

Sidney's Picks: Red Cup rebellion at Starbucks and more!

This is an incredible resource, you can word search it and find out, for example, that Michael Wolff, Epstein, and Steve Bannon emailed each other about the @miamiherald.com getting a @sidneyhillman.bsky.social award for its reporting on Epstein.

My assessment is also that groyper staffers in DC are "a loud minority but not to the double digits." I'd even doubt 5%. Nick himself recently admitted his people aren't in DC- see video below. Rod Dreher is conflating 'hard-right' with 'groyper'.

Tampa Bay Times wins November Sidney for Exposing Deaths of Undocumented Workers on Florida Road Crews

Congratulations to Emily Mahoney and Langston Taylor of the Tampa Bay Times on winning the November Sidney for their exposé of Archer Western, a major road contractor for the State of Florida with a terrible safety record.

The November Sidney Award goes to Emily Mahoney and Langston Taylor of the Tampa Bay Times for exposing the appalling safety record of a major road contractor which the State of Florida knowing its record and its pattern of hiring undocumented labor.

It begins. Clearly incriminating evidence against president of the United States. Epstein to Maxwell, April 2, 2011: "i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc."

Sidney's Picks: Trump throws airline industry into chaos by cancelling 10% of flights

Thrilled to receive this @sidneyhillman.bsky.social award for my @businessweek.bsky.social investigation on the dismembering of NIOSH. Grateful to everyone who makes this reporting possible. Wherever you work, please bring me your stories! www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

🚨THIS IS A BIG DEAL. Chicago journalists are suing the Trump administration for using excessive force against reporters & protestors in violation of the 1A. The press here is doing astounding work documenting how ICE is out of control. The violence they face in doing so is obscene.

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat. Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA. Neil Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics after an investigation into an incident that centered on an altered hurricane forecast map in 2019. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

@josheidelson.bsky.social wins the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman Foundation for exposing the devastating toll of Trump's cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Sidney's Picks: Project 2026, Trump's plan to steal the midterms.

Senior reporter @mdoukmas.bsky.social received the September Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman Foundation @sidneyhillman.bsky.social. The monthly award honors outstanding investigative journalism that exposes social and economic injustice. Congratulations, Maya! 🏆

Congrats to my colleague @mdoukmas.bsky.social for being honored with this month's Sidney award for her deep dive into the failure of forensic science oversight in Illinois. Check out her story here: www.injusticewatch.org/project/fore...

Congratulations to @mdoukmas.bsky.social of @injusticewatch.org on winning the September Sidney for her innovative and engaging exposé of forensic junk science in Chicago:

This month's Sidney winner found two people serving prison terms in Illinois based on bogus "THC" urine tests that don't even measure THC--and the true number may be much higher.

The September Sidney Award goes to Maya Dukmasova of @injusticewatch.org for her exposé of a rogue forensic lab racking up DUI convictions for bogus "THC" urine assays that don't actually measure THC levels.

This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...