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Nation Institute
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New York, NY 10003
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In The News
2005 RECIPIENT Jonathan
Kozol
Education activist, Jonathan Kozol, recently gave a lecture at
Harvard’s Memorial Church to discuss his opposition to the
reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind program. Learn
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2003 RECIPIENT David
Protess
An investigation started in 1999 by Protess and four of his students
aided in the recent decision by an Illinois appeals court to request
a new trial for a man imprisoned for murder over 20 years ago.
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more...
2001 RECIPIENT Robert
Parris Moses
On July 13, 2007, NOW on PBS ran a feature on Robert Parris Moses
and his work with the Algebra Project in Florida, Mississippi
and Maryland. The Algebra Project was founded by Moses as a program
“to build demand for math literacy in local sites across
the country.” Learn
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Selected Articles
2006 RECIPIENT Amy
Goodman
Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!,
wrote in a 2006 article lamenting the prevalence of a "compliant
press corps" in the run up to the Iraq War; the existence
of which, to her, represents an "access of evil." Learn
more...
2004 RECIPIENT Barbara
Ehrenreich
In a November 2007 article for The Nation,
Ehrenreich joined in solidarity with striking screenwriters and
striking Broadway stagehands as two groups willing to "stand
up to greedy bosses," and where a victory for either group
"raises the prospects for everyone else." Learn
more...
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