Previous recipients of this annual award are Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, journalist and author Barbara Ehrenreich, labor activist Dolores Huerta, educator and author Jonathan Kozol, professor and anti-death penalty advocate David Protess, and civil rights pioneer Robert Parris Moses. Candidates for the prize are to be found in a broad range of occupations and pursuits, including academia, journalism, public health, literature, art, the environmental sciences, labor and the humanities.

AMY GOODMAN | 2006 Recipient
Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of the daily news program, Democracy Now! She was honored for her ground-breaking reporting and commitment to questioning those in power on behalf of those who rarely have a voice in the mainstream media.
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JONATHAN KOZOL | 2005 Recipient
Renowned educator and author Jonathan Kozol was recognized for exposing the socioeconomic and racial inequities of the public education system.
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BARBARA EHRENREICH | 2004 Recipient
Barbara Ehrenreich was recognized for exposing truths largely ignored by the media, most notably the day-to-day indignities endured by the nation’s working poor.
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DAVID PROTESS | 2003 Recipient
Northwestern University professor, David Protess, has been at the forefront of a nationwide movement to exonerate innocent death row prisoners and is the founding director of the Innocence Project.
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DOLORES HUERTA | 2002 Recipient
Dolores Huerta is a lifelong human rights activist and co-founder, along with César Chavez, of the United Farm Workers Union.
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