by Susan | Sep 29, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 29, 2002 A London crowd — estimated between 200,000 and 500,000 — protested British and U.S. plans for a “preemptive” invasion of...
by Susan | Sep 28, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, part of the United Nations and to Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr., of the United States, for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change,...
by Susan | Sep 28, 2016 | Wednesday on the Web
A Biography of America is a video instructional series on American history for college and high school classrooms and adult learners — 26 half-hour video programs, coordinated books, and Web site — produced by WGBH Boston in cooperation with the Library of Congress...
by Susan | Sep 28, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 28, 2010 Irish Nobel laureate and peace activist Mairead Maguire (66) was detained after arriving in Israel because she had been deported in June for trying to reach Gaza by boat in defiance of an Israeli naval blockade. Airport officials told her she would...
by Susan | Sep 27, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus and to Grameen Bank, both of Bangladesh, for advancing economic and social opportunities for the poor, especially women, through their pioneering microcredit work. In his Nobel lecture Yunus said, “We...
