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Annual Award Programs

The Nation Institute is home to three major award programs, each designed to identify and recognize particularly compelling or courageous progressive voices. See below for information on the awards and application procedures.



The Ridenhour Prizes

Watch the video showcasing the past five years of The Ridenhour Prizes - past winners, presenters and the man in whose memory these awards were created, Ron Ridenhour.

The fifth annual Ridenhour Prizes were held on April 3 in Washington, D.C. The prize recipients are Bill Moyers (Courage Prize), James D. Scurlock for Maxed Out: Hard Times in the Age of Easy Credit (Book Prize) and Matthew Diaz (Prize for Truth-Telling).

Nominations are now open for the annual Ridenhour Prizes, which seek to discover and recognize those who persevere in acts of truth-telling that protect the public interest, advance or promote social justice and illuminate a more just vision of society. Winners are granted a $10,000 cash award and receive one of three different awards: The Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling, The Ridenhour Book Prize, and The Ridenhour Courage Prize.

For information on how to nominate someone to receive a Ridenhour Prize, please visit the official website of The Ridenhour Prizes, www.ridenhour.org

Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship

The Puffin Foundation Ltd. and The Nation Institute are the mutual sponsors of an annual award in the amount of $100,000 given to an individual who has challenged the status quo through distinctive, courageous, imaginative and socially responsible work of significance. Candidates 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. The prize is intended to encourage the recipients to continue their work, and to inspire others to challenge the prevailing orthodoxies they face in their careers. The 2006 Prize was awarded to Amy Goodman, producer of Democracy Now!

Click here for more information.

Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties

This fellowship, established in memory of civil rights attorney Robert Masur, is granted to a distinguished first-year law student undertaking research or an internship in civil rights or civil liberties. The fellowship for 2008 is granted to Enedina Cardenas. Ms. Cardenas will spend her summer in El Paso, Texas, working on farm workers' rights with Texas Grande Legal Aid. The Institute congratulates Ms. Cardenas and wishes her success in all of her future endeavors.

Click here for more information and how to apply.

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Blackwater

The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
(paperback edition)

By Jeremy Scahill

On September 16, 2007, Blackwater Worldwide mercenaries opened fire in Baghdad's Nisour Square, killing 17 Iraqi civilians, among them women and children. In this fully revised and updated paperback, award-winning investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill reveals the explosive story of the company that has become the new face of the U.S. war machine.

Jeremy Scahill recently won the prestigious 2007 George Polk Book Award. More


Deborah Stone's Book Tour

July 7 - November 2 | Across the United States
Deborah Stone, a Nation Books author, recently published her fourth book, The Samaritan's Dilemma. Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect calls it "a brilliant and persuasive statement of the case for organized compassion—not out of sentimentality but for the viability of society and our own self regard as a decent people." Listen to her on the radio and get a copy of the book signed at a bookstore on Stone's book tour. Find the schedule here.

August 25 | 6 pm
Bruce Mau Leads Green Symposium
(Denver, Colorado)
Institute Fellow Bruce Mau will lead the Green Constitutional Congress Symposium, which will cover a wide array of green-related topics. The symposium will take place at Buell Theater in Denver; it is produced by the Rhode Island School of Design and University of Colorado-Denver. The symposium is part of the larger event, Dialog:City at the DNC. For more information, click here. MORE

September 13
2008 ELECTION: What's Really at Stake?
(Cooper Union Auditorium, 30 Cooper Square, NYC)
Come listen to Institute Fellows Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill (also a Nation Books author of Blackwater) speak at a benefit for The Indypendent newspaper at Cooper Union Auditorium in New York City. Additional panelists to be announced; meet the speakers at a special pre-event reception. For more information and to reserve tickets, visit indypendent.org or call (212)-221-0521. MORE


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