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This 97-Year-Old Activist Helped Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Biography via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOpal Lee earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2022 for her part in creating the Juneteenth...
Nobel Prize Nominee Explains How California Wine Industry Helped Her Create ‘Roots Of Peace’
Forbes· 14 hours agoIt is for these valiant efforts that Heidi Kuhn was just nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by Mr....
Vermont native Shaina Taub wins two Tony Awards for her Broadway musical 'Suffs'
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 day ago'Suffs' did not win for Best Musical, which went to “The Outsiders.” The musical was nominated for...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 21 hours agoTutu died Sunday of cancer at age 90 in Cape Town, according to the New York Times. Global leaders paid their tributes to Tutu on social media after news of his death broke. Tutu was most famous ...
Oldest living American president doesn’t wake up some days but ‘spirit is as strong as ever’
Birmingham News· 6 days agoJason Carter, 48, told Southern Living last week that the Nobel Peace Prize winner, who at 99 is the...
Bangladesh court indicts Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and others on charges of embezzlement
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days agoA special judge’s court in Bangladesh indicted Wednesday Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others...
Remarks by Vice President Harris on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence | The White House
The White House· 15 hours agoTHE VICE PRESIDENT: Please, have a seat. I especially thank the survivors and advocates that are...
Opal Lee given back childhood home her family was forced out of by racist mob nearly 80 years ago -...
The Business Journals· 4 days agoIn her 97 years, Opal Lee has seen a lot. The civil rights activist has marched across the country,...
Bangladesh court indicts Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and others on charges of embezzlement
U-T San Diego· 6 days agoA special judge’s court in Bangladesh indicted Wednesday Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others on charges in an over $2 million embezzlement case. Yunus, 83, who was awarded the
Famous birthdays for June 17: Mickey Guyton, KJ Apa
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWilliams turns 44 on June 17. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI -- Egyptian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei in 1942 (age 82 ...