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Nobel Peace Prize guesswork focuses on the Ukrainian war, protests in Iran and climate change
Read full article: Nobel Peace Prize guesswork focuses on the Ukrainian war, protests in Iran and climate changeThe winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be soon be revealed and the annual guessing game is reaching its climax.
Book aims to shine light on Romanian role in the Holocaust
Read full article: Book aims to shine light on Romanian role in the HolocaustMaksim Goldenshteyn's book, “So They Remember,” tells the story of his Holocaust survivor grandparents who languished in Jewish death camps and ghettos in Transnistria during World War II.
College cancels Meacham talk over Planned Parenthood ties
Read full article: College cancels Meacham talk over Planned Parenthood tiesA conservative Christian university in Alabama has withdrawn an invitation for Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham to speak during inaugural activities for its new president.
Margaret Atwood honored with Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Read full article: Margaret Atwood honored with Dayton Literary Peace PrizeThe Canadian writer and teacher has earned the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, officials of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize officials announced Monday. The award is named for the late U.S. diplomat who brokered the 1995 Bosnian peace accords reached in the Ohio city. Some readers of “The Handmaid's Tale” saw in the leaders of authoritarian Gilead similarities to the rise of Republican Donald Trump to president in the election of 2016. Sharon Rab, the founder and chairwoman of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation, praised Atwood for popular success with writing that also educates people about pressing social justice and environmental issues. “The Testaments,” her 2019 sequel to “The Handmaid's Tale,” quickly joined her bestsellers.