Tag - Wins

Bryan Stevenson wins ALBA/Puffin Award

“No puedo pensar en nadie más digno de este honor”, ha afirmado Sebastiaan Faber, presidente de ALBA, “no sólo porque los voluntarios de la Brigada Lincoln estuvieron en la vanguardia en la lucha contra el racismo y a favor de la justicia social y los derechos civiles, sino también porque Equal Justice Initiative, al igual que ALBA, cree que una falta de conciencia...

How America Wins from a Pro-Climate Trade Policy

How America Wins from a Pro-Climate Trade Policy

[…] A new, first-of-its-kind study by the MacronDyn Group and commissioned by our group, the Climate Leadership Council, reveals that the U.S. economy is three times more carbon efficient than that of China and nearly four times that of India. It also compares favorably to the economies of Canada, Mexico, Korea and Japan. Of the world’s major economies, only those of...

Takeaways from Georgia’s grassroots organizing wins – Scalawag

It feels like a lifetime ago that celebrations for the results of the Georgia runoffs, barely underway, were cut short when white supremacists tried to overthrow the government at the Capital riot on January 6. But in the ensuing scramble to prevent further attempted domestic insurrection, we cannot allow the lessons from the Democratic victories in Georgia to be...

Lessons from Southern tenant union wins – Scalawag

Despite an eviction moratorium that was intended to keep people housed during the pandemic, landlords filed more than 95,000 evictions in just eight major cities across the South last year.  With the passing of the most recent stimulus bill, Senate Democrats approved more than $45 billion in rental and mortgage assistance, but it won’t be enough to stave off...

NASA Wins 6 Webby Awards, 8 Webby People’s Voice Awards

NASA’s broad reach across digital platforms has been recognized by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), which awarded NASA 6 Webbys in the 28th Annual Webby Awards. Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to add Hubble’s Inside the Image to the list of Webby Award wins. NASA was recognized today by the 28th Annual Webby Awards with six...

Washington State High Schooler Wins 2024 NASA Student Art Contest

A 12th grade artist with a passion for NASA and space took home the top prize for the 2024 NASA Student Art Contest, a nationwide competition hosted by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Esther Lee, of Washington State, was selected as the grand prize winner for her submission “Beyond Imagination,” which depicts a young girl and her dog in a...