Three Women Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Three women were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, becoming the first women to win since 2004. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, also of Liberia, and Tawakul Karman...
View ArticleSheryl WuDunn on This Year's Nobel Peace Prize Winners
Three women were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, becoming the first women to win since 2004. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, also of Liberia, and Tawakul Karman...
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize Awarded to European Union
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union this morning for its success in turning a continent marked by war to one of peace. The award comes at an odd time,...
View Article2013 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Chemical Weapons Watchdog
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)."The work of the OPCW have defined the use of chemical weapons as...
View ArticleA Symbol of Hope: Malala Yousafzai Wins Nobel Peace Prize
In a world where wars rage and oppression flourishes, one young woman stands out as a symbol of peace: Malala Yousafzai. At just 17-years-old, Malala has been awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, an...
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi's Fight to End Child Labor
Indian human rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi has worked for decades to end child labor. Satyarthi is reported to have rescued over 80,000 children and adolescents from slavery since founding Bachpan...
View ArticleNational Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.The National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia was awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. According to the Nobel Committee, the group was...
View ArticleNobel Peace Price Awarded to Liu Xiaobo
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, citing his work as an advocate for human rights, including his participation in the 1989 protests in Tiananmen...
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[Unedited] Wangari Maathai with Krista Tippett
This unedited interview with Wangari Maathai was recorded in 2006 and is included in our show, "Planting the Future." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.This unedited interview with...
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Wangari Maathai — Planting the Future
A remarkable Kenyan woman and environmentalist speaks from experience about the links between ecology, human flourishing, war and peace, and democracy. And she shares her thoughts on where God...
View ArticleLeymah Gbowee Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Peace activist Leymah Gbowee was on the Leonard Lopate Show September 14, 2011, to talk about how she organized women across Liberia to force a peace in after 14 years of ravaging war. She united...
View ArticleDavid Sanger on Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel committee has given this year's peace prize to the European Union. David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, WNYC contributor and author of Confront and Conceal:...
View ArticleJody Williams' Path to the Nobel Peace Prize
Jody Williams, anti-landmine activist, and author ofMy Name is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl's Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize, talks about her activism and her work on women's issues through the...
View ArticleFighting for Human Rights in Bahrain
Maryam al-Khawaja, deputy director of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, talks about her family's work for human rights in Bahrain.→EVENT: Maryam al-Khawaja will speak Tuesday, May 7th at 6:30 at...
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize goes to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent for CNN and contributing global affairs anchor for ABC,...
View ArticleThis Year's Nobel Peace Prize is For the Children
Josette Sheeran, the president and CEO of Asia Society, talks about this morning's announcement that children's rights advocates Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India share this...
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A Liberian Nobel Prize Winner Tells Us About Ebola
Leymah Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. Since then, she's been working with girls and women in Africa and in public health - which is especially important in her home country as Liberia...
View ArticlePotential Peace Prize Picks; Decriminalizing Sex Work; Broadway's Boom and Bust
The winners of the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday. Hear about some of this year’s front runners, including John Kerry, Angela Merkel, and many lesser-known names. Plus: a scandal rocks...
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize Pre-Game
Joshua Keating, staff writer at Slate focusing on international affairs, talks about who's getting attention as potential winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, to be announced Friday morning.Who do...
View ArticleDr. Ben Carson; Taking Down Big Soda; An Anarchist Dog-Walker
The Nobel Prize is arguably the most prestigious recognition of the world’s peace-makers, but can that prestige translate into something more? Hear a conversation about whether the peace prize just...
View ArticleThe 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Goes To...
The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to The National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia.James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, and Rami Khouri, senior public policy fellow at the Issam...
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When MLK Jr. lamented ‘we have not learned the simple art of living together’
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioIn our NewsHour Shares series, we show you things that caught our eye recently on the web. What about you? Leave your suggestions in the comments below, or tweet to...
View ArticleA Step Closer to a Full SCOTUS; The Sanders Campaign Plans Next Moves;...
Coming up on today's show:Melinda Henneberger, editor-in-chief of Roll Call and former senior writer at Bloomberg Politics, discusses President Obama's selection of Merrick Garland for the Supreme...
View ArticleHow a Feminist's Fight for Her Rights in Iran Became a Global Cause
Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, human rights activist and the author of Until We Are Free: My Fight For Human Rights in Iran (Random House, 2016), shares the story of her dismissal as...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Iranian Nobel Prize-Winner Shirin Ebadi, Paying for...
A few of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Iranian Nobel Prize-Winner Shirin Ebadi (First) | Paying for Academic Journals (Starts at 15:57) | A Former CIA/NSA Head (Starts at...
View ArticleThe Nobel Peace Prize, Cosplay and Identity, Escaping Syria
Coming up on today's show:Hurricane Matthew poses an interesting problem for the 2016 presidential candidates: How do you strike a balance between politics and respect in a swing state like Florida?...
View ArticleDebate Preview; Latest in NYC Politics; Hurricane Matthew Updates; How to...
Coming up on today's show:Brian Lehrer and today’s special co-host Juan Manuel Benitez, NY1 Noticias reporter and host of Pura Politica, preview Sunday’s presidential candidates’ town hall and talk...
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Colombian president gets this year’s Nobel Peace Prize
File photo of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos with Paz, or “peace,” written on his palm. Photo by Jose Miguel Gomez/ReutersColombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday won the Nobel Peace...
View ArticleColombian President Wins Nobel Prize as FARC Peace Deal Hangs in Limbo
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner was announced this morning in Oslo, Norway.The Nobel Committee selected Colombian President Juan Manuel...
View ArticleAnd the Nobel Peace Prize Goes To....
Maria Isabel Nieto Jaramillo, consul general of Colombia in New York, and Joshua Keating, staff writer at Slate focusing on international affairs, talk about the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize...
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Rejected FARC deal earns Colombian president the Nobel Peace Prize
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize was announced this morning, its laureate chosen from a record 376 nominees. And, as in years past, the Nobel...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: 'Genius' Poet Claudia Rankine, Sexist Presidential...
A few of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.'Genius' Poet Claudia Rankine (First) | The Sexist Presidential Campaign (Starts 17:28) | The Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize...
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Wangari Maathai — Planting the Future
A remarkable Kenyan woman and environmentalist speaks from experience about the links between ecology, human flourishing, war and peace, and democracy. And she shares her thoughts on where God resides.
View ArticleBanning Nuclear Weapons; Military's Response to Puerto Rico; Rise and Fall of...
Coming up on today's show:Joshua Keating, staff writer at Slate focusing on international affairs , talks about the Nobel Committee's award to anti-nuclear weapon group ICAN as this year's Nobel Peace...
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Nuclear disarmament coalition wins the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) receives a bottle of champagne from her husband Will Fihm Ramsay (R) next to Daniel Hogsta,...
View ArticleBanning Nuclear Weapons
Joshua Keating, staff writer at Slate focusing on international affairs, talks about the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Plus, Alice Slater, the...
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize Awarded to Nuclear Disarmament Group
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Earlier today, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in Oslo to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).The group, whose...
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