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NEW YORK, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights announced the winners of its
2021 RFK Book and Journalism Awards on Thursday during a virtual ceremony featuring special guest presenters Norah O Donnell, Hoda Kotb, Katie Couric, Don Lemon, Nick Kristof, Sheinelle Jones, Natalie Morales, Rory Kennedy, Soledad O Brien, Craig Melvin, John Harwood, and Shawn Yancy.
Join Kerry Kennedy and an inspiring line-up of special guest presenters as we celebrate the winners of the 2021 Robert F. Kennedy Book and Journalism Awards.
This year s
Claudio Saunt. His work is an unflinching look at the forced migration of 80,000 Native Americans across the Mississippi River in the 1830s and those who profited from the systematic, and violent, expulsion of Indigenous people. As Saunt traces white Americans stolen wealth, and Native Americans resulting poverty through the ages, he forces readers to reckon with difficult truths; most impo
Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday he has appointed Col. Phillip PJ Burnett Jr. as the Kentucky State Police commissioner.
Burnett, a Bell County native, has served KSP for 25 years and spent the past few months as interim commissioner following Rodney Brewer s resignation in November.
Brewer resigned from KSP amid a controversy over a past training presentation that quoted Adolph Hitler and urged cadets to be ruthless killer(s). The training material was first brought to light by student journalists with the Manual Redeye publication at Louisville s duPont Manual High School. I believe in Commissioner Burnett’s ability to lead KSP into the future,” Beshear said Friday in a news release. He is already working to increase recruitment and create a more diverse workforce, which is crucial to fulfilling our state’s law enforcement duties.