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Nobel Peace Prize 2021 Nominees List—Stacey Abrams, Jared Kushner Among Those Nominated On 2/4/21 at 7:55 AM EST Only 107 individuals and 24 organization can claim to have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Plenty more are in the running for the 2021 award, but only one will be named winner. The Norwegian Nobel Committee (NNC), a five member panel that decides who wins, does not comment on nominations. However some choose to reveal their picks. Nominations for 2021's award have been trickling out ahead of last Sunday's deadline, while more names were revealed in a survey of Norwegian lawmakers by R...

Some white conservatives are expressing their disdain after it was announced Black Lives Matter and Stacey Abramswere nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. “Wait so Donald Trump brings peace to the Middle East, and blm is nominated for the Nobel peace prize? Is anyone else confused or is it just me,” tweeted actor and producer Kevin Sorbo, best known for his role as Hercules in the hit television series of the same name. Wait so Donald Trump brings peace to the Middle East, and blm is nominated for the Nobel peace prize? Is anyone else confused or is it just me— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs...

Black Lives Matter 'More Energized' After Nobel Peace Prize Nomination Newsweek 2/3/2021 Khaleda Rahman © Allison Dinner/AFP via Getty Images A Black Lives Matter protestor sits outside the US Capitol security perimeter during the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th US President on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. The Black Lives Matter movement is "more energized than ever" after being nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, co-founder Patrisse Cullors told Newsweek. Petter Eide, a Socialist Left member of Norway's parliament, nominated Black L...

The Black Lives Matter movement also earned a nomination for the prize.

EXPLAINER: How Nobel Peace Prize nominations come about By JAN M. OLSENFebruary 2, 2021 GMT COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Belarusian opposition figures, Hong Kong-pro-democracy activists, the global Black Lives Matter movement, a jailed Russian opposition leader and an American voting rights champion are among this year’s nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. There is no shortage of causes or candidates for the Norwegian Nobel Committee to consider for what arguably remains the world’s most prestigious prize. But getting a nomination isn’t the same being in the running for the award. H...