By: Dave Astor "Democracy Now!" host/King Features Syndicate columnist Amy Goodman is among the winners of the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "alternative Nobel."
The prize recipients -- announced today -- will share a $290,000 award split into four parts. Swedish-German philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull founded the awards in 1980 to recognize work he felt was being ignored by the Nobel Prizes.
Goodman was honored for "truly independent political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by mainstream media." She was also in the news lately for being among the many journalists arrested while covering protests at last month's Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Other Right Livelihood winners include Swiss-born Monika Hauser (for her work helping sexually abused women in world crisis zones), Somali lawmaker Asha Hagi (for her efforts to promote peace in her homeland), and Indian couple Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan (for their efforts to promote social justice through their nonprofit organization Land for the Tillers' Freedom).
The awards will be presented in a ceremony at the Swedish Parliament on Dec. 8, two days before the Nobel Prizes are handed out.
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