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THE NATION NOMINATES MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE  
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The Nation editors
January 28, 2026
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_ The editors of The Nation magazine are in the process of formally
nominating the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel
Peace Prize. The following nomination statement, which is addressed to
the Norwegian Nobel Committee... _

Students protest against ICE during a walkout at the University of
Minnesota, on January 26, 2026, Photo: Brandon Bell // The Nation

 

_The editors of _The Nation_ magazine are in the process of formally
nominating the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel
Peace Prize. The following nomination statement, which is addressed to
the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the five-member body that is charged by
the Parliament of Norway with selecting the recipient of the Peace
Prize, was been prepared for submission on Jan. 30.._

TO: The distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

As longtime observers of struggles to establish peace and justice in
the United States and around the world, and as the editors of a
magazine that is proud to have included several Nobel laureates on our
editorial board and masthead—including the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.—we are honored to nominate the city of Minneapolis and its
people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

While individuals and organizations have been granted this prize since
its inception in 1901, no municipality has ever been recognized. But,
in these unprecedented times, we strongly believe that the case can be
made that Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota, has met and
exceeded the committee’s standard of promoting “democracy and
human rights, and work aimed at creating a better organized and more
peaceful world.”

In December 2025, President Donald Trump and his administration
deployed thousands of armed and masked Immigration and Customs
Enforcement and United States Border Patrol agents to Minneapolis, a
beautifully multiracial and multiethnic city of nearly 430,000 people.
These agents have targeted the city’s diverse immigrant communities
and struck fear into all of its residents. As Minneapolis Mayor Jacob
Frey said in late January, the campaign has been “more about
tragically terrorizing people than it is about safety” and has been
guilty of “discriminating only on the basis of race.”

The people of Minneapolis have suffered countless abuses, including
harassment, detention, deportation, and injury. And, in incidents that
shocked the world, federal agents have killed multiple residents,
including poet and mother of three Renee Nicole Good and intensive
care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti.

In response to these horrific developments, elected officials, clergy,
and labor leaders in Minneapolis and Minnesota have called for
nonviolent protest, in accordance with the US Constitution’s promise
that Americans have a right to assemble and petition for the redress
of grievances. The people of Minneapolis and neighboring communities
have answered that call with peaceful mass demonstrations that have
drawn tens of thousands of protesters to the streets in frigid
weather. They have coupled their cry for federal agents to withdraw
from Minneapolis with chants that declare, “No hate, no fear…
immigrants are welcome here!”

The people of Minneapolis have also engaged in mutual support and care
for neighbors who have been targeted because of the color of their
skin or the language they speak. They have delivered groceries to
residents who are afraid to leave their homes and provided financial
support to neighbors who haven’t been able to go to their places of
work because of the federal assault on their rights and humanity.

Through countless acts of courage and solidarity, the people of
Minneapolis have challenged the culture of fear, hate, and brutality
that has gripped the United States and too many other countries. Their
nonviolent resistance has captured the imagination of the nation and
the world. Renee Good’s widow has said, “They have guns; we have
whistles.” Those whistles alert the residents of Minneapolis when
they are threatened. But they have done more than that. They have
awakened Americans to the threat of violence that extends from
governments that unjustly and irresponsibly target their own people.

The people of Minneapolis and their elected leaders have demonstrated
an extraordinary and sustained commitment to human dignity and to the
protection of vulnerable communities. They have exemplified the desire
for democracy and equality and the celebration of difference. The
moral leadership of the people and city of Minneapolis has set an
example for those struggling against fascism everywhere on the face of
a troubled planet, and this, we believe, merits recognition through
the award of the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who served as _The Nation_’s civil
rights correspondent from 1961 to 1966, said when he received the
Peace Prize in 1964 that the award recognizes those who are “moving
with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to
establish a reign of freedom and a rule of justice.” King believed
that it is vital to illustrate “that nonviolence is not sterile
passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social
transformation.” He declared on December 10, 1964, in Oslo,
“Sooner or later all the people of the world will have to discover a
way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending
cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. If this is to be
achieved, man must evolve for all human conflict a method which
rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a
method is love.”

We believe that the people of Minneapolis have displayed that love.
That is why we are proud to nominate them and their city for the Nobel
Peace Prize.

_This article appears in the __March 2026 issue_
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the headline “‘The Nation’ Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel
Peace Prize.”_

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