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| 2025 | Named recipient of a Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in the non-fiction category. |
| June 13 2024 | Won the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction for her book 'Doppelganger'. |
| April 23 2024 | Klein spoke at a 'Seder in the Streets' event near Senator Chuck Schumer's residence, drawing parallels between the Exodus story and her critique of Zionism, describing it as a 'false idol' used for 'colonial land theft'. |
| 2023 | 'Doppelganger' was featured in The Guardian's Best Ideas Books of 2023. |
| October 2023 | Klein wrote commentary in the context of the Israel-Hamas war. |
| September 2023 | Released her memoir and social critique 'Doppelganger', which explores her experiences being chronically confused with Naomi Wolf and examines societal political fractures. |
| March 2023 | Harris-Perry publicly announced WNYC's decision to cancel The Takeaway, criticizing the station's management on Twitter. The show was set to end on June 2, 2023. |
| October 7 2022 | Naomi Klein published an article titled 'COP27 Summit in Egypt's Police State Creates Moral Crisis for Climate Movement' in The Intercept, critiquing the political context of the climate conference. |
| March 30 2022 | Received an honorary degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp in recognition of her expertise in race, gender, literature & law, and her contributions to legal and ethical debates. |
| 2021 | Joined the University of British Columbia as a Professor in Climate Justice and co-director of the Centre for Climate Justice. |
| 2021 | Received the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity from the Media Ecology Association. |
| October 2021 | Nominated by President Joe Biden to serve a six-year term on the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
| October 18 2021 | Harris-Perry was announced as the permanent host and managing editor of The Takeaway. |
| July 23 2021 | Melissa Harris-Perry was named interim host of The Takeaway radio show following Tanzina Vega's departure. |
| February 2021 | Made final appearance on 'The Argument' podcast with conservative columnist Ross Douthat, reflecting on their ideological debates and mutual influences. |
| October 17 2020 | Wrote a column titled 'Trump's Misogyny Might Finally Catch Up With Him', criticizing Donald Trump's presidency and its impact on women. |
| July 17 2020 | Wrote a New York Times column about progressives and free speech, discussing the impact of the George Floyd uprising on mainstream discourse and left-wing political dynamics. |
| 2019 | Elected as a Member of the American Philosophical Society. |
| 2019 | Received an honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam. |
| November 2019 | Signed a letter supporting Jeremy Corbyn and endorsing him in the 2019 UK general election, describing him as 'a beacon of hope' against far-right nationalism. |
| September 17 2019 | Klein's book 'On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal' was published, discussing climate change and featuring her meeting with Greta Thunberg. |
| April 2019 | Simon & Schuster announced the publication of Naomi Klein's seventh book, 'On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal', a collection of essays focusing on climate change. |
| 2018 | Began appearing on the weekly podcast 'The Argument', where she debates national issues with other New York Times columnists. |
| October 2018 | Began her appointment as the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, a position she held for 3 years. |
| September 2018 | Completed her term on the board of directors of 350.org at the end of the fiscal year. |
| June 2018 | Naomi Klein published 'The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists', a paperback and e-book examining Puerto Rico's post-Hurricane Maria humanitarian crisis and critiquing disaster capitalism. |
| 2017 | 'No Is Not Enough' is longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction in the US. |
| 2017 | Appeared on the British radio show Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4. |
| 2017 | Klein was criticized by conservative writers Mark Milke and James Kirchick for her previous support of Hugo Chávez. |
| 2017 | 'No Logo' ranked Number 3 on The Guardian's list of the Top 100 Non Fiction books of all-time. |
| September 2017 | Named as an opinion columnist for The New York Times. |
| September 25 2017 | Michelle Goldberg published her debut column 'Tyranny of the Minority' in The New York Times, critiquing the U.S. electoral system and highlighting the potential for minority rule by the Republican Party. |
| September 17 2017 | Published a book review in The New York Times Book Review that contained errors, leading to a public correction and significant professional controversy. |
| June 2017 | Published her fifth book 'No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need', which provides a critical analysis of Trump's political approach and argues for radical policy alternatives to address climate change and political challenges. |
| 2016 | Endorsed Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election. |
| 2016 | Awarded the Sydney Peace Prize for her activism on climate justice. |
| November 2016 | Called for international economic sanctions against the United States if the Trump administration refuses to comply with the Paris Agreement. |
| 2015 | Book was shortlisted for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. |
| 2015 | Featured in the documentary film This Changes Everything |
| 2015 | Released an accompanying film to her book 'This Changes Everything'. |
| 2014 | Wrote a piece for The New Yorker titled 'What is a Woman?' about the conflict between transgender women and radical feminists, which was criticized for supporting 'trans-exclusionary radical feminists'. |
| 2014 | Wins the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction for 'This Changes Everything'. |
| 2014 | 'This Changes Everything' was named 'Book of the Year' by The Observer and included in The Guardian Readers' 10 best books of 2014. |
| September 2014 | Published her fourth book 'This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate', which critically examines the relationship between capitalism and climate change. |
| 2013 | Wrote a piece in The Nation criticizing public and media reactions to Justine Sacco's controversial tweet about AIDS in Africa. |
| 2013 | Participated in the '350.org Do the Math' tour, encouraging a divestment movement. |
| March 1 2013 | Columbia Law School's Center for Gender & Sexuality Law honored her with a symposium featuring Anita Hill, Lani Guinier, and other notable speakers. |
| 2012 | Goldberg criticized a column by Ann Romney about motherhood, comparing its rhetoric to pronatalist propaganda of totalitarian regimes, which led to criticism from conservative media outlets. |
| 2012 | Made an appearance in the documentary film Catastroika |
| 2011 | Received an honorary doctorate from Saint Thomas University. |
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