This year’s Lukas Prize finalists spotlight deeply reported books on race, war and American life.
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Johns County parents express sympathy for family of 12-year-old killed in crashMan fatally stuck by SUV on Westside makes 27th traffic fatality this yearVoices of the 904: Live from LaVilla edition - A conversation on Black history and cultureThis Week in Jacksonville - Business Edition: Florida makes strides to reduce childhood povertyBreezy and warm before next system brings winter back to Northeast Florida, Southeast Georgia Read full article: Breezy and warm before next system brings winter back to Northeast Florida, Southeast GeorgiaThis combination of cover images show, top row from left,"Born in Flames" by Bench Ansfield,"Talk to Me" by Rich Benjamin,"They Poisoned the World" by Mariah Blake,"Seeking Shelter" by Jeff Hobbs, and"By the Second Spring" by Danielle Leavitt, bottom row from left,"Capitalism" by Sven Beckert,"Baldwin" by Nicholas Boggs,"The Golden Road" by William Dalrymple, The Zorg" by Siddharth Kara, and"The Girl in the Middle" by Martha A Sandweiss. This combination of book cover images show, from left,"Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City" by Bench Ansfield,"Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History" by Rich Benjamin,"They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals" by Mariah Blake,"Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America" by Jeff Hobbs, and"By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine" by Danielle Leavitt. This combination of cover images show, top row from left,"Born in Flames" by Bench Ansfield,"Talk to Me" by Rich Benjamin,"They Poisoned the World" by Mariah Blake,"Seeking Shelter" by Jeff Hobbs, and"By the Second Spring" by Danielle Leavitt, bottom row from left,"Capitalism" by Sven Beckert,"Baldwin" by Nicholas Boggs,"The Golden Road" by William Dalrymple, The Zorg" by Siddharth Kara, and"The Girl in the Middle" by Martha A Sandweiss. and a revelatory history of the American West inspired by a 19th century photograph are among this year's finalists for prizes established in honor of the late investigative journalist J. Anthony Lukas. The finalists in three categories were announced Thursday by the Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, which oversee Danielle Leavitt's “By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine” is a nominee for the $10,000 Lukas Book Prize, given for works that exemplify “literary grace, commitment to serious research and original reporting.” Others cited are Bench Ansfield's “Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City,” Rich Benjamin's “Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History,” Mariah Blake's “They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals” and Jeff Hobbs' “Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America.” Nicholas Boggs' “Baldwin: A Love Story,” one of last year's most acclaimed books, is a finalist for the $10,000 Mark Lynton History Prize. The other nominees are Martha A. Sandweiss' “The Girl in the Middle,” based on the picture of a Native girl from an 1868 photograph; Sven Beckert's “Capitalism: A Global History,” William Dalrymple's “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World” and Siddharth Kara's “The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery.” Lukas project officials also announced finalists for the Work-in-Progress Prizes, with two winners each receiving $25,000. The nominees are Bryce Andrews' “Seaworthy,” danah boyd's “Data Are Made, Not Found,” Esmé E. Deprez's “Inviting Death In,” Sarah Esther Maslin's “Nothing Stays Buried” and Karim Zidan's “In the Shadow of the Cage.”Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Confidence grows for coaches as the bill for better pay picks up steam in Florida.It's feeling like spring. It's time to start some seeds and grow some tasty greens for spring.Community mourns death of student killed in St. Johns County crashWorking in the garden to get ready for SpringIt might feel like Spring today, but hold off on planting: More cold is comingAccused gunman in murder-for-hire case withdraws guilty pleaJacksonville family loses everything in electrical fire at home of 18 years
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