NRN Person of the Year award for 2019

Dim the lights and set phasers on stun, or whatever you do at the highlight of an award presentation. Today we announce the winner of the NRN Person of the Year award for 2019. With nearly 8 billion people in the world, it was a tough choice to choose just one to represent the human race for 2019. There were highs and lows this year as we saw the greatest economy in the world have one of its greatest years ever and a corrupt Congress has impeached one of the most successful presidents in history. But in the end it is the people of the world who make this world great. To that end, we are proud to announce the runners up for the NRN person of the year award.

3rd Runner Up: Tej Kohli Cornea Institute

In third place, we had the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute (TKC). The TKC restored sight to 5,736 of the poorest people in the world through medical means. According to the World Health organization, 90% of the people who are affected by blindness are in the poorest regions of the world. These people do not have the social safety net that we have in the United States, and as such, are unable to get treatment or even food without sight. The TKC has been fighting to make the world a better place, and for this we thank them. Private industry and private people working to make the world better, one set of eyes at a time. For donations, please go to the TKC website.

2nd Runner Up: Scientists Who Have Found Bacteria That Can Eat Plastic

Our second place runners up are the scientists who have found bacteria that can eat plastic to clean up the environment. With two different strains of research, researchers in India and in Canada. This research could be monumental in clearing out polluted landfills and eliminating plastic waste around the world. These researchers have engineered and discovers biological strains that will deal with different strains to give us a cleaner world in the future. Science is a great thing, and these researchers have found great science.

NRN Person of the Year: Scott Presler

Our winner is Scott Presler. Presler has organized cleanups across the country to make the world a better place. Starting with East Baltimore, a place where red-activists are not normally welcome, Presler cleaned up the community to help make it a community that the residents were proud of. From there Presler took his show on the road and has organized cleanups in other cities across the country.

These cleanups are not Glamour’s photo-shoots for politicians, but they are real situations where people can work with their neighbors for a better tomorrow. Not only is Presler cleaning up neighborhoods, but he is also cleaning up the political divide that Washington is foisting upon us. Presler’s activities are not without their critics, some news organizations are suggesting that it is a political ploy to get Trump votes in poor neighborhoods, but is it really?

There are easier ways to pander to poor communities than actually getting dirty and helping them clean up years of garbage from the streets, indicative of a failed governmental system within the city. Unlike Time’s wunderkind, Scott Presler is using the real world to deal with real problems, not using pseudo-science to exploit a disabled teenager. Scott Presler is making the world a better place, and he is showing that anyone can make the world a better place through a little bit of work. For this we give Presler the New Right Network Person of the Year Award.