PEN America is suing President Donald Trump for First Amendment violations
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PEN America will present Gillian Flynn and Marti Noxon with the 2018 Award for Teleplay Excellence at the LitFest Gala
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Sign Now: Demand Journalists Be Given Immediate Access to Child Detention Centers
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PEN AMERICA EMBARKS ON NATIONAL EXPANSION OF PRESS FREEDOM EFFORTS with PEN Across America
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Demand the release of 2018 PEN/BARBEY FREEDOM TO WRITE AWARD WINNERS WA LONE AND KYAW SOE OO, SENTENCED TO Seven YEARS IN Prison
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“What Matters is the Writing Itself”: A PEN Ten Interview with the 2018 Los Angeles Literary Award Winners
"Every step of the writing process is also a choice to include or exclude, and being aware of our own biases in making those choices seems necessary." More
Jamal Khashoggi: The World Deserves Answers
PEN America will continue to follow the case closely and to advocate for the Saudi regime to provide clarity about Jamal Khashoggi’s whereabouts. More
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Tonight, @SuzanneNossel joins @michele_norris, @jelani9, @CJLspeaks2, and moderator @RogerLWPhD to discuss race, racial justice, civil discourse, and free speech in higher education at the DDNRC biennial conference.
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Mahmoud Abu Zeid was detained after photographing the 2013 dispersal of a protest, during which Egyptian security forces killed at least 817 people. There has been no public explanation as to why he remains in jail. https://t.co/q5Xfm3fMeb
Although the president can launch verbal tirades against the press, he cannot use the powers of his office to suppress or punish speech he doesn’t like—that constitutes a violation of the First Amendment. https://t.co/eD0H6huMhr
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