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The Normalization of Book Banning
This report offers a window into the complex and extensive climate of censorship between July 1, 2024 through June 30,…
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All That Is Lost
The war has inflicted a catastrophic blow to Gaza’s cultural life and heritage, erasing records of Palestinian history that go…
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The Blueprint State
A wave of education laws in Florida has had a detrimental impact on the state’s schools, chilling the climate for…
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Treating Online Abuse Like Spam
Social media platforms are not sufficiently investing in mechanisms that alleviate the harms of online hate and harassment.
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A Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech
No federal administration has moved as swiftly to exert broad new controls over what people can say, read, learn, research,…
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Freedom to Write Index 2024
The number of writers jailed reached a new high, with at least 375 behind bars in 40 countries during 2024,…
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Exploring How to Build Community-Level Resilience Against Disinformation
Disinformation, and the ability to counter it, is intertwined with factors including trust, polarization, economic conflict, social isolation, prejudice, and…
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Cover to Cover
Introduction In the 2023-2024 school year, there were more than 10,000 instances of banned books in public schools, affecting more…
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The Censorship Horizon
Introduction Art museums occupy a distinct space in the landscape of American cultural and educational institutions. According to a 2021…
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Banned in the USA: Beyond the Shelves
For the last three school years, PEN America has recorded instances of book bans in public schools nationwide. In that…
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Project 2025
What is Project 2025? Project 2025 is a set of policy proposals from the Heritage Foundation–a think-tank that describes its…
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America’s Censored Classrooms 2024
Since 2021, PEN America has tracked state-level educational censorship legislation in our Index of Educational Gag Orders. In this report,…