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Freedom to Write Index 2025
For the first time ever, the Freedom to Write Index documented more than 400 writers in prison in 2025, including…
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Facts & Fiction
The content of these books that are disappearing speaks volumes about the political and cultural attack on public education across…
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Fairness in Publishing
Introduction In 1969, PEN America’s Translation Committee, an expert working group by and for literary translators, released its Manifesto on…
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“Save Our Mother Tongue”
Beijing has silenced Mongolian voices, all the while expanding its arsenal of tactics to influence the information ecosystem.
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Expanding the Web of Control
Government censorship of free speech and academic freedom has reached unprecedented heights on U.S. campuses as lawmakers extend a web…
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The Bills Igniting Book Bans
Learn more about how state laws are propelling book bans at the local level and the impact they are having…
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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,…