During the 2023-2024 school year, 36% of all banned titles featured characters or people of color and a quarter (25%) included LGBTQ+ people or characters.
This week-long intensive provides an in-person workshop for early-career writers from communities underrepresented in the publishing world.
Learn how the creation and display of art is entwined with the U.S.’s most fraught cultural and political debates.
The next four years could reshape the United States for decades to come. Join us in fighting every day to protect the freedom to write and the freedom to read.
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(NEW YORK)— Offering hope in the fight against false information flourishing online, PEN America today released a new report about…
Fighting a Global Problem Through a Local Lens Read an accompanying essay to this report by Michelle Beaver, Phoenix-based community…
Workshop by workshop, we helped our community be that much more resilient, that much more informed.
This workshop series is shaped by conversations with these authors and grassroots advocates on the frontlines.
Only through dialogue, education, and citizen participation can we build a more just and democratic society for all.
Mónica Guzmán works to help people engage with and understand each other better – even when they don’t agree on…
Deepa Seetharaman discusses AI-generated disinformation, the declining trust in institutions, and whether the fear around AI is overblown.
By María Méndez, Service and Engagement Reporter At a time when there’s so much false information circulating about our election…
The Truth in Journalism Project offers new, inclusive ways to think about checking facts, affirming truth, and building trust in…