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Introduction At Nash Correctional Institution in North Carolina, a series of low-lying brick buildings ringed with barbed wire fencing, parking…
PEN America’s 2023 World Voices Festival wrapped up on Saturday with a blow-out closing night event worthy of four days…
Introduction: The “Problematic” Discourse and Books In the past few years, the literary community has seen waves of activism that…
Introduction In 2020, the publishing industry entered a moment of moral urgency about the persistent lack of racial and ethnic…
In our accompanying report, we examine how California’s free expression policies set new legislative agendas where states may not have…
Read the summary >> This report reflects PEN America’s 2021 Index findings. For our complete, up-to-date database, see the Writers at…
Introduction In August 2017, millions of Americans were shocked and horrified to see footage of thousands of white supremacists marching…
Read the letter >> Introduction Online abuse—from violent threats and hateful slurs to sexual harassment, impersonation, and doxing—is a pervasive…
