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PEN, Co-Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court to Let Surveillance Case Go to Trial
Our legal challenge to the U.S. government’s secret, warrantless surveillance program is back in the news today.The ACLU has filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf… More
PEN, Co-Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court to Let Surveillance Case Go to Trial
[caption id="attachment_11538" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="U.S. Supreme Court, photo by Matt H. Wade via WikiCommons"][/caption] Our legal challenge to the U.S. government’s secret, warrantless surveillance program is back in the news… More
PEN Appeal: Abdulhadi al-Khawaja
April 18, 2012 King of Bahrain His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa Office of His Majesty the King P.O.Box 555 Rifa’a Palace Kingdom of Bahrain Fax: +973 176 64 587 Minister of Justice and Islamic… More
Reckoning with Torture: Readings by Mai Spann-Wilson and Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo and student Mai Spann-Wilson read aloud a classified memo describing the CIA's rendition, detention, and interrogation program. More
Reckoning with Torture: Readings by Samantha Osaki and Lili Taylor
The Reckoning with Torture project is based on a simple but powerful notion: that coming to terms with human rights abuses starts with reading the documentary record. More
Roger Angell: A Sporting Life
And in the off season once, when he was working for the Tigers, working with some teenagers, he discovered a new pitch. He learned that if you take the… More
That Bravest and Most Admirable of Writers: PEN Salutes Eskinder Nega
To call this year’s winner of the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award a hero would be an understatement. Eskinder Nega, one of Ethiopia’s leading advocates for freedom of… More
That Bravest and Most Admirable of Writers: PEN Salutes Eskinder Nega
To call this year’s winner of the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award a hero would be an understatement. Eskinder Nega, one of Ethiopia’s leading advocates for freedom of… More
The Skeptical Alchemist
Do Not Do Any of the AboveIt was the same trick he played every year. He wasn’t the only one. In freshman biology, the teacher gave out a list… More
Jury Independence Illustrated
So you’ve received a notice to report to jury duty.What? You’re trying to get out of it? Too busy?At the risk of sounding like a herb, being on a… More