PEN America Blogs: Free Expressions
Educational Censorship
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The Plaintiff Who Secured Academic Freedom Sees Echoes of ‘Red Scare’ Today
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For Federal Censorship of Higher Ed, Here’s What Could Happen in 2025
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“Viewpoint Diversity” Indiana law denies students the ability to digest this election season in the classroom
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Freedom to Read Day of Action 2024: Working Together to Stop Book Bans
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PEN America Endorses the Magna Charta Universitatum 2020
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University of Alabama campuses didn’t have to close their DEI offices. They did anyway.
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“Thank you for not giving up on Florida”: A rallying cry at the Unified Voices Summit in Orlando
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Trouble in Censorville: Teachers Describe Trauma Inflicted in the War on Education
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Jawboning: When Educational Censors Don’t Bother Passing a Law
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What’s going on in Louisiana?
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The Wrong Way to Fight Campus Antisemitism
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A Mississippi Teacher was Terminated for Reading a Book. Time to Reverse that Decision.
Banned Books
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A Passion for Books Sparks a Fight for Their Survival as School Censorship Rises
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Banned Books List 2025
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‘The Librarians’ Film Shows the Toll of Book Bans
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Utah Prevents Students From Bringing Banned Books to School
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The 23 Most Banned Picture Books of the 2023-2024 School Year
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It’s Not a Hoax: Trump Administration Dismisses Book Ban Complaints
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Free Expression and the Threat of Christian Nationalism in Florida and Beyond
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The 11 Most Banned Books of the 2023-2024 School Year
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The Hidden Cost of Defending Books: Freedom to Read Advocates Speak Out
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Native American Heritage Now: An Interview With Dr. Debbie Reese
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Beyond the Shelves: Three Years of Book Bans and Educational Censorship
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The Censor’s Cut: Ellis Angel Makes Art From Banned Books
Disinformation
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Is fear around AI overblown? Here’s what worries experts, according to a Wall Street Journal reporter.
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In 2024, Texas Tribune reporters shared printed information about voting to engage the public. Here’s what they learned.
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For the Truth in Journalism Project, facts are necessary – but not sufficient – in the fight against disinformation
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Disinformation is often about power and fear of losing it, expert says
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7 Ways Influencers Are Changing the Media Landscape
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Media defense lawyers on their biggest fears during a Trump term, how journalists can defend themselves and why they still have hope
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A sociologist’s thoughts on how disinformation has emerged from the shadows
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Checking the rise of extremism is ‘easier said than done,’ University of Buffalo communications expert says
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A reporter’s take on the role of disinformation and male grievance in the election
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Cómo detectar desinformación generada por inteligencia artificial (IA)
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For the Texas Tribune, public events help to counteract disinformation
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How did disinformation affect the election? Here’s what a New York Times reporter thinks.
The PEN Ten
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Olufunke Grace Bankole’s debut novel — 20 years in the making
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‘I think of myself as a “method” writer’: Adam Haslett on the challenges and themes in Mothers and Sons
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Alishia McCullough | The PEN Ten Interview
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Edward Underhill | The PEN Ten
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Fiona Davis | The PEN Ten Interview
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10 Pieces of Writing Advice | The PEN Ten
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Lyle C. May | The PEN Ten
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Karina Sainz Borgo | The PEN Ten
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Shane Jordan | The PEN Ten
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Gu Byeong-Mo | The PEN Ten
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Fabienne Josaphat | The PEN Ten Interview
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Rita Omokha | The PEN Ten Interview
PEN America Speaks
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression the Week of Jan. 27
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression the Week of Jan. 20
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression the Week of Jan. 17, 2025
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression the Week of Jan. 6, 2025
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression the Week of Dec. 30
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression the Week of Dec. 16
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression the Week of Dec. 9
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week of Nov. 30
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week of Nov. 18
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week 0f Nov. 11
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week 0f Nov. 4
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week 0f Oct. 28
Facts Forward
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Is fear around AI overblown? Here’s what worries experts, according to a Wall Street Journal reporter.
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For the Truth in Journalism Project, facts are necessary – but not sufficient – in the fight against disinformation
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Disinformation is often about power and fear of losing it, expert says
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Media defense lawyers on their biggest fears during a Trump term, how journalists can defend themselves and why they still have hope
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A sociologist’s thoughts on how disinformation has emerged from the shadows
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Checking the rise of extremism is ‘easier said than done,’ University of Buffalo communications expert says
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A reporter’s take on the role of disinformation and male grievance in the election
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For the Texas Tribune, public events help to counteract disinformation
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How did disinformation affect the election? Here’s what a New York Times reporter thinks.
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Amid election conspiracy theories, a researcher narrows down the biggest threats
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This Arizona election official is worried about political violence. He believes community can be the solution.
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The psychology of belief, and how perceived threats to identity are linked to misinformation
Global Free Expression
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Update: Writer Ahmed Douma still at risk in Egypt despite prison release
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PEN America and partners advocate for free expression during Iran’s fourth Universal Periodic Review of its human rights record at the United Nations
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In Iran, a Poet’s Death and a Pattern of Medical Neglect
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Author Margaret Atwood speaks with Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and writer, for TIME magazine
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Ukrainian Writer Olena Stiazhkina on Language and War
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In Georgia, Writers Are on the Front Lines
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European Literature Night: Celebrating the Power of Words Across Borders
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Free Narges Coalition and partners urge UN Human Rights Council to intervene for Narges Mohammadi’s urgent medical release
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Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2024: Writing as a Political Act
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Vietnam’s Silenced Writers: The Vietnamese Government Falls Short on Human Rights
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Nightmare in the Caucuses | In Conversation with Two Prominent Georgian Authors: How Cultural Suppression by Georgian Dream Has Pushed the Country to the Brink of Authoritarianism
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Asal Abasian | Exiled Iranian Journalist, Writer, Queer Feminist Activist