PEN America Blogs: Free Expressions
Educational Censorship
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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.
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Destabilizing public libraries | Louisiana HB 777
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Government-Mandated Neutrality Is Anything but Neutral
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‘Don’t Display Gay’ and McCarthyism 2.0: Emerging Themes in K-12 Censorship
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Suspension of Texas Tech Professor Raises Questions About Due Process and Academic Freedom
Banned Books
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Book Bans Hit the Big Screen: 6 Documentaries Take on Educational Censorship
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Banned Books Week 2024: PEN America Rallies to Turn the Page on Book Bans
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Craftivisim: In Crafting A Better World, Diana Weymar Shows How Creativity Can Inspire Change
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Memo on School Book Bans from PEN America
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PEN America Free Expression Advocacy Institutes Train the Next Generation
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The State of Book Bans: Utah’s ‘No-Read List’
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Local no longer: 4 new laws and policies bring book banning to the state level
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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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The State of Book Bans: Wisconsin’s Battle with “Parental Rights”
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Celebrating the Right to Read: Bestselling Authors Stand Up to Censorship
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South Carolina Lawmakers to Reject New Restrictions to Evaluate Books in Public Schools
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The State of Book Bans: South Carolina Is Poised to Get Worse
Disinformation
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The anatomy of a disinformation campaign: How falsehoods spread – and how journalists can spot them
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The Wikimedia Foundation’s crucial spot on the frontlines of the disinformation war
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How to Vote and Combat Political Disinformation: A Tip Sheet for Election 2024
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A Guide to Developing a Healthier News Diet
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Political disinformation is everywhere. Here’s what most alarms the experts.
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How climate disinformation plays on fear and confusion, according to a BBC journalist
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A technology and media reporter’s take on left- vs. right-wing misinformation
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7 Top Election Year Disinformation Dangers, According to Experts
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In Arizona, Maritza Félix built an ‘infrastructure for listening’ to tackle misinformation across borders
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Local news is pivotal in the fight to save democracy, expert says
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Tech won’t save journalists from generative AI – but all hope is not lost
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National security reporter says American journalists could learn from Taiwan when tackling disinformation
The PEN Ten
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Sacha Lamb | The PEN Ten Interview
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Juan Carlos Reyes | The PEN Ten Interview
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Alejandro Zambra and Megan McDowell | The PEN Ten
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Forrest Gander | The PEN Ten Interview
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Saad Mohseni | The PEN Ten Interview
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2024 Emerging Voices Fellows | The PEN Ten Interview
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Danzy Senna | The PEN Ten Interview
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Dimitri Nasrallah | The PEN Ten Interview
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Yahia Lababidi | The PEN Ten Interview
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Adèle Rosenfeld | The PEN Ten Interview
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Samuel Kọ́láwọ́lé | The PEN Ten Interview
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Dalal Mawad | The PEN Ten Interview
PEN America Speaks
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of Oct. 14
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of Oct. 7
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of Sept. 30
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of Sept. 23
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of Sept. 9
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of Sept. 2
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of Aug. 26
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of Aug. 19
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of Aug. 12
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of Aug. 5
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of July 29
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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of July 22
Facts Forward
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The Wikimedia Foundation’s crucial spot on the frontlines of the disinformation war
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How climate disinformation plays on fear and confusion, according to a BBC journalist
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A technology and media reporter’s take on left- vs. right-wing misinformation
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7 Top Election Year Disinformation Dangers, According to Experts
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In Arizona, Maritza Félix built an ‘infrastructure for listening’ to tackle misinformation across borders
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Local news is pivotal in the fight to save democracy, expert says
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National security reporter says American journalists could learn from Taiwan when tackling disinformation
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‘I came from a country where we lost democracy’: What drives Tamoa Calzadilla’s commitment to facts
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How a Washington Post health reporter navigates covering falsehoods
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In combating disinformation, Black River Life founder says fighting white supremacy is crucial. Here’s what journalistic repair looks like.
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Disinformation is taking a toll on LGBTQ rights. Here’s how two Phoenix journalists are trying to slow its spread.
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Community engagement can mitigate disinformation. Here’s how a Dallas editor is leading the way.
Global Free Expression
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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
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The Power of Women’s Defiance in Iran: ‘We Will Win’
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PEN America’s Russian Independent Media Archive: Preserving Words of Those Who Can’t Speak
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The Fighters Who Narrate: Iranian Writer Sepideh Rashnu on the Eve of Her Incarceration
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Pham Doan Trang: A Courageous Voice for Change
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Joint Oral Statement on the Outcomes of the Cuban States’s Universal Periodic Review
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A Censorship Tale Ensnares a Prestigious Book Prize
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Joint Letter: Extend the mandates of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission and Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran
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PEN America Report to UN Human Rights Council’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry in Ukraine
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Advocating for Free Expression at the UN: Recommendations for Protecting Writers and Dissidents in Vietnam
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Israeli and Palestinian Writers and Artists: The Toll of War