Blog
Filter By:
Advocacy • Analysis • Blog • Commentary • Drama • Essay • Event • Feature • Fiction • Graphic Narrative • Interview • Memoir • News • Obituary • Open Letter • Poetry • Press Release • Profile
Browse By Series:
PEN Poetry Series • Prison Writing • The PEN Ten Interviews • Illustrated PEN • Pen Pals • The PEN World
Browse By Email Subscription:
PEN America News • Educational Censorship News • Works of Justice
Iran: Writer and poet arrested upon return to Iran
PEN is deeply concerned about the well-being and safety of Dr. Sedigheh Vasmaghi, an Iranian author and poet who was arrested by the Iranian authorities upon her arrival to… More
DARE: House Intelligence Committee Releases Incendiary Russian Social Media Ads
House Intelligence Committee releases some of the many ads Russia placed in order to shape attitudes and sow divisions during the U.S. election campaign. NPR puts its own CEO in… More
Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371
When it became clear that Stephen was taking his last breaths, his friends and family gathered close, and like a chorus, sent him on his way. Thank you, Stephen!... More
DARE: Tech Executives Are Contrite About Election Meddling, but Make Few Promises on Capitol Hill
Scott Pruitt bars scientists who receive EPA grants from sitting on panels that advise the agency. Academic publishing giant caught censoring content deemed sensitive in China. More
November Featured Case: Alex Chow
Alex Chow, a student and prominent pro-democracy activist, has been held in Chinese detention since August 2017 for his role in catalyzing the 2014 Occupy Central Movement… More
Thailand: Prominent writer and activist Sulak Sivaraksa facing 15 years in prison for peaceful exercise of free expression
PEN is deeply concerned by reports that renowned writer and activist Sulak Sivaraksa is facing trial for violating Article 112 of the Thai Criminal Code (lèse majesté) in a… More
DARE: Conservative Media Reacts To Mueller Indictments
Right-leaning media downplays Trump campaign indictments. Facebook estimates 126 million users were served Russian-sponsored content during the last two years. Journalists and editors continue to be exposed... More
DARE: Dread hangs over Washington as Manafort, Gates turn themselves in
With the investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia filing its first charges against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates for conspiracy and money laundering, the president and his… More
SLAPPs: The Greatest Free Expression Threat You’ve Never Heard Of?
SLAPPs are a prevalent and serious—but still under-acknowledged—threat to free speech and expression. It should never be “unaffordable” to speak up. More
Public Officials’ Interference in Kennesaw State University Anthem Protests an Alarming Infringement on First Amendment Rights
Punishing students for peaceful expression is a clear infringement on their rights and a distortion of the role of the university in American life. More
Support for the freedom to read with exclusive designs by Todd Parr, Mike Curato, Art Spiegelman, and more!
