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Address to the participants of 83rd PEN International Congress in Lviv
Crimean journalist and RFE/RL contributor Mykola Semena addressed the 83rd PEN International Congress in Lviv, Ukraine on September 18. Semena is awaiting a verdict by a Russian court on… More
DARE: Americans know literally nothing about the Constitution
A poll from the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center reveals how little people know about the most basic elements of our government and the Constitution. More than… More
The PEN Ten with Sorayya Khan
I’ve always believed that writing is a political act, a way to explore injustice, a place to contemplate complicity, forgiveness, and the possibility of a better world. More
Arts Community Rallies Against Muslim Travel Ban
Thirty arts groups—including PEN America, the Sundance Institute, Americans for the Arts, and the Future of Music Coalition—have jointly filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to strike… More
DARE: Angry Viewers Are In No Mood To Laugh At Sean Spicer’s Emmy Jokes
Spicer’s tenure serving in the Trump administration was marked by frequent controversies. Members of the viewing public were quick to call out the problem with allowing Spicer himself to… More
PEN America joins PEN Myanmar in calling for release of Myanmar photojournalists detained in Bangladesh
Police in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, arrested two Myanmar photojournalists, Min Zeyar Oo and Hkun Lat, on assignment in Cox's Bazar for the German magazine GEO to report on the… More
DARE: Ben Shapiro spoke at Berkeley as protesters gathered outside
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro speaks at UC Berkeley as the administrators, organizers of the event and accompanying protests, and police combine to allow speech and counter-speech to be safely… More
PEN Uyghur Center: Powerful Literature in a Fleeting Language
As a Uyghur writer, I cannot truly understand or write any novel, story, or poem in Chinese. It isn’t possible because Chinese is not my language… More
Upholding Freedom of Speech and the Right to Peaceful Protest at UC Berkeley
Free speech movement leader Mario Savio would have been proud of his alma mater tonight. UC Berkeley wins great credit for enabling conservative commentator Ben Shapiro to speak, allowing… More
DARE: Press Secretary suggests punishments for Trump critics
White House spokeswoman pronounces ESPN anchor Jemele Hill's tweet calling President Trump a white supremacist a "fireable offense." More
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