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We’re Your Parents
I dream of my babies becoming Marco Rubio and Obamacare. / I slap my son’s face when gene deletion affects his pronunciation. // When I smell perfume, I call… More
An Urgent Appeal for Liu Xiaobo
We write to express our concern over the health condition of Liu Xiaobo…and to ask you to ensure his unrestricted freedom as he undergoes medical treatment. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
President Trump Twitter-condemns CNN (and New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, NBC, and CBS) as entirely fake news. Sarah Palin files a defamation suit saying the New York Times… More
HONDURAS: PEN Honduras Member Convicted at Sentencing Court
On Wednesday June 7, 2017, Cesario Alejandro Félix Padilla Figueroa, a member of PEN Honduras, was found guilty of the crime of "usurpation" at the National Autonomous University of… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Key first amendment case and travel ban reach Supreme Court, senior CNN journalists resign after story retracted, writers in Turkey face more and more nebulous threats from the state,… More
The PEN Ten with Nicole Dennis-Benn
My job as a writer is to humanize people on the page … as artists we have a responsibility to dispel ignorance by spreading empathy. More
Librotraficante “Book Traffickers” Ensure Equal Access to Diverse Books in the Face of Discriminatory Arizona Law
Librotraficante is doing necessary work to ensure that the many voices, groups, and histories included in the American experience are fully represented and heard. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from baker who invoked the First Amendment, Trump administration to go ahead with parts of travel ban. And the White House press secretary… More
Chinese Writer-Activist Liu Xiaobo Released on Medical Parole for Late-Stage Cancer
News that Chinese dissident writer and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is suffering from late-stage liver cancer and has been released from prison on medical grounds is a painful reminder… More
Denial of Asylum to Syrian Writer Radwan Ziadeh Creates Disincentive to Dialogue
NEW YORK—In response to reports today that Syrian writer Radwan Ziadeh had been denied political asylum in the United States as a result of organizing conferences with Syrian opposition… More
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