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Montana G.O.P. Candidate Gianforte’s Attack on Reporter Intensifies Trend of Press Abuse
Escalating attacks on the press stemming from President Trump's repeated denunciations of the media, marked by Montana G.O.P. candidate Greg Gianforte's assault last night on reporter Ben Jacobs, forewarn… More
Raid on Theater Director Kirill Serebrennikov Amplifies Russian Campaign To Control Artistic Expression
Russian authorities’ raid on renowned theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov is demonstrative of an intensifying trend of persecutions of artistic figures the government cannot control. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The Trump administration's plans for the NEA and NEH, Fox News retracts fake news, student's commencement speech at the University of Maryland sparks debate in China, and more. More
New Budget Proposal a Potential “Deathblow” to Arts and Culture Funding
President Trump’s proposal to completely defund the United States’ federal arts and culture institutions in the 2018 budget would deprive millions of Americans access to valuable and enriching programs,… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Turkey brings in U.S. ambassador over brawl outside of embassy, Trump Cabinet Secretary ignores repression in Saudi Arabia, and more. More
PEN America at BookExpo and BookCon 2017
Join PEN America, alongside members of the publishing industry and book lovers from around the world to unite in a celebration of the act of storytelling at BookExpo and BookCon. If… More
Trump’s First Foreign Trip Risks Sending Wrong Message on Free Expression Rights
NEW YORK—The White House must ensure that journalists traveling abroad with President Trump and Secretary Tillerson are granted the access required to do their jobs, PEN America said today. … More
The PEN Ten with Kristen Radtke
We owe a lot to one another as human beings, but I don't know if we can always apply that debt to our work without crushing the work entirely.… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Notre Dame students walk out of commencement speech by Mike Pence, Rex Tillerson holds press briefing without U.S. journalists, and Trump side steps human rights in his first trip… More
Court Orders Retrial for Ahmed Naji
The court's decision to order a retrial for the novelist prolongs a legal battle over free expression in Egypt that has already gone on far too long. More