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DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
WikiLeaks releases largest leak in C.I.A. history, International Women's Day marks a Day Without Women Protests around the country, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump unveils new travel ban on six Muslim majority countries, Facebook adds option for warning labels on fake news articles, and more. More
The M Word: Exclusive Interview with George Takei
"The ignorance of that history is what makes it possible to repeat again." A conversation between George Takei and Wajahat Ali on the internment of Japanese Americans and the… More
Mexican Journalists to U.S. Colleagues: ‘We Never Believed This Day Would Come’
At this time of an unprecedented, relentless assault on the free press of the United States by the Trump administration, we Mexican journalists, writers, and publishers stand in solidarity… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump levies unsubstantiated allegation that Obama ordered wiretap of Trump Tower, attack on a conservative author stuns Middlebury College, and more. More
March Featured Case: Vietnamese Bloggers Imprisoned for “Anti-State” Articles
One year ago this month, Vietnamese bloggers Nguyen Huu Vinh and Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy were convicted of publishing anti-state articles and sentenced to five and three years in… More
PEN America Condemns Violent Attack on Speaker at Middlebury College
NEW YORK—PEN America condemned a violent attack on author Charles Murray and Middlebury College Professor Allison Stanger that took place on the evening of Thursday, March 2, 2017, when… More
Aggressive Interrogation of Artists and Writers at U.S. Border
Several prominent writers have spoken out in recent weeks about their experiences at the border, which have altered their views of the United States and what it stands for. More
Sin and Censorship in Russia
The upcoming Russian film Matilda has attracted the ire of Orthodox activists who are calling for the film to be banned for portraying a saint as a sinner. More
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