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DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump adviser claims the administration has dossiers to intimidate journalists, Turkish journalist sentenced for 'terror propaganda', and more. More
The PEN Ten with Saul Williams
"It is the challenges we pose to ourselves that bring the greatest honesty, lucidity, imagination, directness. I consider my responsibility as a poet as something related to the journalist,… More
IRAN: Serious Concern for Health of Imprisoned Filmmaker Keywan Karimi
PEN is seriously concerned for the health of imprisoned filmmaker Keywan Karimi. The prominent Kurdish filmmaker, who has been in prison since 23 November 2016, is in need of… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump keeps press in a basement with black bags over the windows as he golfs, Google warns prominent journalists of state-sponsored hackers, and more. More
DARE To Be Informed
As we brace for more attacks on the press, deliberate disinformation, and attempts to silence dissent, our best hope of fighting back includes staying informed. That's why each week,… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Ninth Circuit court of appeals refuses to reinstate travel ban, Palestinian Attorney-General bans book for explicit language, and more. More
Fears for Chinese Poet Liu Xia’s Life After Troubling Phone Call to Friend
Reports that Chinese poet Liu Xia, who is spending her seventh year under house without charge, has made rare and risky contact with a fellow writer to lament her… More
Joint Statement Regarding the Impact of the U.S. Immigration Ban On Artistic Freedom
By inhibiting artists’ ability to move freely in the performance, exhibition, or distribution of their work, President Trump’s Executive Order jettisons voices which contribute to the vibrancy, quality, and… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Elizabeth Warren's Senate stand goes viral, but does nothing to stand in the way of Sessions' confirmation vote. Trump goes after Nordstrom's department store for discontinuing his daughter's fashion… More
Incognegro
In the early 20th century White went undercover, posing as a white man in the deep south to investigate lynchings. More