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Battleground
When I lived between border patrol checkpoints, no one ever told me to go home. More
Precious Time
There’s nothing like losing your country when you’re little to help you see NATIONALISM as the strange and unnatural thing that it is. More
Evident Truths
My Maternal grandmother was 6 years old when the 19th amendment passed. Her mother, who was illiterate, wouldn’t get to vote until her daughters brought her to the polls… More
PEN America Expresses Concern Over Recent Developments at PEN Russia
NEW YORK—PEN America stands in solidarity with Russian writers who share our ideals and those of the PEN Charter in strong defense of free expression and other human rights,… More
PEN America Expresses Concern Over Recent Developments at PEN Russia
NEW YORK—PEN America stands in solidarity with Russian writers who share our ideals and those of the PEN Charter in strong defense of free expression and other human rights,… More
Trump’s “Thuggish” Treatment of Press Mirrors Authoritarian Regimes, says PEN America
President-elect Donald Trump’s criticism of journalists at his press conference today demonstrates utter contempt for the role of the media in an open democracy, PEN America said today. More
Two Poems by Roberto Montes
This week in the PEN Poetry Series, PEN America features two poems by Roberto Montes. The Estate Taxed I should have taken the amaranth soap From the rich prick's bathroom Should have mothered… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump readies himself for his first press conference amid scandal, Thailand shuts down opposition Facebook pages, and more. More