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Jeff Sessions

Free Expression Report Card: Jeff Sessions

December 6, 2016

Position within the Trump Administration: Sessions has been nominated to serve as Attorney General, the head of the U.S. Department of Justice.    Previous positions: United States Senator, Alabama (1996-present); Attorney… More

Free Expression Report Card: Ben Carson

December 6, 2016

Position within the Trump Administration: Dr. Carson has been nominated by President-elect Trump to serve as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development   Previous Experience: Director of Pediatric… More

The PEN Ten with Olivia Cole

Interview
By: | December 5, 2016

"If we have a responsibility as writers—and I’m not sure we do—ours is to see ourselves as clearly as we think we see the world, to, in the pursuit… More

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