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DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Megyn Kelly talks Trump and the First Amendment, Russia arrests Crimean journalist, and more. More
Fatima Shaik: ”Books Like These Are Meant to be Troubling”
On Tuesday, December 6, the Accomack County Public Schools Board, in eastern Virginia, voted to return the books To Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn to county classrooms. The… More
PEN Myanmar: Free Expression Score Card
The new democratically elected government of Myanmar needs to make significantly more progress reforming laws regarding media, digital freedom, and other rights if free expression is to be fully… More
The PEN Ten with Phenderson Clark
"I have been on the opposite end of a police officer’s drawn weapon on at least three separate occasions in three different American cities. I can still recall… More
Heel of My Hand
You are / to me / a big ‘how’ / (like no one / —they say— / asks a billionaire / why they made / 2 billion dollars /… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Donald Trump threatens flag burners again, South Sudan deports critical journalist, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Donald Trump threatens flag burners again, South Sudan deports critical journalist, and more. More
Hong Kong: Latest Lawsuit an Attempt to Silence Legislators’ Voices
The push by Hong Kong's government to unseat additional legislators from its legislative council amounts to an egregious politically motivated attempt to silence democratically-elected politicians for their political opinions… More
PENt-Up: The Trump Team on Free Expression
“We have to talk to them about, maybe in certain areas, closing that internet up in some ways. Somebody will say, ‘Oh freedom of speech, freedom of speech.’ These… More
Free Expression Report Card: Rudy Giuliani
Position within the Trump Administration: Giuliani is being considered for Secretary of State and Homeland Security Secretary Previous positions: Mayor of New York City (1994-2011); Attorney General, Southern District of… More