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The Mother
Yesterday the mother stood in court and explained that she had forgiven her son. No sooner were the wounds healed that he had dealt her, than she was setting… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., September 24
Syrian cartoonist confirmed dead, Ecuadorian president censors critical videos, and the Obama administration explored bypassing encryption. More
The World Migrating: On Translating Song Lin
Permeated with themes of politics and exile, the poems of Chinese "exiled poet" Song Lin are a sensitive anthropology of our migratory world. More
The Gleaner Song
In pieces selected by the poet and translator from thirty years of published work, both East and West have been engaged, creating a landscape of the poet's extensive travels. More
Egypt: Al-Jazeera pardon one step forward on the long road to press freedom
NEW YORK—The release from jail today of Al-Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed is a promising move for Egypt, but highlights the remaining hurdles to press freedom of… More
Three Questions with Dawn Lundy Martin
Are there languages of hierarchy that can attend to the difference between the lack of privilege experienced by the black body in America and the overt censorship in some… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Wed., September 23
Bangladesh militants issue blogger hit list, Egypt releases Al Jazeera journalists, and American University Faculty stands up to trigger warnings More
from Good Stock
Wolves howl. Soot falls from sky. // The rescuers are never prepared. / And we, here, amid a failure of images. // Scrub a spot whiter than before. /… More
Jewher Ilham: My Father, My Country
While China’s president is engaging in dialogue with those who disagree with him on many issues, scores of dissidents will be languishing in the prisons that his government… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., September 22
Well-known blogger Ta Phong Tan freed, Facebook accused of spying on Belgian citizens, and a Somali journalist was wounded. More
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