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Yahoo’s Forced SiIence on Information Requests Demonstrates Need for Reform
The threat of a $250,000 per day fine, and the fact that Yahoo was forced to keep its efforts to challenge the government’s demands secret for years after the… More
Three More Journalists Murdered in Honduras in One Month
PEN International is shocked by the recent murders of three more journalists in Honduras – Herlyn Iván Espinal Martínez, Nery Francisco Soto Torres and Dagoberto Díaz Suárez. More
Ferguson and Press Freedom
Press freedom includes the right of journalists to do their jobs without intentional interference by the police. That right was clearly under threat in Ferguson, as journalists encountered obstruction,… More
Seven Poems by Peter Richards
Blood moon whoever / calls you this lived stupidly / forgets god yearning More
PEN American Center Fall 2014 Public Programs
Something to Hide: Writers Against the Surveillance Stateat the Brooklyn Book FestivalSt. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street, BrooklynSeptember 21, 5pmFREEBack to the Future: US-Russia RelationsIn partnership with the Fordham… More
Walking on Water
My mother is the goddess of the seas. My fetus still floats in her womb. Perhaps I am a goddess, too. My mother guides the waves and the whirlpools.… More
The PEN Ten with Jean Kwok
After hearing from readers who told me how the book touched and influenced them, I realized that what I say does have an impact. Of course, I need to… More
Louise Erdrich Wins PEN/Saul Bellow Award
PEN is pleased to announce that Louise Erdrich has been named the winner of the 2014 PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction. More
Louise Erdrich Wins PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
Erdrich exploded onto the literary scene in 1984 with her National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel Love Medicine. More
The Week in Free Expression: September 5, 2014
The second U.S. journalist is murdered by Islamic State militants in two weeks. More
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