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Tech Companies Pass Free Expression Stress Test, with Room for Improvement
An independent assessment finds that three giant tech firms are making a good-faith effort to protect free expression and privacy. What does this mean for writers? More
Four Poems by Jamaal May
To the mop, galvanized bucket, / sawdust, and push broom—the felled / tree it was cut from, dulled saw, blistered hand, // I offer my apologies. To the road.… More
Off the Soccer Field, Creativity in Cameroon Languishes in Prison
This summer, Cameroon will compete on the world stage of soccer at the World Cup in Brazil. But one of the country's most creative voices languishes in prison. Let's… More
PEN Ten with Chris Abani
Writers and storytellers as a whole are curators of our common humanity. This is difficult because we curate not just the good, but also the bad, the totality that… More
Egypt: The Fanatic Heart
It occurred to me that what I needed was to know all I could find about the word “fanaticism,” in a capsule. Lately, I find myself resorting more and… More
Elegy with Crop-Duster
a great big nothingness happening / from field to canal / from canal to the fields beyond // power lines criss-crossing the formlessness of grief . . . The… More
Favorite Books of 2013 | MoJo Staff Pics
We end the Favorite Books of 2013 series with a list created by the PEN award-winning Mother Jones' staff, including everything from "religion and geopolitics to twisted artwork and… More
Um Girassol da Cor do Seu Cabelo
Sometimes you have to stare a hundred times before an image sticks, before you understand half of what’s hidden there, still living, behind the snapshot. Uncle Pedro used to… More
Favorite Books of 2013 | Poetry from Slate
We are inluding a list of the best 2013 poetry published earlier this month in Slate, carefully curated by Jonathan Farmer. At least once a decade, the conversation about poetry gets… More
Seven Mind Blowing Articles on Digital Freedom
2013 has been a busy year for human rights and digital technologies. Every day, it seems, new technological developments and scandals promise to dramatically change the human rights landscape.… More