DARE: Judge Rejects City of Elkhart’s Subpoena Seeking Records from South Bend Tribune
Federal judge rejects the city of Elkhart’s effort to force the South Bend Tribune to turn over records of its reporting on a wrongful conviction in a... More
Works of Justice: The Reality Poets on “Wheeling and Healing”
PEN America Prison & Justice Writing Program intern Lisa Nishimura speaks with the Open Doors' Reality Poets on their forthcoming book, Wheeling & Healing. More
DARE: White House Bans Four Journalists from Covering Trump-Kim Dinner Because of Shouted Questions
The White House restricts some members of the press access to President Trump’s summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Twitter permanently suspends far... More
Jackie MacMullan at the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
Jackie MacMullan was awarded the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 Literary Awards Ceremony. Watch her speech and read the transcript. More
Jonah Mixon-Webster at the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
Jonah Mixon-Webster was awarded the PEN/Osterweil Award for Poetry at the 2019 Awards Ceremony. Watch his speech and read the transcript. More
Kenneth Lonergan at the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
Kenneth Lonergan was awarded the PEN/Mike Nichols Award at the 2019 Literary Awards Ceremony. Watch his speech and read the transcript below. More
Larissa FastHorse at the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
Larissa FastHorse was awarded the PEN/Laura Pels Award at the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony. Watch her speech and read the transcript. More
DARE: Democratic Senators Want Intelligence Community to Submit Report on Khashoggi’s Murder
Democratic senators introduce a bill compelling the director of national intelligence Dan Coats to submit a report on the death of Jamal Khashoggi... More
DARE: Alabama Newspaper Editor Who Urged Klan to ‘Ride Again’ Replaced by African-American Woman
Alabama newspaper editor who urged the Ku Klux Klan to begin night rides again is replaced by African American strategic leader Elecia R. Dexter. More
DARE: A Former Trump Staffer Filed a Class Action to Invalidate All of the Campaign’s Nondisclosure Agreements
Former Trump campaign staffer files class action lawsuit to invalidate the Trump 2016 campaign's nondisclosure agreements barring staffers and volunteers... More
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NEW: PEN America CEO @SuzanneNossel said Princeton University’s firing of professor Joshua Katz, in the aftermath of his controversial but protected speech in an op-ed, "raises serious questions about free expression & due process on Princeton’s campus." https://pen.org/press-release/firing-of-princeton-university-professor-raises-questions-over-free-expression-and-due-process/
PEN America is partnering with @essie4justice for the premiere of QUILTED STEEL on 6/13. Here’s a brief breakdown of the urgent mass incarceration crisis in California the Essie Sisters are confronting in a thread. https://pen.org/event/quilted-steel-a-choreopoem-by-mahogany-l-browne/
