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DARE: Most Americans Think That Local News Is Doing Well Financially, and Not Many Pay for It
As local news coverage shrinks precipitously, study shows only 14 percent of surveyed news consumers have paid for or given money to local news of any... More
DARE: House Passes Bill Including Regulations on Online Political Ads
House Democrats set vote on H.R. 1, a wide-ranging bill that takes on transparency about how elections are funded and requires presidential candidate... More
Jonathan Friedman
Jonathan Friedman, Ph.D., is the Sy Syms managing director of U.S. free expression and education programs at PEN America. He oversees research, advocacy, and education related to academic freedom,… More
DARE: YouTube shooting: Female suspect ‘angry over video postings’
Person who opened fire at YouTube headquarters reported to have believed video site was censoring her. President Trump, who has not held a solo news conference since February 2017,… More
DARE: White House Fires Top Tillerson Aide
State Department Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy fired by White House after he contradicts the Trump administration account of the dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Family of slain… More
DARE: Winners and losers from Trump’s State of the Union address
President Trump’s first State of the Union address appraised on 2018 scale of truthfulness, divisiveness, and adherence to rule of law. New health care company announced by Amazon and… More
DARE: Fox News Fights Back On Lawsuit Filed Over Seth Rich Story
Fox News continues to defend the long-debunked story on the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich, seeking to have the defamation lawsuit filed against it dismissed or moved to… More
Suzanne Nossel
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On William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying
While ideological book banning is infuriating, banning out of ignorance and vague religiosity are, to me, even more galling. William Faulkner’s classic, As I Lay Dying, has been banned… More
2024 Free Expression Essay Competition Winners
PEN America is excited to announce the winners of our third annual Free Expression Essay Competition. More