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PEN America v. Trump
The suit seeks to stop President Trump from using the machinery of government to retaliate or threaten reprisals against journalists and media outlets for coverage he dislikes. More
DARE: “The Trump Administration Wants to Tax Protests. What Happened to Free Speech?”
The federal government wants protesters to have to pay to use parks, sidewalks, and other public spaces in Washington, DC. A group of U.S. senators urge the Secretary of… More
DARE: ‘What You’re Seeing… Is Not What’s Happening.’ People Are Comparing This Trump Quote to George Orwell
President Trump goes chillingly Orwellian to Veterans of Foreign Wars, saying: "Just remember, what you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening." VFW later chides members for… More
PEN America Calls for Release of Russian Political Prisoners on Eve of Putin/Trump Meeting
"Oleg Sentsov has already become a symbol. And now, when we say ‘Free Sentsov,’ we really mean free all political prisoners in Russia." More
DARE: Trump Promotes Fox Coverage of Embassy Opening
Trump uses his Twitter account to do promo for Fox News live coverage of U.S. embassy opening in Jerusalem. Facebook briefly turns on new feature that shows who creates… More
Clinton: Free press is under ‘open assault’ in Trump era
Clinton, who was delivering the festival’s Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, began by discussing threats to press freedom and free speech around the globe, including in Vladimir Putin’s… More
The book world had plenty of shade for Trump at the 2018 PEN America Literary Awards
The book world came together to celebrate groundbreaking new literature on Tuesday night at the 2018 PEN America Literary Awards. The ceremony honors authors who have made significant contributions… More
Can the Arts Keep Borders (and Minds) Open in Trumpian Times?
They envisioned a collective of artists, arts organizations, and allies committed to showing how art unites us, and to leverage that unity as a bigger force. Among its many… More
Trump’s Calls to Fire Washington Post’s Dave Weigel Infringe on First Amendment, says PEN America
For the President to call for a reporter to be fired infringes on the First Amendment, even if the journalist's private employer has the wisdom to ignore the advice… More
“Call Me Covfefe”: Some of Our Favorite Opening Sentences for Trump, The Novel
We asked our followers: If the Trump Administration were a novel, what would the famous opening sentence be? Here are some of our favorite answers. More