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Trump confirms plan to eliminate NEA and NEH
US president Donald Trump has confirmed a previously leaked proposal to eliminate both the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of his first federal budget plan for 2018. The… More
Trump wants NBC to thank him for ‘The Apprentice’ profits with better coverage about him
In the flurry of news on his tax returns, his troubled healthcare plan and his suspicion that his phones were bugged, it was easy to miss one of President Trump’s… More
Trump’s Budget Proposes To Eliminate Arts Agencies, As Many Feared
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 arrived in the night, and it’s a doozy. Arts advocates have particular reason to be outraged. The National Endowment for the… More
Trump Proposes Eliminating the Arts and Humanities Endowments
A deep fear came to pass for many artists, museums, and cultural organizations nationwide early Thursday morning when President Trump, in his first federal budget plan, proposed eliminating the… More
The PEN Ten with Lidia Yuknavitch
I am against censorship. Freedom of expression is worth dying for, worth fighting for. But I am troubled by the relationship between our words and our deeds. More
Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities
WHAT’S GOING ON? The Trump administration is expected to release its new budget plan this month and vital organizations are bracing for drastic cuts or even elimination. Among the agencies… More
Samantha Bee, Masha Gessen to speak at PEN festival
Comedian-commentator Samantha Bee and author-activist Masha Gessen will be speaking in May about "gender and power" during the age of President Donald Trump. PEN America announced Thursday that Gessen and… More
Livestreaming Town Hall Meeting: The Role of the Writer in Trump’s America
March 8, 2017 from 7PM - 9PM Tweet your thoughts and questions to @PENMembership. THIS IS A MEMBERS-ONLY EVENT. Opening remarks from Daniel Alarcón , Masha Gessen, Dinaw Mengestu, Mona Eltahawy, Andrew… More
Trump’s media war threatens journalists globally, protection group warns
The Trump administration should “act as a champion of press freedom”, a senior member of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Saturday, rather than prosecute a war with mainstream… More
#LouderTogether: Donald Trump and New Threats to Expression
As a candidate, President Donald Trump ran on a platform that was explicitly hostile to a free press, dismissive of the voices of minority populations, and indifferent to fact-based… More