DARE: ‘I Would Have Done the Same Thing Again.’ Restaurant Owner on Why She Asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to Leave
Restaurant owner asks White House press secretary to leave, saying this is a time of “uncomfortable” moral choices. More
Oman: Release of prominent poet and intellectual Abdullah Habib
PEN welcomes the release of prominent poet Abdullah Habib on June 13, 2018, who was serving a six-month prison sentence on politically-motivated charges. More
DARE: The N.F.L. is Being Anti-American
NFL players write New York Times op-ed on mass incarceration, noting they are exercising their right to speak out on injustice as citizens, apart from their profession. President Trump… More
China: Uyghur pop musician and lyric writer detained, concerns for his well-being
PEN is seriously concerned for the well-being of Uyghur pop musician and lyric writer, Ablajan Awut Ayup (popularly known as Ablajan), who was taken into custody by state security… More
DARE: Trump Reverses Course, Signs Order Ending His Policy of Separating Families at the Border
Protests spanning Congress, civil society, Hollywood, the tech industry, airlines, and others prod Trump to reverse stance on separating migrant families and issue new Executive Order halting future separations.… More
DARE: Trump Ramps up Rhetoric: Democrats Want ‘Illegal Immigrants’ to ‘Infest our Country’
Dehumanization rhetoric ramps up as President Trump and his allies use words like “infest” to describe people who seek to immigrate. Homeland Security Secretary who defended Trump policy separating… More
Bipartisan Support for Oleg Sentsov’s Release Comes as Hunger Strike Approaches 40th Day
“We are heartened by bipartisan support from Senators Roger Wicker (R-MI) and Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) for Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov." More
US Withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council Cedes Leadership on Human Rights to “Cynics and Subverters”
"For the U.S. to quit now is to abdicate American leadership on free expression and human rights worldwide, ceding the playing field to the cynics and the subverters." More
DARE: Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border
ProPublica fuels the fire of a raging debate over family separations at the border through release of an audiotape of children wailing for their parents. LA Times, under new… More
The Importance of Accessing Information In the Wake of Juneteenth
While Juneteenth commemorates the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas and the emancipation of slaves throughout the Confederate states three years after the Emancipation Proclamation was… More