Trump Administration Plans to Abolish National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities Will Usher in New ‘Dark Ages’ in America
NEW YORK—In response to news this morning of Trump administration plans to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for Humanities, PEN America Executive Director… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Justice Dept. Inspector General launches probe into FBI's handling of Clinton emails, prompting the President-elect to slam his former rival on Twitter as "guilty as hell." Secretary of State-designate… More
Trump’s “Thuggish” Treatment of Press Mirrors Authoritarian Regimes, says PEN America
President-elect Donald Trump’s criticism of journalists at his press conference today demonstrates utter contempt for the role of the media in an open democracy, PEN America said today. More
Decision to Place Rutgers Professor on Administrative Leave a Worrying Curb on Campus Speech
NEW YORK-Rutgers University’s decision to refer adjunct lecturer Kevin Allred to temporary police custody for a mandatory psychiatric evaluation, and their subsequent suspension of Allred from his teaching duties… More
PEN America Calls on UNCW to Address Hate Speech Incidents
PEN America today called on the administration of the University of North Carolina Wilmington to condemn unequivocally expressions of religious harassment directed toward a student and other anti-gay and… More
Trump Rhetoric on Flag Burning a Threat to Free Speech
President-elect Trump’s proposal to criminalize flag burning, including through stripping Americans of their citizenship, represents an attempt to criminalize free speech, PEN America affirmed today in a statement. More
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Bill Introduced in U.S. Would Hold Azerbaijan Accountable for Free Expression Crackdown
The introduction of a bill in the U.S. Congress that would impose visa sanctions on Azerbaijan’s senior leadership is an important move to hold Azerbaijan accountable for its escalating… More
PEN Condemns the Senseless Killings of Alison Parker and Adam Ward
PEN American Center condemns the senseless killings of reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward of Virginia’s WDBJ7 news station, who were shot to death this morning during a… More
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