PEN America Opens Submissions for 2021 PEN America Literary Awards
"Through the reimagined Literary Awards, PEN America redoubles its commitment to celebrating the talent and voices of the poets and writers most often marginalized by business as usual, and… More
White House Aversion to Press Infects CDC
"The running battle between the Trump White House and U.S. international public broadcasting, which apparently displeases the president with its professional approach to journalism, has also infected the CDC." More
Calls for Bolton Book Delay Akin to Censorship
"It unfortunately comes as no surprise that the White House is seemingly manipulating and abusing the pre-publication review process to prevent or delay the publication of a book that… More
PEN America: Governors Must Protect Journalists Covering Protests
"We’ve seen hundreds of instances over the last several weeks of reporters, photographers, and citizen journalists being attacked, jailed, or otherwise harassed for trying to report on recent demonstrations." More
PEN America Condemns Shuttering of Chinese Activist’s Zoom Account
Zoom must immediately explain why it shut down Humanitarian China's account, reinstate the account, and reassure its users that it stands against government-imposed censorship. More
PEN America: Trump Attempt to Discredit CNN Poll “Disgraceful New Low”
Attempting to discredit and even erase reporting on polling information in the midst of an election is a disgraceful new low, even for the Trump campaign. More
PEN America Congratulates Congresswoman Scanlon and Congressman Schiff for their Free Press Resolution
“The attacks we’ve been seeing, aimed at silencing journalists and protestors alike, infringe on the right to report, the right to assemble, and the public’s right to know." More
PEN America Demands New York City, Minneapolis Police Protect Press Freedom
"Official support for a free press in these times of mass public mobilization is a mere platitude if the message does not filter down to officers on the ground." More
PEN America Joins Call to Stop Attacks on Journalists
"These violent attacks against the working press are an affront to our Constitutional values, namely the First Amendment and the protections it provides to the free press." More
Toward a More Just World: A PEN America Statement
Bigotry is also an affront to free speech, for when words and acts willfully inflict terror and harm, they subvert open discourse. More