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NEW: PEN America today condemned the five-year penal colony sentence imposed on philosopher and PEN Belarus member Uladzimir Mackievič and joined PEN Belarus to demand his immediate and unconditional release. https://bit.ly/3OsdOjW

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A Truck Driver Ran Into Pro-Choice Protesters in Iowa 🚨 The driver has not been charged. @iWatchiAm @TheCut 1/ https://www.thecut.com/2022/06/truck-driver-ran-into-pro-choice-protesters-in-iowa.html

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Looking to expand your reading this #pridemonth? Check out the reading list we created in collaboration with @ONEarchives, covering a wide range of classics and recently published works, across a variety of genres: https://bit.ly/3gVVMIn

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