Resolution on the United States of America
The Assembly of Delegates of International PEN, meeting at its 69th Congress in Mexico City, Mexico, 22–28 November 2003, Alarmed by actions by the U.S. government and U.S. military… More
November 24, 2004 | A Very Haitian Story
Miami—On Sunday, Oct. 24, United Nations troops and Haitian police forces launched a military operation in Bel-Air, one of the poorest and most volatile neighborhoods in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince.… More
A Shock to the System
Natural disasters often lay bare a society's grim realities and sometimes shock citizens into political action. Twenty years ago today, a catastrophic earthquake in Mexico City shook that society… More
Living With the Dead
Oakland, Calif.—And where do the dead go after they have sucked down their last breaths and drowned in the rafters of their homes? After they have died in the… More
Do You Know What It Means to Lose New Orleans?
What do people really know about New Orleans?Do they take away with them an awareness that it has always been not only a great white metropolis but also a… More
The Kingdom and the Power
The news yesterday that King Fahd of Saudi Arabia had died sent only minor ripples through Wall Street, and caused few jitters in the already nervous energy markets. That… More
Life Under the Knife
My job in the library was my only peace in prison. The library was a little room, it couldn’t have been more then the size of a rich person’s… More
Suffer the Little Children
On a night when it's actually quiet enough to hear my own thoughts, after the lights have gone dim, my eyes burn red from reading one too many pages.… More
Countdown in Fear
We call him Little Z. Today he received in the mail the news he had been fearing, word from the trial court that he has been assigned an execution… More
Prison Sexuality
Many will consider this a perverse subject, one they would rather ignore than discuss. To do so is to deny nature. For those concerned with the health and well-being… More