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The PEN Pod: Writing, Healing, and Redemption with Natashia Deón

InterviewNovember 19, 2021

“We’re extremely happy for Danny Fenster. . . but I think the real question is, do we see any loosening vis-à-vis the free expression of Myanmar’s own reporters and… More

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The PEN Pod: On Fighting Asian American Hate and Posing Alternatives to Over-Policing with State Senator Brad Hoylman

InterviewJuly 2, 2021

“Seeing that more policing doesn’t always result in safer communities and that there are powerful alternatives to over-policing. . . we’re writing this bill.” More

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The PEN Pod: Online Abuse and the Threat it Poses to Free Speech with Viktorya Vilk

InterviewApril 2, 2021

“If we’re serious about fighting online abuse, everybody’s going to have to get involved. We need to train people to defend themselves. We also need allies to step in… More

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[VIRTUAL] Writing as Protest: The Power of the Written/Spoken Word

Thursday, April 29, 2021 | 1:00 pm ET
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[VIRTUAL] Is “Protest” a Bad Word? Policies Boom to Ban Protest in the 21st Century

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[VIRTUAL] How Misinfo & History Affect BIPOC Trust in the COVID Vaccine

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jonfreadom Jonathan Friedman 📚 @jonfreadom ·
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Another bit of sound legal judgement this week, from TX, where a judge found that conservative library board members had likely exercised unconstitutional content-based restrictions when banning books from the Llano public library. The books ordered back.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/31/texas-llano-library-books/

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Talking to @AliVelshi, historian @TimothyDSnyder likens book bans in #Florida to Communism: “All this stuff is supposed to be anti-communist but as a historian of communism, that reminds me of some of the basic things that were wrong about communism.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/yale-professor-ron-desantis-book-bans_n_642696c7e4b02a8d518df5a9

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Douglass Mackey, also known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was convicted today of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights. Mackey sent fraudulent messages encouraging supporters of Hillary Clinton to “vote” via text message or social media which was legally invalid. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer-douglass-mackey-convicted-election-interference-2016

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