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PEN America: No Excuse for Protesters to Disrupt a Class Over Professor’s Views or Affiliations

Press ReleaseOctober 6, 2022

Jeremy C. Young, senior manager of free expression and education at PEN America, made the following comment: “There is absolutely no excuse for a protest to disrupt classroom instruction so… More

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Campus For All Trainings: Workshops for Academic Leaders, Faculty, and Staff

These workshops cover the basics of free speech on campus and equips academic leaders to respond to a range of scenarios involving academic freedom, hate, and difficult dialogue. More

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New PEN America Report Warns About Dangers of Educational Gag Orders

Press ReleaseNovember 8, 2021

A wave of alarming legislative efforts to limit teaching and learning on topics including racism, sexism, and American history represent a censorious drive to impose viewpoint and content-based restrictions… More

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Suspending Student Group Over Anti-Chinese Government Stickers “Grave Misstep”

Press ReleaseOctober 8, 2021

According to reports, Emerson College this month launched an investigation of their campus chapter of the conservative student group, Turning Point USA, after the group created and distributed stickers with… More

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PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel Testifies on Censorship and Free Speech Issues in China

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By: Suzanne Nossel | July 1, 2021

“The regime’s determination to hunt down dissenters wherever they are instills a sense of fear from which there is no escape, even far beyond Saudi borders.” More

Supreme Court Made Right Call in Student Free Speech Case

Press ReleaseJune 23, 2021

PEN America responds to landmark student free speech case Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. . More

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Coalition of Education Groups Decry Wave of Legislation Stifling Academic Freedom

Press ReleaseJune 16, 2021

Today PEN America issued a joint statement opposing the wave of legislation being introduced in states across the country to stifle education about racism and American history in schools,… More

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Yale Decision to Limit Access to Controversial Lecture Runs Counter to Free Expression Commitments

Press ReleaseJune 10, 2021

The Yale School of Medicine's decision to limit access to a controversial lecture video runs counter to the school's free expression commitments. More

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PEN America Concerned Over Reports Nikole Hannah-Jones Denied Tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill

Press ReleaseMay 19, 2021

According to reporting, the UNC-Chapel Hill board of trustees recently chose not to approve tenure for investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, in conjunction with her upcoming appointment. More

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Abrupt Cancellation of Ethics Course at Boise State “Unfathomable”

Press ReleaseMarch 19, 2021

Boise State University this week informed 1,300 students that it was immediately suspending all 52 sections of a general education course on ethics and diversity. More

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Too many academic librarians are leaving the censorship fight to school and public librarians who have less job security and academic freedom. Just because they aren't taking our books doesn't mean this isn't our fight. #censorship @acluutah @PENamerica @LetUtahRead

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“The Taj Mahal must be seen … to remind us that the world is real, that the sound is truer than the echo, the original more forceful than its image in a mirror.” - @SalmanRushdie https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/taj-mahal-salman-rushdie-overtourism-india-agra?loggedin=true&rnd=1675344122771 @NatGeo

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Burmese artists are "risking their lives on a daily basis... In the absence of a coordinated international response to the situation in #Myanmar, the need for protection programs for artists has become more urgent than ever before." #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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