[VIRTUAL] Journalism Beyond “Objectivity”
PEN America Launches Six New Regional Chapters, Expanding Nationwide Reach
“At a time of exceptional threats to free expression and open discourse, our chapters will bring years of mobilization, activism and organizing among writing communities across the country to… More
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"The novelist @Hanifkureishi has said that 'nobody would have the balls' to write The Satanic Verses today. More precisely, nobody would publish it... the ayatollahs have trained them well." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/08/salman-rushdie-fatwa-attack/671139/ @gcaw in @TheAtlantic #SalmanRushdie #Freedom #FreeExpression