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Can the Written Word Make a Difference, as Global Threats Mount?

analysisMay 17, 2022

Writers Reflect on Peril at PEN America’s Emergency Congress of Writers By Suzanne Trimel Can the power of the written word meaningfully bring about change in a world threatened by… More

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A Citywide Poetic Celebration of Earth Day

Friday, April 22, 2022 | 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm ET
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The PEN Pod: Reflecting on the Impacts of Hurricane Maria with Ricia Chansky and Zaira Arvelo Alicea

InterviewOctober 8, 2021

“These are the stories that are missing. . . . How did people, when there was no help coming, how did people gather together to care for each other,… More

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The PEN Pod: Telling the Stories of New Orleans with Maurice Carlos Ruffin

InterviewSeptember 3, 2021

“In New Orleans, sometimes they call people who are involved in storytelling or in music or the arts—they call them culture bearers. We bear the culture. We carry the… More

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[VIRTUAL] Environmental Journalism in North Carolina

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 | 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm ET
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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Cynan Jones

Interview
By: Jaime Gordon | November 19, 2020

“My ideas generally come from the landscape, then orbit each other in different states of readiness. When an idea finds form, it demands to be written.” More

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DARE: Jeffrey Epstein Prosecutors Aided by ‘Excellent Investigative Journalism’

News DigestJuly 9, 2019

Want to receive this digest in your inbox? To subscribe, simply click here and choose DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression from the list. Federal prosecutors credit the Miami Herald newspaper's investigative journalism… More

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DARE: YouTube Bans Neo-Nazi and Holocaust-Denial Videos in Push against Hate Speech

News DigestJune 6, 2019

YouTube takes new steps against hate speech on its platform, banning neo-Nazi and Holocaust denial videos. A Pew Center survey seems to indicate that... More

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DARE: Robert L. Bernstein, Publisher and Champion of Dissent, Dies at 96

News DigestMay 28, 2019

Robert Bernstein, longtime chairman of Random House and founder of Human Rights Watch, has died. A new survey finds press freedoms for Native American... More

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DARE: In Iowa, Even a Book Club Is a 2020 Campaign Stop

News DigestMay 23, 2019

Book clubs become campaign stops for 2020 presidential hopefuls. Amazon shareholders vote down proposal to reconsider how the company sells surveillance... More

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Texas Observer will continue publishing after staff crowdfunds more than $300,000.

The crusading liberal magazine had planned to lay off its staff after its nonprofit board voted to shut down. But it reversed course on Wednesday.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/29/texas-observer-keep-publishing/

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Russian authorities have put Nadya Tolokonnikova (@nadyariot), a member of the @pussyrrriot punk group on a most wanted list for criminal suspects as the Kremlin works to stifle political dissent. The criminal charges Tolokonnikova faces are not specified. https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/pussy-riot-nadya-tolokonnikova-russia-most-wanted-list-criminals-1235294889/

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