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The PEN Pod: On Threats to Journalists, Information Ecosystems, and Critical Race Theory

InterviewJune 11, 2021

“The gag order—what it illustrates is just the breadth and the power that the Justice Department has had to silence and stifle inquiry.” More

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PEN America Responds to Rick Santorum’s Ouster From CNN

Press ReleaseMay 23, 2021

(New York, NY) — Following news that CNN has cut ties with commentator Rick Santorum, PEN America issued the following statement: “We are troubled by CNN's termination of Rick Santorum's… More

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PEN America: Trump Attempt to Discredit CNN Poll “Disgraceful New Low”

Press ReleaseJune 10, 2020

Attempting to discredit and even erase reporting on polling information in the midst of an election is a disgraceful new low, even for the Trump campaign. More

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CNN Arrests Took Place “For No Fathomable Reason”

Press ReleaseMay 29, 2020

"These arrests took place for no fathomable reason; the video makes plain that the crew was making every effort to accommodate any request by the officers." More

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White House Blocking Officials From CNN Is Wanton Act of Coercion

Press ReleaseApril 9, 2020

The White House's attempt to swap access for coverage is a wanton act of coercion in defiance of press freedom. More

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Trump CNN Suit Part of Ongoing Retaliation Against the Press

Press ReleaseMarch 6, 2020

The Trump campaign's libel lawsuit against CNN over its coverage of Russian interference is part of the president’s ongoing effort to silence the media. More

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DARE: Security Reports Reveal How Assange Turned an Embassy into a Command Post for Election Meddling

News DigestJuly 16, 2019

CNN investigation reveals how Julian Assange received both deliveries of potentially hacked material related to the 2016 U.S. election and visits from... 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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DARE: Mueller Complained to Barr about ‘Public Confusion’ after Russia Report Memo

News DigestMay 1, 2019

News reporting discloses that Special Counsel Robert Muller objected to the 'public confusion' resulting from the Attorney General’s incomplete summary... More

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Jane Mayer’s The New Yorker Article Illuminates Trump’s Disturbing Attacks on the Media, as Outlined in PEN America v. Trump

Press ReleaseMarch 7, 2019

“Efforts by the president to exert his power to suppress the media are a troubling encroachment on press freedom and the First Amendment.” More

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When it announced its A.P. course, the @CollegeBoard clearly believed it was providing a class whose time had come. After heavy criticism from Gov. DeSantis, it has removed much of the subject matter that had angered the governor and other conservatives. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/college-board-advanced-placement-african-american-studies.html

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SOUTH TO AMERICA is "an essential meditation on the South, its relationship to American culture—even Americanness itself," wrote Tayari Jones in @nytimes.

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