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Medical staff member preparing a COVID-19 vaccine in a hypodermic needle

How COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Uniquely Affects Communities of Color: A Conversation with Nora Benavidez

Interview
By: Erin Carden | June 9, 2021

Misleading information, anti-vaccine propaganda, and conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccine continue to threaten public health. This interview unpacks those issues. More

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The PEN Pod: On Making a Safer Internet with Suzanne Nossel

InterviewMarch 12, 2021

“Things like disinformation, online harassment. . . people feel that they are worse because of the small number of platforms that control so much content.” More

Suzanne Nossel

The PEN Pod: Tough Questions with Suzanne Nossel

InterviewMay 15, 2020

“The power of disinformation online, we see, is enormous.” More

Stacked newspapers

DARE: Congressman Jim Jordan Blasts CNN for Doing Actual Journalism

News DigestJuly 12, 2018

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) criticizes CNN journalists for contacting former staff and interns in their efforts to cover accusations of complicity in sexual abuse at Ohio State University, standard… More

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

DARE: U.S. Officials Say Yassmin Abdel-Magied Deported for Not Having Correct Visa

News DigestApril 12, 2018

PEN World Voices Festival participant Yassmin Abdel-Magied is turned back from the U.S. by Customs and Border Protection, preventing her from participating in the upcoming Festival (see PEN America… More

white house

DARE: Hicks acknowledges white lies, but won’t talk White House in testimony

News DigestFebruary 28, 2018

White House Communications Director Hope Hicks reported to have told Congressional investigators that her work for President Trump has required her occasionally to tell what are described as “white… More

DARE: 11 of the Most Dramatic Moments in a Day of Confrontation Over Guns

News DigestFebruary 22, 2018

Families and friends of Parkland victims mince no words in confronting the President, politicians, and the NRA on gun control at forums, the Florida State House, and in the… More

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