DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The Trump Administration imposes a gag rule on all communications from multiple federal agencies, while in turn multiple news organizations offer secure drop sites for government workers and others… More
Trump Administration Muzzles Federal Employees, Undermines Government Transparency
Orders from President Trump issued to several federal agencies to cease all communications with Congress, the press, and the public issued to several federal agencies are incompatible with… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Spicer tries to press reset at the podium in his first full-fledged White House briefing, but his boss repeats his "alternative fact"— the New York Times, above the fold,… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The first three days of the Trump presidency revealed expanding threats to free expression—as well as increasing efforts to protect it by people like you. As we brace for… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
D-Day for President Trump, who surrendered his Android and got a new private phone number for the occasion. Washington DC police use pepper spray on demonstrators outside last night's… More
Trump Administration Plans to Abolish National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities Will Usher in New ‘Dark Ages’ in America
NEW YORK—In response to news this morning of Trump administration plans to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for Humanities, PEN America Executive Director… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
President Obama gives a nod to the role of the press in keeping the government honest at his final presser. Meanwhile, Trump's DC hotel denies entrance to journalists; no… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
More than 44 Democratic lawmakers join boycott of inauguration to protest the President-elect's insults toward civil rights leader John Lewis. PEN America amasses 2500 for flagship #WritersResist protest, and… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Justice Dept. Inspector General launches probe into FBI's handling of Clinton emails, prompting the President-elect to slam his former rival on Twitter as "guilty as hell." Secretary of State-designate… More
Trump’s “Thuggish” Treatment of Press Mirrors Authoritarian Regimes, says PEN America
President-elect Donald Trump’s criticism of journalists at his press conference today demonstrates utter contempt for the role of the media in an open democracy, PEN America said today. More