Strong Civil Society Effort Key to Advancing Georgia’s EU Candidacy
As Georgia advances a step closer to European Union membership, PEN America applauds Georgia's civil society's unwavering commitment to free expression and human rights. More
New PEN America Report: Taming Culture in Georgia
Taming Culture in Georgia documents a rapidly escalating strategy of government suppression of free speech and culture in Georgia. More
DARE: Bipartisan Senate Group Wants to Formally Blame Saudi Crown Prince for Journalist’s Killing
Bipartisan Senate coalition moves to formally assign blame for Khashoggi killing on Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Facebook comes under new fire as... More
DARE: Global moment of silence planned today to honor Capital Gazette shooting victims
News organizations unite behind moment of silence this afternoon to remember Capital Gazette shooting victims. More
DARE: Trump Reverses Course, Signs Order Ending His Policy of Separating Families at the Border
Protests spanning Congress, civil society, Hollywood, the tech industry, airlines, and others prod Trump to reverse stance on separating migrant families and issue new Executive Order halting future separations.… More
DARE: Clinton: No surprise Trump is joking about throwing reporters in jail
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, delivering the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture to cap PEN America’s World Voices Festival, speaks out about threats to press freedom around… More
DARE: Zuckerberg Apologizes, Promises Reform as Senators Grill Him over Facebook’s Failings
Mark Zuckerberg opens congressional testimony with acknowledgment that the social media platform has responsibility for content posted by users, turning aside a long-time contention to the contrary that has… More
DARE: YouTube shooting: Female suspect ‘angry over video postings’
Person who opened fire at YouTube headquarters reported to have believed video site was censoring her. President Trump, who has not held a solo news conference since February 2017,… More
DARE: Sinclair-owned TV station chooses not to air media bias promo
Debate rages over Sinclair Broadcasting's forced recitation of an anti-mainstream news mantra by local anchors, with one station openly rebelling and President Trump tweeting his support for the right-leaning… More
DARE: Georgia Republicans honor their threat to punish Delta for cutting ties with NRA
Georgia lawmakers approve bill stripping tax break benefiting Delta, making good on threat issued after the company dropped discounted fares program for NRA members. More