DARE: Verizon Under Fire for ‘Throttling’ Firefighters’ Data in California Blaze
Verizon under fire for allegedly slowing flow of data to California firefighters who maxed out their plan, illustrating perils of abolishing net neutrality. More
DARE: ‘Truth isn’t Truth’: Giuliani Trumps ‘Alternative Facts’ with New Orwellian Outburst
Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney, claims “truth isn’t truth” and the possibility of “being trapped in lies” in response to special counsel Robert Mueller’s request for the president… More
The PEN Ten with Trifonia Melibea Obono
In this week's interview, translated by Lawrence Schimel, Kyle Dacuyan speaks to Trifonia Melibea Obono, a journalist and professor at the National University of Equatorial Guinea. More
Feminist Icon Ani DiFranco Performs at the 2017 PEN World Voices Festival
Watch a performance by Ani DiFranco in this video clip from the opening night of the 2017 PEN World Voices Festival. More
How I Went From Being An Apolitical to A Little More Political Asian
That’s when I decided to march in DC. It would be my first march ever. It was both exhilarating and a little frightening, all at the same time. I… More
The Case of the “Feminist Five”
There is a strong perception internationally that modern Chinese society does not put a premium on free expression, press freedoms, or related civil rights, and it is a perception… More
The PEN Ten with Camille Rankine
I like to hear stories from worlds that aren't my own. Sometimes, when I'm listening, a phrase floats into the air and everything else gets quiet, and it's like… More
PEN Podcast: Bad Women, When Women Break the Rules
Today's podcast celebrates 49 years since the National Organization of Women published its Statement of Purpose with contemporary writers depicting the private lives of women caught in the crosshairs… More
The Tubman Sisterhood
Not only was Donya about to become Egypt’s first woman president, she was also openly bisexual and a poet, the perfect antidote to decades of hypermasculine Egyptian politics. More
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A federal judge blocks the Trump administration from allowing blueprints for making guns on 3-D printers to be posted on the internet, in a case implicating the First Amendment: https://bit.ly/2XbPzMT via @nytimes.
Vietnamese authorities continue to widen their crackdown on freedom of expression against ordinary citizens even when they do not engage in any grassroots activism or political movements: https://bit.ly/2qbBgvJ via @globalvoices.
More than 400 film and TV industry figures urge New York's governor to allocate tax credits to incentivize hiring of women and people of color to write or direct television in the state: https://bit.ly/2CDPyrK via @DEADLINE.