DARE: Sentsov Released, PEN America Honoree Calls for Release of Other Prisoners
Dozens of U.S. states are set to launch antitrust and privacy investigations into Facebook and Google as scrutiny of the big tech firms increases. More
DARE: State Department Bars Press Corps from Pompeo Briefing, Won’t Release List of Attendees
State Department excludes its press corps from a briefing call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and says it won't distribute a transcript or list of... More
DARE: Florida Sixth-Grader Arrested after Dispute with Teacher over Pledge of Allegiance
A sixth-grader in Florida is facing misdemeanor charges for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Nonprofit organization Fight for the Future... More
DARE: Immigrant Rights Attorneys and Journalists Denied Entry into Mexico
U.S. immigration lawyers and journalists denied entry into Mexico, possibly due to their advocacy and media coverage of the conflict at the Mexican... More
DARE: Democrats Capture Control of House; G.O.P. Holds Senate
With unusually high turnout for a midterm election, Democrats gain the majority in the House and Republicans retain control of the Senate. Voters bring... More
DARE: Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border
ProPublica fuels the fire of a raging debate over family separations at the border through release of an audiotape of children wailing for their parents. LA Times, under new… More
DARE: A Judge May Soon Decide Whether Trump Must Unblock People on Twitter
Federal court hearing to be held on case of Twitter users blocked by Trump. Florida middle school teacher is relieved of duties amid revelations of a white supremacist podcast… More
DARE: Student who survived Florida shooting pleads with Trump and Congress: ‘Please, take action’
Students who survived the shooting rampage at their Florida school take to social networks and the news media with their pain and outrage, many demanding that this time adults… More
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"PEN America’s commitment to championing authors of a myriad of different backgrounds is essential." @Observer highlights our upcoming #PENLitAwards Ceremony on 3/2 at @townhallnyc, hosted by "popular arbiter of good taste" @sethmeyers at https://bit.ly/2T3dTA8.
Images relating to the #HongKong protests have been taken down from the 2020 Sony World Photography Awards (@WorldPhotoOrg) website: https://bit.ly/2wUuvSf. Read about how PEN's @AtRiskArtists program highlights the power of art in these protests: https://bit.ly/386hamL
In advance of their #PENOutLoud talk (https://bit.ly/2HUAf0y), we spoke with writers Ken Liu and @andrewmarantz about the importance of free expression. In the words of @kyliu99, “The freedom to tell the stories we want to tell is sacred." https://bit.ly/2voqzIR