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Shahidul Alam

Shahidul Alam, photographer, journalist, and activist, is currently being…

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"Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed."

— William Faulkner, born today in 1897

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From Alabama to Virginia, PEN is coming to communities across America! Find out more here: https://t.co/Mj0azmiEPN

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We demand that journalists be granted access to detention centers so that the American people can see the permanent harm the Trump administration’s policies are having on children and families.

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