DARE: Cohen Drops Libel Suits Against BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS
Amid other legal travails, Trump lawyer Michael Cohen drops defamation suit against Buzzfeed over publication of Steele Dossier. Harper's editor accuses magazine of firing him over a dispute about… More
DARE: How a Trump ‘love child’ rumor roiled the media
More emerges on National Enquirer's owner buying and spiking potentially damaging stories about Donald Trump. The odd spectacle of news organizations acknowledging their restraint in reporting a story, but… More
DARE: U.S. Officials Say Yassmin Abdel-Magied Deported for Not Having Correct Visa
PEN World Voices Festival participant Yassmin Abdel-Magied is turned back from the U.S. by Customs and Border Protection, preventing her from participating in the upcoming Festival (see PEN America… More
DARE: Advertisers Ditching Laura Ingraham’s Show Over Attack On Parkland Survivor
Companies stop advertising on Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s show after she mocks Parkland student active against gun violence. More
Iran: Arrest followed by an enforced disappearance of poet
PEN condemns the enforced disappearance of poet Mohammad Bamm who was arrested by members of the Iranian security forces on December 31, 2017 while on his way home in the city… More
DARE: 2020 Census Will Ask About Respondents’ Citizenship Status
California Attorney General to sue Trump Administration over new census question that would ask respondents to reveal their citizenship. EPA imposes new rules prohibiting scientists from relying on studies… More
DARE: Why Facebook users’ data obtained by Cambridge Analytica has probably spun far out of reach
Revelations continue about Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, and the massive passing around of user data. Read PEN America’s assessment of the free expression issues raised and the criticality of transparency… More
DARE: Facebook’s Role in Data Misuse Sets Off Storms on Two Continents
Facebook under fire for not protecting its users after new reveals on how a political data firm with links to the 2016 Trump campaign was able to harvest private… More
DARE: Yesterday, they walked out of class. Now, they’re forced to stay after school
Scattered reports of students being punished by school administrators for participating in nationwide 17-minute walkout protesting gun violence. More
DARE: National School Walkout: Thousands Protest Against Gun Violence Across the U.S.
Schoolchildren across the country mount unprecedented coordinated protest to demand gun control. In defending against Trump libel suit over Steele dossier, Buzzfeed takes steps to provide Trump accuser Stormy… More
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