DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump increasingly isolated following expression of support for white nationalists in Charlottesville; tech companies shift how they address hate speech and violence; three of Hong Kong's umbrella movement protesters… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump belatedly condemns violence at Charlottesville but rails against so-called 'fake news' afterwards; DOJ demands IP addresses of visitors to anti-Trump site, debates on hate speech continue but legal… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Google fires employee who wrote anonymous memo questioning the role of women in engineering; Scientists leak government report on climate change; Agriculture dept. employees stopped from using the term… More
DARE To Be Informed
Weekly round-up of pressing threats and notable goings-on in free expression in the United States and around the world. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Access to White House press briefings continues to narrow, ED Suzanne Nossel on the necessary distinction between offensive speech and violence, and more in free expression from the U.S.… More
DARE to be Informed
Weekly round-up of news and views in free expression More
Aicha Lemsine on Gender Censorship
The most bitter opposition to women writers occurs when they move out of marked gender categories of discourse and trespass in areas considered outside of their realm. More
2017 Literary Gala: John Sargent, PEN Publisher Honoree
It is easy to feel safe, and it is easy to be safe. But as we face these decisions, I hope we will stand for what is right, not… More
2017 Literary Gala: Andrew Solomon
Literature has kept the idea of freedom alive in societies where freedom is forcibly annihilated. If the truth can remain vitalized, it can be shouted from the rooftops. More
The PEN Ten with Garth Greenwell
A diverse and democratic society depends upon robust protections of free speech. Those protections require our vigilant commitment. More