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DARE: Brett Kavanaugh’s Fox News Interview Transcript, Annotated

News DigestSeptember 25, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh and his wife do televised interviews with Fox News, pushing back hard against allegations of sexual misconduct in his past. Meeting set for Thursday between President Trump… More

DARE: Kavanaugh, His Accuser Will Testify Before Senate Committee

News DigestSeptember 18, 2018

Senate Judiciary Committee slates hearing for Monday where Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Prof. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of a long-ago assault, will testify. Showdown… More

DARE: Texas State Board of Education Votes to Erase Hillary Clinton from History Curriculum

News DigestSeptember 17, 2018

Texas Board of Education votes to remove Hillary Clinton and Hellen Keller from the state's curriculum. Trump is found to have uttered 5,000 false or misleading statements since his… More

Trump Administration’s Escalating Media Attacks Erode Democratic Norms Around Freedom of Press

Press ReleaseAugust 3, 2018

This week's events evince a disturbing escalation in the administration's already indefensible campaign to discredit independent media and to erode our most fundamental democratic norms around freedom of the… More

DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression

News DigestMarch 16, 2017

A federal judge in Hawaii temporarily blocks Trump's revised travel ban, the administration's new budget could have dire effects on NEH and NEA, and more. More

Turkey: Sweeping Crackdown Further Tightens Free Expression

Press ReleaseNovember 2, 2016

The shuttering of media outlets and arrests of journalists over the past several days signal a dramatic worsening of the already-restricted environment for free expression, PEN America said today. More

Harassment of Prominent Azerbaijani Investigative Journalist Khadija Ismayilova Continues

Press ReleaseOctober 27, 2016

NEW YORK—Prominent Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova continues to face surveillance, official harassment, and a travel ban as retribution for her reports on government corruption and her advocacy on… More

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