DARE: Brett Kavanaugh’s Fox News Interview Transcript, Annotated
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Today on #thePENpod, we get a sense of the situation on the ground in Minsk with our @pen_belarus colleague Hanna Komar (@KomarHanna), arrested earlier this month for participating in anti-government demonstrations. LISTEN 🎧: https://bit.ly/3664A9C.
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