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Educational Gag Orders Target Speech about LGBTQ+ Identities With New Prohibitions and Punishments

BlogFebruary 15, 2022

The effort to censor anti-LGBTQ identities in the classroom is expanding rapidly. More

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In Higher Education, New Educational Gag Orders Would Exert Unprecedented Control Over College Teaching

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By: Jeremy C. Young, Jonathan Friedman | February 1, 2022

In 2022, educational gag orders are being aimed squarely at colleges and universities to exert ideological control over what is being taught and read in classrooms. More

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Steep Rise in Gag Orders, Many Sloppily Drafted

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By: Jeffrey Sachs | January 24, 2022

Over the last three weeks, 65 bills have been formally introduced in state legislatures across the country, a rate of roughly three bills per day. More

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New Stop W.O.K.E. Act Fits Disturbing Pattern in Education Culture War

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By: Jeffrey Sachs | December 23, 2021

Governor DeSantis’s Stop W.O.K.E. Act, while undoubtedly aggressive, is no aberration. On the contrary, it is increasingly—and disturbingly—business as usual. More

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Scope and Speed of Educational Gag Orders Worsening Across the Country

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By: Jeffrey Sachs | December 13, 2021

In the month since the release of our report, educational gag orders have grown more sweeping in scope and become law with increasing speed. More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Brian Broome

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By: Viviane Eng | May 20, 2021

“I’m trying to tell the truth every chance I get. Storytelling in front of an audience has become a big part of that.” More

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PEN America Condemns Brutal Homophobic Attack on Belarusian Filmmaker

Press ReleaseAugust 30, 2019

"Kolya was standing up against the very prejudices he seeks to portray in his film. PEN America condemns such blatant acts of hatred, and urges Belarus to take action… More

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Outstanding piece by @andreacgore, Vacek Chair in pharmacology/professor of psychology at UT-Austin, defending faculty tenure against SB 18. She argues that immunotherapy would not exist if UT-Austin had not given tenure to its discoverer. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/university-texas-andrea-gore-professor-tenure-17816783.php

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What does academic freedom mean now, and how might it change?

Here's our whole Future Trends Forum conversation with @ACEducation and @PENamerica researchers:

https://youtu.be/nQ8Kl0XJIr0

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#RIP John Woods, Masterly Translator of Thomas Mann, Dies at 80

Woods was the recipient of two PEN America Translation awards, in 1981 and 1987

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