As Part of National Banned Books Week, PEN America to Focus on the Right to Read in the Nation’s Prisons
“With all of our societal focus on how to make the criminal justice system more just and less self-defeating, vindicating the right to read in prison is an obvious… More
DARE: Trump Invites Fringe Social Media Company Popular with Nazis to the White House
President Trump invites right-wing social media figures to White House, including fringe groups that traffic in fraudulent news and false conspiracy... More
DARE: Trump and Allies Hammer Media Organizations over Mueller Investigation Reporting
President Trump and allies continue to hammer the media, accusing journalists and pundits of prejudging and over-hyping the Mueller investigation. Apple... More
Works of Justice: Sarah Ross on Art-Making and Incarceration
For our Works of Justice series, we interviewed Sarah Ross, an editor of The Long Term: Resisting Life Sentences, Working Toward Freedom. More
DARE: Facebook Identifies New Influence Operations Spanning Globe
Facebook and Twitter identify and shut down multiple accounts linked to Russian and Iranian disinformation campaigns aimed at users in several countries including the U.S. More
DARE: Steve Bannon Out At Breitbart News
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon is ousted from right-wing media outlet Breitbart after angering Trump with his comments in Michael Wolff's book, Fire and Fury. Trump attorney sues… More
The Virgo Thing
New Illustrated PEN guest editor Robert Kirby examines the trials and tribulations of being a Virgo. More
Announcing the Winners of the 2015 Prison Writing Contest
Over 1,500 stories, memoirs, poems, and plays were submitted by men and women serving time from nearly every state in the country to PEN's 2015 Prison Writing Contest. More
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The Missouri House Bill 2044 represents a transparent, shameful attempt to legalize book banning in public libraries within the state. Read our full statement here: http://bit.ly/38dc6gA. #bannedbooks
The European parliament has passed a resolution condemning Burundi for restricting freedom of expression and violating human rights ahead of elections due in May this year. https://reut.rs/375M4M7
European Union leaders are considering a ban on the use of facial recognition in public spaces for up to five years until safeguards to mitigate the technology's risks are in place. https://politi.co/3am01I7