DARE: NSA Recommends Dropping Phone-Surveillance Program
National Security Agency recommends that the White House drops the phone surveillance program that allows for data collection from millions of phone... More
DARE: 6 Types of Misinformation to Beware Of on Election Day. (And What to Do if You Spot Them.)
Americans head to the polls to vote in the midterm elections, a powerful act of self-expression, amid manifest threats to voting rights and fair elections.. More
Sessions’ Remarks Present a Misleading Depiction of Students’ Attitudes to Free Expression on Campus
"Sessions' harsh description of students as 'sanctimonious' snowflakes and his one-sided list of examples of speech infringements miscast the argument in ways that will only deepen the rancor over… More
Press and Free Speech Groups Question Raid on Reporter’s Records in Letter to Attorney General
“That there has been no clarity from the Justice Department on other avenues of investigation pursued before Watkins’ records were seized, a move their own guidelines describe as a… More
DARE: White House Aides Blur the Legal Lines Between Partisans and Public Servants
White House aides accused of violating the Hatch Act, which prohibits partisan political activity by public officials. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman in San Francisco resigns citing misinformation being… More
DARE: Hope Hicks: Close Trump Aide and White House Communications Chief Resigns
White House Communications Director Hope Hicks to step down. President Trump takes to Twitter to excoriate Attorney General Jeff Sessions for failing to launch his own investigation into alleged… More
DARE: Leak Investigations Rise 800% Under Jeff Sessions
Attorney General Jeff Sessions tells Congress that there are 27 open Justice Department investigations into leaks to reporters. The first trials begin for... More
DARE: Twitter plans to make political ads more transparent amid Russia revelations
Twitter promises greater transparency and stricter rules for political ads following revelations that social media networks were used to spread falsehoods and Russian propaganda during the 2016 election. DOJ… More
DARE: 2 Federal Judges Rule Against Trump’s Latest Travel Ban
Second federal judge issues halt to newfangled Trump country-based travel ban citing comments and tweets by the President in finding that the ban unlawfully excludes Muslims (see PEN America… More
DARE: Roger Goodell sends letter to NFL teams, wants players to stand during anthem
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell tells team owners to ensure players stand during the national anthem, hours after the president tweets a call to revoke the league's tax breaks... More
Alert Us
Are you an artist at risk or know someone who is?
PEN America On 
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.
JOIN NOW! PEN America, @HumanitiesGC, @CullmanNYPL, & @segalcenter are hosting the 20th and final week of Translating the Future, with “A Flight of Tokarczuk Translators,” featuring 12 of Olga Tokarczuk's translators, and moderated by Susan Harris. https://bit.ly/3hKHAit