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The PEN Pod: On the Debates and the Future of Race and Bias Training with Suzanne Nossel

InterviewOctober 9, 2020

“This is an administration that, from the beginning, has denigrated the role of the press, has called the press the enemy of the American people.” More

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The PEN Pod: Unpacking the Presidential Debate and Disinformation with Suzanne Nossel

InterviewOctober 5, 2020

“The worst thing in the world would be for the president to say something that would be disproven. That has been lost in this administration.” More

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The PEN Pod: On Attacks on Journalists, the Punishment of Professors, and Oscars Eligibility Requirements with Suzanne Nossel

InterviewSeptember 25, 2020

“We have 200,000 Americans dead, and [President Trump] wants people to discredit the reporting on it—on the criticism of his handling of the pandemic, on the rifts between him… More

DARE: Trump Wakes Up Complaining About Negative Google Search Results About Himself. ‘Illegal?’

News DigestAugust 28, 2018

President Trump complains about Google search results for "Trump News" and asks if illegal. Facebook bans Myanmar's army commander in chief following Rohingya genocide report. More

DARE: Facebook Won’t Ban Infowars in its Fake-News Purge

News DigestJuly 13, 2018

Facebook invokes free speech principles when pressed on why its campaign against misinformation doesn’t include taking down the InfoWars page that peddles false conspiracy theories. NPR reports that Russians… More

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DARE: Capital Gazette Shooting: Staff Publish Friday Edition

News DigestJune 29, 2018

The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, publishes the day after a gunman attacks its newsroom, killing five staff members. (See PEN America statement on this attack amid ongoing… More

DARE: Trumpism Without Trump: A Losing Formula in Swing-State Virginia

News DigestNovember 8, 2017

Expression issues including divisive speech, identity, voting rights, and Confederate monuments play out in Virginia elections. Twitter expands character limit to 280 for all users in almost all languages. More

PEN San Miguel: Advocating for Journalists in Dangerous Climate for Free Expression

InterviewJuly 15, 2017

Threat in Mexico is not abstract. Over 70 journalists have been killed here in recent years…Mexico is a terrifying place to be trying to exercise free expression... More

Brazil: authorities must investigate killing of second online political journalist

BlogJuly 29, 2016

As international media attention intensifies on Brazil and its preparations to host the Olympic games from next week, the fatal shooting of political journalist João Miranda do Carmo highlights… More

Ukraine: Veteran Journalist Murdered in Car Bombing

Press ReleaseJuly 21, 2016

The killing of veteran journalist Pavel Sheremet is a grievous blow against critical journalism in Eastern Europe and demands a serious response from authorities, PEN America said today. More

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