DARE: More Lawyers, Reporter Stopped and Questioned at Border by U.S. Officials
More lawyers and journalists stopped at the U.S.-Mexico border by Customs and Border Protection officials. Cook County judge blocks ProPublica Illinois from publishing any identifying information in a child… More
The PEN Ten with Romeo Oriogun
I do not have the luxury of forgetting my identity, it is one I must carry and always be aware of as I navigate spaces where I don't feel… More
Arrest of Concertgoers an Unjustifiable Attack on Free Expression in Egypt
Egypt’s arrest of seven concertgoers for “promoting sexual deviancy”—for acts such as waving rainbow flags—is an unjustifiable attack on free expression. More
DARE: Guggenheim, Bowing to Animal-Rights Activists, Pulls Works From Show
Guggenheim pulls three controversial works for from exhibition, citing threats from animal rights activists. Protests planned for speech by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the topic of free speech... More
Kirill Serebrennikov: “What remains is art.”
In Russia, it seems, it's no longer possible to be "just" an artist. Art bleeds into politics, and politics into art as the government seeks to hone its control… More
The PEN Ten with Nicole Dennis-Benn
My job as a writer is to humanize people on the page … as artists we have a responsibility to dispel ignorance by spreading empathy. More
Lessons Out of Crisis
Part of the important, enduring tradition of Pride is the community’s insistence on creative disruption…We bring forward demonstrations of joy, grief, and rage particular to LGBTQ experience. More
The PEN Ten with Sarah Schulman
The arresting officer testified that I said, 'Ladies should be able to choose.' I think that the idea of a woman's life being a human life was too complex. More
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