DARE: Publisher: Trump effort to stop book ‘flagrantly unconstitutional’
MacMillan publishing CEO John Sargent fires back at Trump, echoing PEN America's conclusion that the White House's cease and desist letter targeting Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury was "flagrantly… More
2017 PEN Publisher Honoree: John Sargent, Macmillan
John Sargent has served as a fierce advocate for the right to publish, challenging censorship and defending intellectual property rights for over three decades. More
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Mahmoud Abu Zeid was detained after photographing the 2013 dispersal of a protest, during which Egyptian security forces killed at least 817 people. There has been no public explanation as to why he remains in jail. https://t.co/q5Xfm3fMeb
Although the president can launch verbal tirades against the press, he cannot use the powers of his office to suppress or punish speech he doesn’t like—that constitutes a violation of the First Amendment. https://t.co/eD0H6huMhr