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DARE: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Apologize in Testimony to Congress

News DigestApril 10, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg to offer "big apology" in Capitol Hill testimony on data breach. Department of Homeland Security seeks contractor to compile comprehensive database tracking journalists and media outlets. Backpage.com… More

DARE: New York Threatens to Sue if the Trump Administration Moves Forward with “Religious Protections” for Medical Workers

News DigestMarch 29, 2018

Nineteen Democratic Attorney General's wrote to Trump Administration to challenge proposed rule allowing medical workers to deny health care based on religious grounds. Walmart removes Cosmopolitan magazine from check-out… More

DARE: Emma González’s Stunning Silence for Parkland: The Latest on March for Our Lives

News DigestMarch 26, 2018

Young people rally nationwide advocating for gun control; Parkland survivor Emma González speaks volumes with silence–and is shown tearing up the constitution in faked photo circulating on social media.… More

DARE: Why Facebook users’ data obtained by Cambridge Analytica has probably spun far out of reach

News DigestMarch 23, 2018

Revelations continue about Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, and the massive passing around of user data. Read PEN America’s assessment of the free expression issues raised and the criticality of transparency… More

The United States Must be a Safe Haven for Journalists like Emilio Gutiérrez-Soto

Press ReleaseMarch 21, 2018

PEN America is proud to join an amicus brief in support of award-winning journalist Emilio Gutiérrez-Soto's case for asylum in the U.S. Deporting him and his son to Mexico… More

DARE: Allegations from Women in His Past Shadow Trump

News DigestMarch 21, 2018

Two women in court seeking paths to tell their stories of alleged affairs with President Trump. Fox News analyst quits citing outrage at the network’s denigration into a “propaganda… More

The PEN Ten with Luis Alberto Urrea

Interview
By: Brianna Goodman | March 8, 2018

Writers are particularly dangerous...writing strikes the heart and mind so profoundly, in such a way that it can overturn prejudice or hidebound beliefs. More

DARE: How Twitter Bots and Trump Fans Made #ReleaseTheMemo Go Viral

News DigestFebruary 5, 2018

POLITICO describes how the #releasethememo campaign was fueled by “computational propaganda,’’ including Russian bots that gamed social media in a disinformation campaign largely successful in confusing and distracting the… More

DARE: Confederate Statues in Memphis Are Removed After City Council Vote

News DigestDecember 21, 2017

Confederate statues in Memphis are removed after city council vote, as municipalities around the United States commission statues and memorials dedicated... More

DARE: A single vote leads to a rare tie for control of the Virginia legislature

News DigestDecember 20, 2017

On a recount, a single vote turns the balance of power in Virginia’s legislature. A Republican media monitoring firm cancels its contract with the EPA... More

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