PEN America Stands With U.S. Senators Urging State Department to Further Protect Press Freedoms Around the World
“It is crucial for the U.S. State Department to firmly advocate for the rights of a free press and hold accountable those who are unwilling to do the same.” More
The PEN Pod: Tough Questions with Suzanne Nossel
“To be a more equitable, inclusive, and just society, as well as a society that sustains robust protections for free speech, [we must]. . . reflect all these values.” More
PEN America Joins Call to Disband State Department Rights Commission
"All those who stand in defense of universal and equal human rights must speak out against the risks this commission poses.” More
DARE: House Condemns Trump’s Attack on Four Congresswomen as Racist
House votes along party lines to condemn President Trump's tirade against four Democratic Congresswomen of color as racist. While defending the... More
DARE: Mike Pompeo Didn’t Raise Jamal Khashoggi Murder in Meeting with Saudi King
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo fails to raise the issue of continued impunity in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a meeting with the Saudi... More
DARE: State Department Bars Press Corps from Pompeo Briefing, Won’t Release List of Attendees
State Department excludes its press corps from a briefing call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and says it won't distribute a transcript or list of... More
DARE: 3 Saudi Women Activists Receive PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award
PEN America announces 2019 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award honorees: Saudi Writer-Activists and Women's Rights Champions Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain... More
DARE: Donald Trump’s Allies Are Going after Sherrod Brown’s Journalist Wife
America Rising, a leading Republican opposition research group, found to be requesting access to record pertaining to journalist and journalism professor... More
DARE: U.S. Lawmakers Demand Justice for Jamal Khashoggi
One hundred days after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi officials, PEN America President Jennifer Egan joins members of Congress and... More
DARE: How to Counter Donald Trump’s War on the Media
Journalists counter President Trump's anti-press epithet "enemy of the people" with examination of the tyrants who have also used this phrase. More