PEN America at the 2019 AWP Conference and Bookfair
Smith Henderson: Separatists
A pollarded goat drank from a halved oil drum and watched the car slowly pass by and was still watching through its rectangle pupils when Pete looked in the… More
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The shattering news that four democracy activists were secretly executed by #Myanmar’s military junta demands a strong response, amid fears the military will escalate its campaign of terror against civilians, write @LieslGerntholtz and Nadine Farid Johnson https://pen.org/executions-of-pro-demcracy-activists-in-myanmar-raise-fears-of-escalation-of-military-campaign-of-terror-against-civilians/
Russia has rerouted mobile and internet data from Kherson through Russian networks and blocked access to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Ukrainian news websites and other independent sources. Kherson residents now must use Russian mobile service providers. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/09/technology/ukraine-internet-russia-censorship.html
Book bans are threatening American democracy. Here’s how to fight back.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/08/09/banned-books-censorship-fight-back/