Israeli authorities target Palestinian students’ freedom to learn
The Israeli government should immediately stop this cruel and malicious practice of book banning at gunpoint. More
Fordham University Censorship of Palestinian Student Group “Arbitrary and Capricious”
“Private universities should be in the habit of upholding free speech, not finding ways around it." More
DARE: Alabama Governor Signs Campus Free Speech Bill into Law
Alabama governor signs bill removing 'free speech zones' from public universities, prompting concerns about First Amendment implications. See PEN America... More
DARE: How 3 Actors Overcame Trump’s Travel Ban to Take the New York Stage
Three actors, two from Iran and one from Syria, travel from London to Brooklyn for the New York performance of The Jungle, a new British play set in the... More
Visual Disobedience: A Reading List
In celebration of PEN Out Loud: Visual Disobedience, PEN America and Strand Book Store have developed the following reading list. More
Dareen Tatour | Status: Released | Israel
Poet Dareen Tatour, a Palestinian citizen of Israel who has spent more than two years in jail or under house arrest since October 2015, was convicted on May 3,… More
DARE: Journalists are Not the Enemy
Today hundreds of newspapers across the U.S., led by The Boston Globe, coordinated the publication of original editorials highlighting attacks on press. More
DARE: News From Your Neighborhood, Brought to You by the State of New Jersey
New Jersey state lawmakers' plan to support community journalism offers a novel funding model for new and established publications. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), a frequent critic of tech and… More
DARE: Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Decided Against Net Neutrality and for NSA Surveillance
President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, who previously stated the net neutrality rule was “unlawful and must be vacated,” raises concern for the future of online privacy and… More
Conviction of Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour Is An Unacceptable Attack on Freedom of Expression in Israel
“Dareen Tatour’s conviction reflects an insistence on misinterpreting her words, which suggests it is not about Dareen’s work at all, but rather about setting an example that certain opinions… More
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