PEN America Launches Free Speech 2020
(New York, NY) – Today PEN America launches Free Speech 2020, a yearlong initiative to mobilize writers and readers to elevate free speech issues and defend free expression throughout… More
First Forum of European and Asian PEN Centers
A convening of PEN centers in Kyrgyzstan took place with authors and journalists from regional countries discussing literature and free expression. More
DARE: Hope Hicks: Close Trump Aide and White House Communications Chief Resigns
White House Communications Director Hope Hicks to step down. President Trump takes to Twitter to excoriate Attorney General Jeff Sessions for failing to launch his own investigation into alleged… More
DARE: Trumpism Without Trump: A Losing Formula in Swing-State Virginia
Expression issues including divisive speech, identity, voting rights, and Confederate monuments play out in Virginia elections. Twitter expands character limit to 280 for all users in almost all languages. More
DARE: Americans know literally nothing about the Constitution
A poll from the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center reveals how little people know about the most basic elements of our government and the Constitution. More than… More
The M Word: Exclusive Interview with W. Kamau Bell
The fact that people are out there practicing their faith out loud in public, openly, and not hiding from it, to me that’s doing it the right way. More
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A Hong Kong media tycoon, known for his ardent opposition to China, was arrested on Friday over his role in a pro-democracy protest last year, the police said, dealing another blow to the city’s independent media.
https://nyti.ms/2I5RlbS
This op-ed for @washingtonpost argues that the Egyptian President's ban on mahraganat is part of a larger ban on "any cultural expression that challenge[s] its exalted image of Egypt": https://wapo.st/1f8EAMC. See PEN America's statement on the ban here: https://bit.ly/2T8TxFZ.
At the request of the Chinese government, @Shutterstock has started censoring searches by users based in China for politically volatile subjects. Employees who disagree with the blacklist on free speech grounds have been dismissed. https://nbcnews.to/3884LhZ