Artists at Risk Connection Releases New Podcast, ‘Creating Artistic Resilience: Voices of Asia’
In a limited-run podcast Creating Artistic Resilience: Voices of Asia from PEN America’s Artists at Risk Connection, five artists and cultural rights defenders from Myanmar, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the… More
Conviction of Philippines Journalists “Disgraceful Travesty of Justice”
"This verdict is a disgraceful travesty of justice. It marks a sad day for democracy in the Philippines and for press freedom the world over." More
DARE: Facebook Said to Be in Talks With Publishers on News Effort
Facebook is in talks with publishers on news effort to license articles on the platform. In an opinion piece in the Atlantic, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro... More
DARE: ‘Like Air, I’ll Rise’: Ilhan Omar and Others on Words to Conquer Hate
Writers join Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in pushing back on the president's racist hatred with poetry, in a series curated by the Guardian and PEN... More
DARE: Trump’s Supporters Chanted ‘Send Her Back!’ as the President Attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar
At a North Carolina campaign rally, President Trump continues his attack on four members of Congress and leads the crowd in chants of 'send her back'... More
DARE: Trump Invites Fringe Social Media Company Popular with Nazis to the White House
President Trump invites right-wing social media figures to White House, including fringe groups that traffic in fraudulent news and false conspiracy... More
DARE: Jeffrey Epstein Prosecutors Aided by ‘Excellent Investigative Journalism’
Want to receive this digest in your inbox? To subscribe, simply click here and choose DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression from the list. Federal prosecutors credit the Miami Herald newspaper's investigative journalism… More
DARE: Press Secretary Sarah Sanders to Leave the White House
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, known to have repeated and propagated numerous falsehoods on behalf of President Trump and for having... More
DARE: A Battered New York Press and the Hope of The City
Amid decline in local news coverage, emerging publications like The City seek to cover news that is not being reported in New York City. Prominently... More
DARE: Donald Trump Files Reply to PEN America Lawsuit Alleging He Repeatedly Violates First Amendment
Department of Justice files a motion to dismiss PEN America v. Trump. (Find out more about our lawsuit in defense of First Amendment protections for... More
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Salman Rushdie on writing, inspired by The Tin Drum. Reading from a bookshop in Cambridge where he bought his copy aged 20. (Excerpt from Granta 15, Spring 1985, p180). #StandwithSalman @PENamerica
