PEN America Response to Report of Physical Assault Against Oregon Journalist During Protest
"Physical assaults on writers, bloggers, and journalists are unacceptable, full stop,” said Summer Lopez, Senior Director of PEN America’s Free Expression Programs. “It is critical to ensuring our right… More
DARE: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Will Retire
Rights, precedents, and values at stake as Justice Anthony Kennedy resigns, opening way for contentious battle over new Trump nominee to U.S. Supreme Court. More
from KINGED
grass cooling my temples / i thought of miklos / how all i wanted was to / hold miklos / bodies on top of / bodies he wanted /… More
From “Agnes the Elephant”
There is a man and a woman in the kitchen fighting / over which of the two of them get to keep their / son. The man is leaving… More
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In this opinion piece for @NYDailyNews, PEN America's Senior Director of Free Expression Programs @summerelopez applauds the journalists who are working on the front lines, telling the stories of those affected by #COVID19: https://bit.ly/2UyatGz.
Iranian journalists have protested the decision taken by a committee of Iran's Coronavirus Combat Taskforce to ban all print media. The ban will be in place as long as coronavirus-related restrictions are in effect. https://bit.ly/2xH5BWk
The European Union’s top official urged member countries Tuesday to respect the bloc’s core values amid fears that restrictions imposed by some national governments to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic could erode democracy across the continent. https://bit.ly/2UvSpMZ