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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Michigan’s largest local news website has ended its comments section saying moderators have to spend too much time policing them.
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China on Wednesday said it would expel three Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) reporters working in mainland China.
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Sharing threats made by someone else could soon become a punishable offense in Germany, after the government approved a bill Wednesday designed to crack down on hate speech and online extremism.
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