The PEN Pod: Everywhere You Don’t Belong with Gabriel Bump
“What I hope that we can gain from this moment and the Black Lives Matter movement in general is that all Black lives matter.” More
The PEN Pod: How We Write Our Survival with Lisa Ko
“Even when the future does feel uncertain, like right now, it feels important to. . . imagine a future for ourselves as well as our characters.” More
Into the Streets: Writers Recommend Books of Protest
As protest rights are threatened around the country, we turn to books that demonstrate the power and importance of taking action and speaking out. More
The PEN Pod: Tough Questions About a Critical Week with Suzanne Nossel
“It’s a very unsettling moment. . . we share a sense of alarm at the naked racism and brutality that people, and particularly Black Americans, have experienced.” More
The PEN Pod: Examining Our Crises of Democracy with Karen Attiah
“A public health disaster—an epidemic—is also a political crisis. . . I see both things [the pandemic and racial injustice] as two different viruses that are plaguing our society.” More
The PEN Pod: On the Ground in Minneapolis with Julio-César Chávez
“There are risks that we [as journalists] know and accept when we undertake these assignments. . . But there’s protesters that are going through the same things.” More
Arresting Dissent: Legislative Restrictions on the Right to Protest
Arresting Dissent: Legislative Restrictions on the Right to Protest shines a spotlight on the proliferation of state-level legislative proposals seeking to limit protest rights. More
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PEN America Troubled by Trump’s Promise to Remain Silent on Hong Kong Protests
It is deeply troubling to hear that President Trump decided to sacrifice American leadership on human rights for the sake of a trade deal. To offer this kind of… More
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Trump and Biden have both called for an end to #Section230, the law that protects websites from being responsible for their users. We read four proposals from the Senate and DOJ and found three and a half ways not to fix the internet: https://bit.ly/3dUCiz4.
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said he would veto a bill regulating fake news, which has also been criticized by social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter, if it comes to his desk from Congress in its present shape. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics-fake-news-idUSKBN2433FN
PEN America and @pen_belarus demand the immediate release of recognized Belarusian philanthropist Viktar Babaryka and his son, Eduard, and call for the removal of restrictions on their cultural projects: https://rb.gy/ekv5r1.