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
BookExpo 2017: At PEN America First Amendment Panel, Different Takes On Protecting Speech
PEN at BookExpo hosts the First Amendment Resistance panel More
United Against Hate—2017 PEN World Voices Festival
Voices in the arts rally against hate with performances, readings, and conversations from Ani DiFranco, Marlon James, Colum McCann, and more. More
2017 Literary Gala: Suzanne Nossel
PEN is an organization of words. But we know when it’s time for action. More
PEN America Annual Literary Gala Honors Stephen Sondheim, The Women’s March, and Imprisoned Ukrainian Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov
New York’s literary community gathered Tuesday night at the 2017 PEN America Literary Gala to honor master composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, Macmillan CEO John Sargent, The Women’s March,… More
PEN Warns That College Students Often See ‘Free Speech’ as a Cudgel
There’s a lot of attention in the world of free speech advocacy to barriers to expression. There has been somewhat less given to what needs to be in place… More