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DARE: Google’s Sundar Pichai Was Grilled on Privacy, Data Collection, and China during Congressional Hearing

News DigestDecember 12, 2018

Google CEO testifies to Congress on allegations of bias against conservatives, data privacy, spread of misinformation, and tailoring a search engine to... More

Steeped in Specificity

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By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Trevor Noah, Chris Jackson | June 19, 2018

From Issue 21 of PEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers, coming your way in one week, Mythologies considers stories that have been transmitted to us and the mechanisms of… More

Chimamanda Adichie and Trevor Noah on Cultural Identities

MultimediaApril 12, 2018

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Trevor Noah discuss straddling multiple cultural identities in this clip from the 2017 PEN World Voices Festival. More

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Trevor Noah—2017 PEN World Voices Festival

MultimediaMay 26, 2017

A discussion on straddling multiple cultural identities between Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Trevor Noah. More

Samantha Bee, Trevor Noah Urge U.S. to Call on Russia to Release Ukrainian Director

May 12, 2017

Wim Wenders, Salman Rushdie, Agniezska Holland and Margaret Atwood are also among the 86 industry figures calling for action by new U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Entertainment industry figures… More

Oleg Sentsov

PEN America Launches Campaign to Free Ukrainian Writer and Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov

Press ReleaseMay 10, 2017

Chimamanda Adichie, Trevor Noah, and other creative allies joined PEN America in a letter calling on Rex Tillerson to press for the immediate release of Oleg Sentsov. More

Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie says Americans need to stop searching for Trump’s silver lining

May 5, 2017

In the days after the election of US president Donald Trump, some disappointed voters called for national unity, urging Americans to reach across the aisle for mutual understanding and… More

Chimamanda Adichie and Trevor Noah Talk Identity and Art

May 4, 2017

You may not think Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Trevor Noah have a ton in common besides a continent of birth. One is an accomplished fiction author from Nigeria who's… More

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The vagueness is the point. @ThePlumLineGS gets it right. Lawmakers had many chances to make the Don't Say Gay law clearer; they kept it vague. State guidance has also gone further than the original law, w/ worse penalties. Results are #Chilling #EdScare
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