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The Cop in Your Head: On Andy West’s “The Life Inside”

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By: Tomás Miriti Pacheco | September 20, 2022

PEN America's Tomás Miriti Pacheco reviews Andy West's "The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Philosophy" (Picador, 2022). More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Raymond Antrobus

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By: Viviane Eng | April 8, 2021

“If I’m finding language for my fullest and most honest self, then most of that is showing up in the work.” More

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The PEN Pod: The Right to Protest and Vaccine Hesitancy with Suzanne Nossel

InterviewMarch 19, 2021

“The introduction of this sweeping anti-protest legislation that restricts where you can protest. . . really runs counter to freedom of assembly rights.” More

DARE: Twitter, Facebook Accuse China of Running Disinformation Campaign against Hong Kong Protesters

News DigestAugust 20, 2019

Facebook and Twitter suspend a number of accounts linked to Chinese state-backed disinformation campaigns against Hong Kong demonstrators. (See PEN... More

DARE: Trump Promotes Epstein-Clintons Conspiracy Theory, the Latest in a Pattern of Baseless Claims Spread by President

News DigestAugust 12, 2019

Conspiracy theories circulated after prison death of Jeffrey Epstein, including retweet by President Trump, demonstrate how unconfirmed information... More

DARE: Trump Says ‘Fake News Has Contributed Greatly to the Anger and Rage’ after Shootings

News DigestAugust 5, 2019

President Trump targets the media, saying 'fake news has contributed greatly to the anger and rage' after two weekend shootings. (See PEN America's... More

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DARE: Reddit Slaps ‘Quarantine’ on Popular Pro-Trump Forum The_Donald over Threats of Violence

News DigestJune 27, 2019

Reddit says it has 'quarantined' a subreddit that is the most popular section of its site for supporters of President Trump after 'threats of violence... More

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DARE: State Department to Launch New Human Rights Panel Stressing ‘Natural Law’

News DigestMay 31, 2019

State Department will launch new panel stressing human rights "natural law," feared by some as an attempt to narrow protections for women and members of the LGBTQ community. More

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DARE: Mueller Complained to Barr about ‘Public Confusion’ after Russia Report Memo

News DigestMay 1, 2019

News reporting discloses that Special Counsel Robert Muller objected to the 'public confusion' resulting from the Attorney General’s incomplete summary... More

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DARE: Homeland Security Officials Reportedly Warned in Internal Memo Not to Leak Information to Public

News DigestApril 5, 2019

Department of Homeland Security warns federal employees against leaking 'nonpublic information' to the media, addressing whistleblower protocol following agency leaks. (See more from PEN America on the recent leak… More

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