DARE: Trump Invites Fringe Social Media Company Popular with Nazis to the White House
President Trump invites right-wing social media figures to White House, including fringe groups that traffic in fraudulent news and false conspiracy... More
DARE: Homeland Security Officials Reportedly Warned in Internal Memo Not to Leak Information to Public
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
DARE: Florida Sixth-Grader Arrested after Dispute with Teacher over Pledge of Allegiance
A sixth-grader in Florida is facing misdemeanor charges for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Nonprofit organization Fight for the Future... More
The Rhetoric of Media “Complicity” in the Age of Trump
"It’s not a crime for a newspaper to print leaks about a president’s behavior. Criticizing a president isn’t treason; it’s a First Amendment right." More
Nowhere to Turn: The Weak State of “Internal Channels” for Intelligence Community Whistleblowers
Three years ago, PEN America released an analysis of the free expression implications of the government’s “war on whistleblowers.” Today, that war is ongoing. In fact, it has accelerated. More
DARE: Trump suggests Senate Intelligence Committee investigate media companies
President Trump steps up attacks on the media, tweeting out call for Senate Intelligence Committee to investigate "Fake News Networks," presumably a reference to major news networks. His comments… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The Trump administration's plans for the NEA and NEH, Fox News retracts fake news, student's commencement speech at the University of Maryland sparks debate in China, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Washington Post and New York Times break records, Trump allegedly pressured Comey to investigate journalists while the DOJ seeks to prosecute leakers, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump and White House defend giving classified information to the Russians, a NJ Congressman attempts to intimidate an activist at work, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Elizabeth Warren's Senate stand goes viral, but does nothing to stand in the way of Sessions' confirmation vote. Trump goes after Nordstrom's department store for discontinuing his daughter's fashion… More
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