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New PEN America Report: Journalists Face New Challenges in Grappling with the Blurring Line Between Extremism and Politics

Press ReleaseNovember 17, 2022

"Journalists and newsrooms are an essential bulwark against the erosion of democracy, and today, U.S. democracy is threatened in part by the increasing prevalence of extremist views in our… More

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The PEN Pod: On White Supremacy and Immigration with Jean Guerrero

InterviewSeptember 11, 2020

“How does the descendant of Jewish refugees, how does that person end up crafting Trump’s harshest rhetoric and policies targeting people fleeing violence and persecution?” More

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DARE: Mike Pompeo Didn’t Raise Jamal Khashoggi Murder in Meeting with Saudi King

News DigestJune 25, 2019

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo fails to raise the issue of continued impunity in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a meeting with the Saudi... More

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DARE: YouTube Bans Neo-Nazi and Holocaust-Denial Videos in Push against Hate Speech

News DigestJune 6, 2019

YouTube takes new steps against hate speech on its platform, banning neo-Nazi and Holocaust denial videos. A Pew Center survey seems to indicate that... More

DARE: Julian Assange ‘Too Ill’ to Appear for Court Hearing, Says Lawyer

News DigestMay 30, 2019

Julian Assange’s lawyers argue he is too ill to appear in court. (See PEN America’s statement on the indictment against Assange.) The Supreme Court rules... More

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DARE: New York Times Says It Is ‘Deeply Sorry’ for Running Anti-Semitic Cartoon

News DigestApril 29, 2019

The New York Times issues apology after running anti-Semitic cartoon, amid critic statements that apology is not sufficient. New Washington Post count... More

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DARE: Lawmakers Held a Hearing on White Nationalism. On YouTube, It Was Immediately Attacked with Hate Speech.

News DigestApril 10, 2019

Commenting on livestream of House lawmakers’ hearing on Facebook, Google, hate speech, and the rise of white nationalism suspended by YouTube as vitriol surges. New study shows significantly reduced… More

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DARE: Facebook and Google to Be Quizzed on White Nationalism and Political Bias as Congress Pushes Dueling Reasons for Regulation

News DigestApril 9, 2019

Lawmakers to question representatives from Facebook and Google, focusing in particular on white nationalist and hateful content and prospects for regulation. Rep. David Nunes (R-Calif.) sues the McClatchy newspaper… More

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DARE: University of Arizona Presses Charges against Students for Protesting against Border Patrol

News DigestApril 4, 2019

Two University of Arizona students face misdemeanor charges after protesting against Customs and Border Patrol activity on their campus in Tuscon. House Judiciary Committee to hold panel... More

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DARE: Most Americans Think That Local News Is Doing Well Financially, and Not Many Pay for It

News DigestMarch 27, 2019

As local news coverage shrinks precipitously, study shows only 14 percent of surveyed news consumers have paid for or given money to local news of any... More

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