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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: Challenging and Critiquing White Feminism with Koa Beck

InterviewJanuary 22, 2021

“A broader initiative that needs to be taken. . . is teaching marginalized genders. . . We have cis women, trans women, nonbinary people, trans men, gender-variant people, two-spirit,… More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Danielle Evans

Interview
By: Jared Jackson | November 12, 2020

“Characterization and narrative tension come from the tension between a character’s inner life and their exterior life, and I’m acutely aware—because being a Black woman compels me to pay… More

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Your Mestizaje is a Superpower

Essay
By: Jean Guerrero | October 28, 2020

“Multiculturalism is not a threat to civilization. The only thing it threatens is extremism.” 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

DARE: Facebook Said to Be in Talks With Publishers on News Effort

News DigestAugust 9, 2019

Facebook is in talks with publishers on news effort to license articles on the platform. In an opinion piece in the Atlantic, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro... More

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