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Government Declines to Appeal Ruling
In a case considered a bellwether of United States policy toward foreign scholars, the government has decided not to appeal a court ruling ordering it to either issue a… More
Ruling for the Law
Ever since President Bush was forced to admit that he was spying on Americans’ telephone calls and e-mail without warrants, his lawyers have fought to keep challenges to the… More
Who’s Afraid of Shirin Ebadi?
Under cover of the international furor over its nuclear activities and its support for Hezbollah, Iran is trying to silence its most prominent human-rights activist, and, by extension, all… More
Novelist May Be Jailed for a Character’s Remarks
Elif Shafak will appear in the country's seventh high criminal court on charges of violating Article 301 of the Turkish Criminal Code. >> Read the story More
PEN Fights Good Fight for Int’l Writer
When prominent Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan was denied a U.S. visa because of statements he'd made against the U.S. government, the PEN American Center joined the crusade supporting the… More
Tariq Ramadan Wins One
While denying that Ramadan was excluded on ideological grounds, Jones said, “Professor Ramadan, tomorrow, could endorse or espouse terrorism.” >> Read the story More
Judge Orders U.S. to Decide If Muslim Scholar Can Enter
A federal judge in New York yesterday ordered the Bush administration to decide by September whether to grant an entry visa to a prominent Muslim scholar. The scholar has… More
Assistant English professor’s debut work wins PEN award
Christopher Coake, an assistant English professor, received the prestigious PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers for his debut work, "We’re in Trouble." >> Read the story More
Freedom to Write
To respect the humanity and religious beliefs of minorities is not to suggest that we should limit freedom of thought on their behalf. More
Shriek it, chant it: ‘Howl’ turns 50
On stage in the New School auditorium, moderator and literary biographer Robert Polito described Howl to hundreds in the audience as a "grim but funny effort" that, like much… More
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