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Laurie Sheck, the poet and professor who was investigated by her university for quoting James Baldwin’s use of the N-word in a graduate class, has been cleared of charges… More

In the wake of the El Paso shootings, Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas created a stir with a tweet on his official account listing the names and employers of… More

Las acusaciones de antisemitismo en las viñetas de la prensa mundial son recurrentes. Cada pocos meses surge una que indigna a organizaciones judías y al Gobierno de Israel y… More

As we observe the holiday weekend, enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations: Anita Hill, attorney, law professor, equal rights activist, and Suzanne Nossel, PEN America chief executive officer, join… More

Founded in 1922, PEN America champions the freedom to write, recognizes the power of the word to transform the world, and works to unite writers and their allies to… More

U.S. intelligence agencies are encouraging American research universities to develop protocols for monitoring students and visiting scholars from Chinese state-affiliated research institutions, as U.S. suspicion toward China spreads to… More

“It is shocking that the American public largely must learn about the dangerous conditions at these detention centers not through reporters being able to cover the news, but through… More

NEW YORK (AP) — From Bosnia to West Africa, she has witnessed tragedy. But the photo of two drowned Salvadoran refugees this week still left Corinne Dufka in shock. “It’s… More

When we hear of Pride marches today, we tend to think of fuss and feathers, of men more than half-naked waving from rainbow-hued, Lurex-draped parade floats, of Dykes on… More

The focus of Words Without Borders‘ June edition is aligned with international observations of gay pride, and its its 10th annual “queer issue”—rather than a collection of translation from… More