PEN America

The PEN America CEO says the threat is a “red alert for all Americans”.

New PEN America policy paper finds that state legislatures are attempting to clamp down on protest rights with proposals to criminalize or heighten penalties for protests and protest-related acts.

During 2019, according to data collected for the inaugural edition of PEN America’s Freedom to Write Index, at least 238 writers, academics, and public intellectuals were in prison or held in detention unjustly in connection with their writing, their work, or related activism.

PEN America says the tactic is from Trump’s playbook to attack outlets that air material the president dislikes.

The federal court ruling in favor of PEN America is a blow to Trump’s retaliation against media companies, journalists.

The Tennessee state legislature should reject a new legislative proposal, the Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act, as an unwarranted, un-American, and unconstitutional intrusion into children’s right to read.

The two RFE/RL journalists were originally detained and held incommunicado by Russia-backed separatists in 2017.

At a time when political polarization is growing and fraudulent news is spreading, a shared baseline of facts on the issues that most directly affect Americans is more essential than ever.