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Title: PEN America - The Freedom to Write

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A conversation with author and journalist Nora Neus

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has until April 13 to veto a bill that passed the Virginia state legislature which will restrict how public schools can teach about the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The impetus for such a law is understandable. “The White House has tried to rewrite history,” the leg...


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PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out.

Following a major court victory reinstating hundreds of journalists at Voice of America, four veteran VOA journalists and three press freedom organizations, including PEN America, filed a lawsui...

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Bestselling author and journalist Vauhini Vara doesn’t know what the AI industry might look like in five or 10 years — but she doesn’t think that’s such a bad thing.

CEOs of the largest AI companies tend to speak with a lot of conviction about the future. Uncertainty has always been the domain of writers and artists, but it’s a place we should ...


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The day after the 2016 presidential election, Wade Hudson learned that his grandniece was so devastated by the news that she wouldn’t leave her room. “She was afraid of the future,” Wade said. “I started thinking, ‘I’m sure there’s a lot of other youngsters who are thinking that way too. What could we do to reach them and to let them know that they aren’t alo...


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Three of PEN America’s judges spent the past several months getting lost in translation — or, more accurately, in quite a few translations.

Miriam Calleja, J. Kates<...


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