Posted inUS Research Shows 4,000+ Book Bans So Far in the 2023-2024 School Year, Outpacing the Previous Full School Year by PEN America April 16, 2024April 16, 2024
Posted inLife Author and LGBTQ+ Activist Jennifer Finney Boylan Becomes President of PEN America by PEN America December 11, 2023December 11, 2023
Posted inUS “Fight Books Ban Act” Introduced in Congress, with PEN America’s Endorsement by PEN America December 5, 2023December 5, 2023
Posted inUS Iowa School District Removes Classic Novels—ie Catcher in the Rye– to Meet “Age Appropriate” Book Mandate by PEN America August 3, 2023August 3, 2023
Posted inUS System to Report Online Abuse is “Deeply Flawed” at Every Level. Report Shows How to Fix It by PEN America June 29, 2023June 29, 2023
Posted inUS “Outrageous Government Censorship,” PEN America Response to Removal of Ta-Nehisi Coates Memoir from South Carolina AP Course by PEN America June 13, 2023June 13, 2023
Posted inOp-Ed Moira Marquis, PEN America: Plan to digitize mail at NYC’s Rikers Island would affect books, too by PEN America February 14, 2023February 14, 2023
Posted inUS Pen America applauds Congressional resolutions condemning book bans and affirming the right to free expression in schools by PEN America September 22, 2022September 22, 2022
Posted inUS PEN America Reels from Shock and Horror over Brutal Attack on Salman Rushdie by PEN America August 12, 2022August 12, 2022
Posted inUS New PEN America Report: 1,586 book bans and restrictions in 86 School Districts Across 26 States; Censors Target 1,145 Unique Book Titles by PEN America April 7, 2022April 7, 2022
Posted inUS New PEN America Report Warns About Dangers of Educational Gag Orders by PEN America November 15, 2021November 15, 2021
Posted inWorld Loujain Al-Hathloul Sentenced in Sham Saudi Trial by PEN America December 29, 2020December 29, 2020
Posted inUS Pen America: White House Blocking Officials from CNN Is Wanton Act of Coercion by PEN America April 9, 2020April 9, 2020
Posted inUS Federal court ruling in favor of PEN America is blow to Trump’s retaliation against media companies, journalists by PEN America March 24, 2020March 24, 2020
Posted inLife For National Book Banning Week, PEN America to Focus on the Right to Read in U.S. Prisons by PEN America September 12, 2019
Posted inOp-Ed Suzanne Nossel, PEN America: Trump’s refusal to own up to his role in fanning racist and xenophobic violence is nothing short of deadly by PEN America August 5, 2019
Posted inUS Serious Alarm Over Report FBI Has Asked U.S. College to Monitor Chinese Students by PEN America July 1, 2019
Posted inUS Trump Executive Order on “Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability” at Colleges Risks Chilling More Speech Than it Protects by PEN America March 21, 2019
