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PEN America

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PEN America

@PENamerica

We defend free expression, fight censorship, and champion creative freedom. Support us: pen.org/2025-support-p…

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Joined July 2008

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PEN America
@PENamerica
Jan 15
PEN America will no longer be posting regularly on X. For our latest posts, follow us @PENamerica on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and on LinkedIn and penamerica.bsky.social Find all our statements, press releases, reports and more on pen.org.
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PEN America
@PENamerica
Feb 9, 2023
200 students walkout in protest in #Alabama after school administration told them their student-run #BlackHistoryMonth program could not reference anything that happened before the 1970s, including slavery, the Black Panthers or the civil rights movement.
200 students stage walkout at Hillcrest High School in protest over Black History Month program
From cbs42.com
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PEN America
@PENamerica
Apr 22, 2018
⚡️ Amnesty International names Colin Kaepernick 2018 #AmbassadorOfConscience. The award "celebrates individuals and groups who speak out for justice." Past honorees include Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai x.com/i/moments/9877…
PEN America
@PENamerica
Mar 24, 2020
BREAKING: In a blow to President Trump's attacks on the press, a federal court today ruled that our lawsuit against the president can proceed. He has used the powers of government to retaliate against journalists, and we look forward to our day in court.
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Landmark First Amendment Lawsuit Against President Trump Will Proceed
Today a federal court ruled against President Trump in a lawsuit that claims he has used government power to retaliate against media coverage and reporters he dislikes in violation of the First...
PEN America
@PENamerica
Jul 2, 2023
PEN America mourns the death of prize-winning Ukrainian author and @PenUkraine member Victoria Amelina who was struck by a Russian missile in Kramatorsk on Tuesday and died on July 1. pen.org/press-release/… #VictoriaAmelina #RIP
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PEN America
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Aug 13, 2023
Replying to @PENamerica
Joan Meyer, 98-year-old co-owner of Marion Country Record, has collapsed and died one day after "illegal police raids" on her home and the newspaper's office. Legal experts have termed the raids reminiscent of what happens in totalitarian regimes. marionrecord.com/direct/updated…
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PEN America
@PENamerica
Nov 13, 2023
Today, singer-songwriter and global pop icon P!nk announced she will team up with the free expression organization PEN America and Florida bookseller @BooksandBooks to give away 2,000 banned books at her upcoming concerts in Florida.
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Global Pop Icon P!nk Teams Up with PEN America to Give Away 2,000 Banned Books at Florida Concerts
Pop icon Pink is teaming up with PEN America and Books & Books to give away 2,000 banned books at her upcoming concerts in Florida.
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PEN America
@PENamerica
May 17, 2023
🧵PEN America Files Lawsuit against Florida School District over Unconstitutional Book Bans Lawsuit joined by @penguinrandom, parents, and authors asserts that Escambia County School Board unlawfully removes or restricts access to books about race, racism, and LGBTQ identities.
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PEN America
@PENamerica
Aug 13, 2023
Replying to @PENamerica
Statement by PEN America's @Shan_Jan: "Sweeping raid on The Marion County Record... almost certainly violates federal law... Such egregious attempts to interfere with news reporting cannot go unchecked in a democracy."
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PEN America: Police Raid on Kansas Newspaper “Almost Certainly” Violates Federal Law
n response to the police raid on The Marion County Record newspaper in Kansas, PEN America issued the following statement: "Journalists rely on confidential sources to report on matters of vital...
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PEN America
@PENamerica
Jan 22, 2017
Less than 48 hours after the Inauguration, the Trump Administration is asking America to believe "alternative facts" #alternativefacts
PEN America
@PENamerica
Oct 16, 2018
Today PEN America is suing President Trump for using the power of the state to retaliate against the press, in violation of the First Amendment.
Literary group sues Trump, alleges free speech stifling
From apnews.com
PEN America
@PENamerica
Apr 29, 2018
"That Wolf’s performance was not 'normal' for the correspondents’ dinner is a testament to its timeliness and necessity — nothing is 'normal' right now... Wolf did a better job of defending the #FirstAmendment than those who say that’s our business" washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-par… #WHCD
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Michelle Wolf got it just right
The figures she scorched have shattered norms that are far more important than an unspoken prohibition on vagina jokes.
PEN America
@PENamerica
Nov 7, 2018
Replying to @PENamerica
The president responded to questions with personal attacks—calling CNN's Jim @Acosta a "rude, terrible person" and having a staff member try to seize his mic, and accusing PBS NewsHour's @Yamiche Alcindor of asking a "racist" question.
PEN America
@PENamerica
Nov 20, 2023
PEN America is concerned by reports that poet Mosab Abu Toha, the founder of Gaza's only English language library, has been taken into custody by Israel's Defense Forces in Gaza. We are seeking more details and call for his protection. Our 2022 interview:
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Mosab Abu Toha
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