Showing posts with label Pen America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pen America. Show all posts
Saturday, October 11, 2025

Two sides of book bans: PEN America and Moms for Liberty debate; USA TODAY, October 9, 2025

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Anna Kaufman  , USA TODAY;  Two sides of book bans: PEN America and Moms for Liberty debate " To hear   PEN America   and   Moms For Li...
Saturday, February 8, 2025

President Trump's Self-Described "Takeover" of the Center is an Attack on Creative Freedom; PEN America, February 8, 2025

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PEN America;  President Trump's Self-Described "Takeover" of the Center is an Attack on Creative Freedom "In response to ...
Friday, September 27, 2024

These two states are responsible for most of the nation’s school book bans; The 19th, September 24, 2024

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Nadra Nittle , The 19th;  These two states are responsible for most of the nation’s school book bans " More than a dozen new state and ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

New State Laws Are Fueling a Surge in Book Bans; The New York Times, September 23, 2024

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Elizabeth Harris  , The New York Times;  New State Laws Are Fueling a Surge in Book Bans " Books have been challenged and removed from ...

PEN America: Books bans doubled in 2023-2024 school year, most from Florida, Iowa; Florida Times-Union, September 24, 2024

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  C. A. Bridges , Florida Times-Union;  PEN America: Books bans doubled in 2023-2024 school year, most from Florida, Iowa " In the 2022...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Scholastic backtracks, saying it will stop separating diverse books for fairs in 2024; NPR, October 25, 2023

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Rachel Treisman  , NPR;  Scholastic backtracks, saying it will stop separating diverse books for fairs in 2024 " In a   statement   iss...
Thursday, September 21, 2023

Book Bans Are Rising Sharply in Public Libraries; The New York Times, September 21, 2023

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  Elizabeth A. Harris  and  Alexandra Alter , The New York Times ;  Book Bans Are Rising Sharply in Public Libraries " More than two ye...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

‘Knowledge is power’: new app helps US teens read books banned in school; The Guardian, August 16, 2023

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  Olivia Empson , The Guardian;  ‘Knowledge is power’: new app helps US teens read books banned in school " A recent PEN America study ...
Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Houston’s ‘Little Banned Library’ highlights literature as Texas leads country in number of books banned;Click2Houston, August 8, 2023

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  Zachery Lashway , Click2Houston;  Houston’s ‘Little Banned Library’ highlights literature as Texas leads country in number of books banned...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022

The Unburnable Book: Margaret Atwood’s THE HANDMAID'S TALE; May 23, 2022

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The Unburnable Book: Margaret Atwood’s THE HANDMAID'S TALE " To benefit PEN America’s work defending freedom of expression, Penguin...
Saturday, July 11, 2020

At least 238 writers and intellectuals were detained for their work last year, advocacy group says; The Washington Post, May 19, 2020

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Siobhán O'Grady , The Washington Post ; At least 238 writers and intellectuals were detained for their work last year, advocacy group s...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Free Speech Advocates, Publishers Wrestle With Questions Of Censorship; NPR, 1/12/17

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Lynn Neary, NPR;  Free Speech Advocates, Publishers Wrestle With Questions Of Censorship " Both the NCAC and PEN America say the ...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

The Blog That Disappeared; New York Times, 7/29/16

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Roxane Gay, New York Times; The Blog That Disappeared : "On June 27, Mr. Cooper’s Google account was deactivated, he has said. He lost...