The Latest Breaking News from PEN America

From an imprisoned Ukranian journalist to a high school activist in Florida, PEN America paid tribute Monday night to democracy and free expression and warned about the dangers faced in the U.S. and abroad

A 17-year-old gay student who was suspended for leading protests at his high school against Florida’s so-called Don’t Say Gay legislation says school administrators are now stopping him from running for senior class president

"Book bans are about limiting kids' freedom to read and teachers' freedom to teach"

The literary writer’s organization PEN America has hired a human rights advocate, Liesl Gerntholtz, to expand its support of writers around the world who face imprisonment for their work

Within the last year, hundreds of titles were banned or investigated in 86 school districts in 26 states, impacting more than 2 million students

Ukraine news for April 20: ‘Occupiers unable to ensure a proper ceasefire’ for a humanitarian corridor, deputy PM says.

Plus: An index of school book bans, new "ghost gun" regulations, and more...

Past nine months have seen censorship effort ‘unparalleled in its intensity’, with books on race and LGBTQ issues singled out

State-level "gag orders" on teaching certain texts and ideas are terrible and utterly predictable in a one-size-fits-all K-12 educational system.

It may be the most classic bit during the nine-season run of the iconic TV sitcom "Seinfeld": The time that Jerry shows up at the airport car rental place with his reservation, only to be told there aren't any cars. Like every other annoying aspect of everyday life, the mishap…

Advocates defeated a reactionary measure in Indiana, suggesting a growing backlash against education censorship