Rhode Island signed into law the Freedom to Read Act on July 10. The law is the first to guarantee writers and readers a ...

According to a new study by nonprofit organization PEN America, schools have seen a 200% increase in book banning from 2023-2024. These are the books that have been most-banned during the 2023 ...

Internal emails show how education ministry staff compiled pages of book titles that could be restricted through new content ...

PEN America, a nonprofit group that advocates for free expression in literature, released data in the fall that found more than 10,000 instances of schools or their districts removing books from ...

PEN America says in the 2023-24 school year, it found more than 10,000 instances of book bans, double from the year before. The ALA counts challenges to books from the media and librarians, ...

PEN America’s 2025 Literary Gala did not merely acknowledge this truth. It embodied it. Held beneath the haunting majesty of the 21,000-pound blue whale at the American Museum of Natural ...

When PEN America emailed me, I was excited. The organization, whose mission is to protect the freedom to write, was looking for volunteers to code banned books. The goal was clear: Identify what ...

Suzanne Nossel, who led PEN America for more than a decade, announced Thursday that she is leaving her position as chief executive of the free-expression advocacy organization. In January, she ...

Sarah Jessica Parker, Taye Diggs, Jodi Picoult and more took the stage at PEN America's gala to criticize book bans and the Trump administration. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 💵 ...

PEN America, the century-old free speech organization, brought in Ruffin to host soon after the WHCA withdrew its invitation, contending it wanted to focus on the achievements of journalism.

PEN America celebrates Roth for “his unwavering commitment to defending academic freedom, protecting protest rights, and resisting attempts to silence dissent in higher education.” Ruffin will ...