The Latest Breaking News from PEN America

’To claim this book is fiction dismisses our perspective and history,’ one advocate said

The controversy centers on Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs, which presents the colonization of New England from the perspective of Native Americans.

State has ordered 13 books by seven authors, six of them women, to be removed from every public school classroom and library

All over Florida, arts groups are scrambling to plug large budget gaps after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unexpectedly vetoed $32 million in arts funding

A school district in Houston has voted to redact chapters on vaccines and climate change, and parents and educators are worried

PEN America gathered Thursday night for its annual gala, a high-profile event raised even higher because some wondered if it would be held at all

Tens of thousands of books are banned in US prisons, in an often arbitrary process that limits education opportunities

India's mammoth general election is well under way, with the first two phases of voting over and five more to go. FRANCE 24's Leela Jacinto looks at online campaigning and some controversies that are flaring up. Next, we speak to PEN America about their latest Freedom to Write Index. Writers…

Pen America says there are 107 people behind bars for published content in China, with many accused of ‘picking quarrels’