Great conversation w/Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, last night at the University of Richmond! Her conversation on free speech was phenomenal & a powerful reminder that open dialogue, even when messy, is the lifeblood of a healthy society.

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NEW: How can culture influence the battle between democracy & autocracy?

@PENAmerica's Suzanne Nossel joined Carnegie Council's The Doorstep to discuss the role that creatives play in global diplomacy & the steps that institutions can take to safeguard their voices. carnegiecouncil.co/3uVYlEp

Thank you to The Academy for tonight’s tremendous honor. We are deeply grateful and hope the award brings urgent awareness to events happening in Ukraine. #20DaysInMariupol

So proud to have been involved in a small way in the release of 20 Days in Mariupol for World Press Freedom Day. Congratulations Mystyslav Chernov and the incredible team from the The Associated Press

'Instead of erasing history, let's make history.' Joe Biden, State of the Union #freedomtoread PEN America

Great discussion with PEN America Suzanne Nossel on how culture influences the global battle between democracies and autocracies. What role do writers, artists, and scholars play in geopolitics and global diplomacy? carnegiecouncil.org/media/series/t…

In a new piece for Foreign Affairs, PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel analyzes the role of art and culture in the contest between democracy and autocracy. She explains to Walter Isaacson.

Read Suzanne Nossel on autocrats’ efforts to dictate culture—and how the United States and its allies can better protect and empower the authors, artists, and curators being targeted by their own repressive governments.
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Read Suzanne Nossel on how autocracies use culture to preserve their hold on power—and how the United States and its allies can help cultural creators turn back the authoritarian tide in their own countries.
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'Authoritarians know that controlling their societies takes more than the heavy hand of the police or the courts; it also requires shaping how their populations think and see the world, and how the world sees them,' writes Suzanne Nossel in Foreign Affairs foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

Concerns over the unmooring of free speech, academic freedom, and ideological diversity on campus can only be addressed through campus-wide transformation, writes PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel in the The Boston Globe. bostonglobe.com/2024/02/12/opi…

No matter the views in question, at a moment when strong political views are being voiced the decision to adopt new neutrality policies that bar the expression of political viewpoints does not come off as neutral. nytimes.com/2024/01/24/nyr…

Tackling the dangerous rise in assaults on the freedom of expression, TNR’s Melissa Gira Grant leads this panel from last week’s America in Crisis event, with ACLU’s Emerson Sykes, PEN America’s Suzanne Nossel, and PublicAffairs Books' Peter Osnos. trib.al/hZX3zTF

For #WorldPressFreedomDay , PEN America hosted an advance screening of 20 Days in Mariupol—plus a discussion with the film director @mstyslav9, PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel, AP Executive Editor Julie Pace and the Ukraine journalists union president.

PEN America mourns the death of Robie Harris, the prolific author of nonfiction books for children. 'Robie was utterly fearless,' said PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel. 'We will deeply miss her engagement and dedicated contribution to our work.” pen.org/pen-america-mo…

'What happens at Harvard, and the disposition of this crisis, is going to be watched, not just across the country, but all over the world,” said Suzanne Nossel at the Summit on Intellectual Vitality and Free Expression convened by Harvard and PEN America. pen.org/at-harvard-a-s…

' #DEI has gone from a guiding light on US college campuses to a deprecated doctrine blamed for chilling speech and imposing groupthink,' writes Suzanne Nossel. How do universities preserve, not abandon, 'the noble aspiration of creating a more diverse, fair and welcoming campus'?

The right answer to the problem of DEI casting a chill of ideological orthodoxy on college campuses is to follow Bill Clinton's adage about affirmative action: Mend It, Don't End It. cnn.com/2024/01/13/opi…