One-in-five U.S. adults say they often get news via social media, slightly higher than the share who often do so from print newspapers (16%) for the first time since @pewresearch began asking these questions. https://t.co/beRUjk5gEm
Two of the #Stansted15 activists described their conviction on charges of terrorism as an "unprecedented crackdown on the right to protest." https://t.co/vmcK7PzNWE
Celebrating #UDHR70 with an inspiring group of human rights defenders. Hina Jilani warns us not to give in to cynicism. “Change comes slowly, but change does come.” Proud that @PENamerican is cosponsoring this event with our partners. https://t.co/BbDAf0FhhP PEN America Retweeted
Popularity provides no protection: On the intensifying persecution of rappers and other young musicians who question the status quo in Russia. https://t.co/sEsNyoXoZo
"So long as I have questions to which there are no answers, I shall go on writing." In honor of Clarice Lispector's birthday, read her dedication from The Hour of the Star: https://t.co/aFbWXYhgd4https://t.co/uDawHCNTQu
Tracy K. Smith on the political poetry of @Danez_Smif,@josdcharles,@CAConrad 88, and more: “they take us by the arm and walk us into the lake, wetting us with the muddied and the muddled, and sometimes even the holy.” https://t.co/wTFrWY0l7r
Gavin McInnes has been banned from YouTube, following earlier bans from Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and leaving him without access to any major social-media platforms. https://t.co/mg46hcvxPx
• Jamal Khashoggi’s final words have been disclosed • Major news outlets criticized for parroting Trump’s disputable claims Read more here: https://t.co/VQI1Y3LMPChttps://t.co/Ezg2l6fmdO
Amal Clooney on the importance of journalism: "We do not live in a post-truth world, we just need news that is based on truth. And for that we need responsible journalists committed to exposing it." https://t.co/SiyWM0e910
The precedents being set in this birthplace of press freedom are endangering the careers—and the lives—of journalists in this country and abroad. https://t.co/VVegweq7c8
Zehra Doğan’s imprisonment is one disgrace amongst many in Turkey. She was locked up for being a Kurdish artist who does the same sort of illustrated journalism I do https://t.co/O7EHgicjSM PEN America Retweeted
University leaders who respond to hate by only citing free speech concerns misunderstand the relationship between the two issues: Condemning hate does not infringe on free speech protection. https://t.co/oaSHrfq9p3https://t.co/P1HAAPV6gP
The ultimate target of the president’s hostile and calculated rhetoric is not the press—the watchdog and messenger of truth—but the very notion of truth itself. https://t.co/VVegwe8wkA
This holiday season, help get books to incarcerated individuals with @BtBsNYC, mentor young women writers with @girlswritenow, or write cards to imprisoned writers with us! https://t.co/55Zx9sguYr
