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Topic: PEN America

The goal of book bans (mediaphotos/getty images)

Book banners plot a dumber future

Andi Zeisler
Cat reading a book (Jordan Lye/Getty Images)

We're banning cat books now?

Andi Zeisler
MoveOn Political Actions Banned Book Mobile stops for an event with local authors and teachers on October 18, 2023 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The MoveOn Banned Book Mobile handed out frequently banned books for free to anyone who attended the event. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for MoveOn)

What to know about Banned Books Week

Gabriella Ferrigine
Pages from the Art Spiegelman book. (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The "Maus" book ban is different

Jon Skolnik
Julian Assange gestures to the media from a police vehicle on his arrival at Westminster Magistrates court on April 11, 2019 in London, England. (Getty Images/Jack Taylor)

Why PEN America betrayed Assange

Chris Hedges
University California Los Angeles students stage a protest rally in a show of solidarity with protesters at the University of Missouri (AP)

The free speech debate we need

Corey Robin