Suzanne Nossel

Suzanne Nossel is CEO of PEN America. She was formerly executive director of Amnesty International USA and deputy assistant secretary of state for international organizations at the State Department.
Suzanne Nossel is CEO of PEN America. She was formerly executive director of Amnesty International USA and deputy assistant secretary of state for international organizations at the State Department.
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Views Wednesday, August 05, 2020 The Censorship of 'Cancel Culture' May Ultimately Be Most Dangerous for Social Justice Champions Since President Donald Trump came to office, he has let loose a torrent of bigotry through his attacks on immigrants, minorities and women. It’s no surprise that his noxious rhetoric has fed the urgency of citizen-led efforts to banish hate. The #MeToo movement, mounting popular opposition to... Read more |
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Views Friday, June 19, 2020 Those Who Exercise Free Speech Should Also Defend It—Even When It's Offensive Protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd and systemic racism have been boisterous, righteous assertions of the constitutional liberties of free assembly, expression and speech — even as police have too often breached those rights. Yet as a wider precept, free speech is losing ground. As... Read more |
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Views Friday, May 03, 2019 The Alarming Assault on the Free Press Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who had worked for Reuters and exposed the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys, recently received word that their final appeal had been denied by Myanmar's Supreme Court. his means that the two reporters -- both fathers of children... Read more |