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Residents sue Palm Beach County over its investment in Israel

Alexandra Martinez
color photograph of an outdoor press conference. people hold signs reading "divest from genocide invest in housing" and "our

Never eat the candy on your pillow: Breaking the cycle

Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.
digital collage on a teal background of a piece of paper with circular scribbles on it

Michigan prison officials withhold evidence of retaliation against an incarcerated writer

Tamar Sarai
color photograph of a Black person's hands intertwined while wearing handcuffs

10 years post-Ferguson, advocates seek prosecutor accountability

Frances Madeson
color photograph at night of a Black demonstrator wearing a "Ferguson is everywhere" shirt walking in the middle of a multi-l

Groups focused on ending gender-based violence are building new worlds outside of the carceral system

Rebecca Chowdhury
color photograph of an outdoor protest. a woman in a black head scarf wearing a yellow shirt stands in the foreground shoutin

Collectives in the South help lead the charge to #FreeBlackMamas for Mother’s Day

Tamar Sarai
color stock photo of a Black mother holding her infant son

Philadelphia city plan may force houseless people to choose jail or treatment

Sterling Johnson
color photograph of an outdoor protest for funding housing and safe injection sites

Columbia’s most recent arrests had almost no observers. Here’s what I saw and what we know

Gillian Goodman
Here's what we know about Columbia's most recent arrests

As an incarcerated person, I feel connected to the people of Gaza

Carla J. Simmons
collage of a watermelon behind barbed wire

EXCLUSIVE: PEN America is both a lifeline and a ‘wasted opportunity’ for some incarcerated writers

Tamar Sarai
PEN’s decades-old prison programming lacks the organization and infrastructure to effectively communicate with and pay incarc

Why isn’t PEN America paying its incarcerated literary prize winners?

Alex Tretbar Natalye Childress
color collage with a red-and-white border and the PEN America logo among barbed wire, an outstretched hand with coins falling

Never eat the candy on your pillow: Circle of trust

Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.
color digital collage of a hand holding up a skull on a teal background