Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf and Summer Lopez, writing in Pen America: “Efforts to rewrite history and silence dissent are a betrayal of our democratic traditions. The very thing that sets even a flawed democracy apart from an autocratic state is its willingness to accept critique and to examine honestly its failings as well as its triumphs. When we are afraid to speak the truth about the past or the present, we are sacrificing the possibility of a better future. The only antidote is to refuse to be silent.” Read more here.
PERSPECTIVES: Losing Our Grip on the Truth
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