Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter Robert Schenkkan said he depends on the pen when the sword fails, and called on writers to use their words as a force for change. Schenkkan touched on issues relating to freedom of press, refugees and climate change, and said he felt it was his responsibility to make them known in a lecture hosted by Plan II Thursday.  “I have never felt the urgency … that I feel today,” Schenkkan said. “As an artist, I had to act. I had to act now.” To read more, click here.