Freedom IndexMedia & Culture
Media & Culture explores how journalism, entertainment, and creative industries influence—and are influenced by—free speech. From press freedom to artistic expression, this category highlights the cultural impact of censorship and the ongoing struggle for open dialogue.
Back at it: “Iran said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz was an inviolable ‘red line,’ warning that if…
The Iran war gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “targeted ads.” During the war, the U.S. military evacuated…
The libertarian-leaning Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.) is making active use of his last few months in Congress. One of his…
from the two-sides-to-every-schwartz dept There’s a lot of health news going on in the country right now, in no small…
The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center has issued a call for papers on “Policymaker Responses to the Revolution in…
The Trump administration’s trade war with the world has been a haphazard, often chaotic affair, but if you had to…
President Donald Trump’s brazenly corrupt “settlement” of his lawsuit against the IRS included a jaw-dropping order in which Acting Attorney…
The rise and fall of Graham Platner, who has just withdrawn from the U.S. Senate race in Maine in which…
The article is here; here’s the Introduction: The gravest contemporary threats to expressive freedom do not always take the form of…
On 6 July, at 12:01pm China Standard Time, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) launched a ballistic missile carrying a…
On July 9, the Seventh Circuit decided Barnett v. Raoul, upholding Illinois’ ban on AR-15 rifles. Maybe it hadn’t received…
from the the-appearance-of-a-conflict-is-a-conflict dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The rich and famous who filed into…