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.
A review of Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders by Claudia Verhoeven; 384 pages; Verso (May 2026)Although…
from the you-own-nothing dept Sony just gave the world another lesson in how they don’t actually own the content they’ve…
The questions were put to me without malice: Are you Jewish? And is that why you have written about antisemitism…
Prominent economist Bryan Caplan and political commentator Richard Hanania have started a “Sixteen Fun Facts About Me” meme on their…
From D.C. Circuit Judges Patricia Millett, Robert Wilkins, and Gregory Katsas today in Beatty v. Trump: On May 29, 2026,…
In brief SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5 on July 8 at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output,…
from the seems-pretty-corrupt dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. In late November in Jamnagar, India, the…
Today’s guest is Clark Neily, a constitutional litigator, civil liberties advocate, and senior vice president for legal studies at the…
In brief Ripple has signed a sports marketing deal with the University of Kansas to make XRP the official crypto…
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss why Maine Democratic candidate for Senate Graham Platner is refusing to drop out despite…
In brief Paradigm announced a $1.2 billion fourth fund targeting crypto, AI, robotics, and other technology startups. The crypto VC…