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.
In brief The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has published its final crypto rulebook, completing a roadmap to bring the sector…
In 1935, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously stopped President Franklin Roosevelt from firing a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission…
50 years agoJuly 1976 “Historians friendly to the Revolution have insisted that the Americans fought for political freedom, for independence,…
In brief Director Carl Rinsch was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison for defrauding Netflix of $11 million meant…
The Denver Public Schools Board of Education unanimously voted to fire French teacher Jennifer Honka for incompetence and neglect of…
A review of Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by JD Vance; 288 pages; HarperCollins: New York (June 2026)The…
After a series of attacks that targeted civilian ships and military bases over the weekend, the U.S. and Iran may…
It was my luck that I arrived in Britain to pick up my master’s degree just before a heat wave…
The opinions are here. The post Congratulations to Orin Kerr, Whose Amicus Brief Was Twice Cited by the Court Today…
Today the Supreme Court issued its long awaited decisions in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook, two cases concerning the ability…
from the nice-try-fascist dept It’s no secret that Donald Trump has been waging an Orwellian war on knowledge and information…
My predictions from last Thursday panned out well. The Chief Justice wrote the majority opinion in both Cook and Slaughter. There…