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 Tether’s 1.7 billion-parameter QVAC MedPsy outperformed Google’s MedGemma-4B and beat MedGemma-27B on HealthBench Hard, an OpenAI benchmark testing…
Florida just created its own alternative to A.P. United States History, and it seems pretty good. Headlines describe it as…
In brief Prediction market platform Kalshi raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation in a Series F round led…
Back in November, when Vinay Prasad, then-director of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research,…
In brief A Unitree Robotics G1 humanoid named Gabi was formally initiated as a monk at Seoul’s Jogyesa Temple on…
In brief U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF inflows totaling $3.8 billion pushed total net assets to a record $108.76 billion. The…
from the dodgy-global-autocratic-disinformation-alliance dept Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic Commissioner (because Republicans refuse to seat the second one) is…
The U.S. Supreme Court has now entered the final stretch of its 2025–2026 term. The oral arguments have all been…
In brief The White House is targeting a July 4, 2026 deadline for the passage of the Digital Asset Market…
I WANT FREE MINDS AND FREE MARKETS! Help Reason push back with more of the fact-based reporting we do best.…
Researchers at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum announced the discovery of a new painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt in March. A two-year study of…
In brief Marlon Ferro, known as “GothFerrari,” received a 78-month federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges.…