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.
from the medicine-101 dept We discussed RFK Jr.’s recent appearance before Congress, where he bravely declared that the current measles…
A new study just published by the prestigious American Economic Review may be the most important recent social science article…
Every day that passes without a final conclusion to hostilities in the Persian Gulf multiplies possibilities and deepens a situation…
In brief DeepMind veteran David Silver raised $1.1 billion for his new startup Ineffable Intelligence at a $5.1 billion valuation.…
War hawks love the idea of “credibility.” In his confirmation hearing last year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio called his…
Robinhood reported its smallest quarterly profit in a year on Tuesday, highlighting the retail brokerage’s lingering exposure to retail traders…
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s stories include: A lawsuit alleging that the city…
In this Quillette interview, historian Gadi Taub speaks with Pamela Paresky about Israel’s war aims, the threat of a nuclear…
In brief Tank OS packages OpenClaw as a bootable system image. With this implementation, each agent runs in an isolated…
After the Secret Service stopped a would-be assassin at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night, President Donald Trump and his…
In brief PocketOS founder Jeremy Crane claims a Cursor agent running Anthropic’s Claude Opus deleted his company’s production database and…
Now-deleted Comey post, copied from a CNN article on the indictment. From today’s indictment: On or about May 15, 2025, in…