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.
Some excerpts from today’s long opinion in LNU v. Blanche, decided by the Ninth Circuit by Judge Richard Paez, Carlos…
In brief The price of Cardano (ADA) fell to a more than five-year low on Wednesday as Bitcoin and other…
Blanche: “We are not moving forward with the Fund. Period” Rep. Meng: “Not moving forward ever?” Blanche: “Correct.” So there…
In brief Law professors preferred AI-generated contract law answers over those written by fellow professors about 75% of the time.…
Democrats criticized President Donald Trump for starting a war with Iran. Now some of them are criticizing him for trying…
In brief Perplexity announced “hybrid agentic inference” at Computex 2026, a system that automatically splits AI workloads between a user’s…
Despite continued military strikes in the Middle East, Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared this week that the Iran war…
In brief Ethereum dropped 8% today alone, crashing through the $2,000 psychological support zone and hitting an intraday low near…
After her violent detention by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in Chicago gained widespread attention last October, Debbie Brockman,…
In brief Mysten Labs has launched Walrus Memory, a portable memory layer for AI agents that lets them carry context…
from the jim-crow-alito dept The Supreme Court’s conservatives have spent years systematically dismantling the Voting Rights Act, but the last…
As big as Callais was, I think Allen v. Milligan may prove to be more significant. The Court smacked down the notion…