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.
When Donald Trump won his second presidential election in 2024, supporters crowed that this time would be different. Trump’s sometimes…
Recently released body camera footage of an incident earlier this month shows police officers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, ordering the anti-war…
In brief Trump Media & Technology Group has withdrawn its Bitcoin and Bitcoin-Ethereum ETF applications. Sponsor and investment advisor Yorkville…
Former Winnipeg police officer Matthew Kadyniuk accepted a two-year non-custodial sentence after pleading guilty to breach of trust and theft…
Media outlets were ablaze. It was, in the judgement of Thomas Friedman, “the most significant encounter between American and Chinese…
The day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Christian Castro shot Minneapolis resident Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg,…
from the buh-bye dept Senator Bill Cassidy just lost his campaign for reelection to his Senate seat in Louisiana. With…
I WANT FREE MINDS AND FREE MARKETS! Help Reason push back with more of the fact-based reporting we do best.…
In brief Companies running bug bounty programs report a sharp increase in low-quality AI-generated submissions. HackerOne and Nextcloud both suspended…
Jane Doe has sued Amazon.com Services LLC for employment discrimination and seeks to proceed under a pseudonym in all public…
In brief Google unveiled Gemini Spark at I/O 2026. Spark is a cloud-based personal AI agent powered by Gemini 3.5…
Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.), the libertarian-adjacent lawmaker who clashed with President Donald Trump over spending, tariffs, wars, and the Epstein…