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.
The mini shutdown is over, for now. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed a spending bill to end a brief,…
In brief Tether has scaled back plans for a $15-$20 billion raise after investor pushback, with advisers now discussing as…
from the only-OUR-propaganda-is-good-propaganda dept So we’ve been noting how the Trump administration has been helping Larry Ellison wage war on…
Tomorrow I will be arguing in the Fifth Circuit for 31 families whose relatives were killed in the crashes of…
In brief Vitalik Buterin has argued that the creator coin ecosystem could be improved by the introduction of prediction markets…
From Sheets v. Lipker, decided Monday by Judge John Badalamenti (M.D. Fla.): This case is about words—specifically, a four-letter expletive…
After threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to put down sometime-violent protests in Minneapolis with military force, President Donald Trump…
In brief Crypto.com has launched OG, a standalone prediction markets platform offering CFTC-regulated sports event contracts and margin trading capabilities.…
A former employee of the U.S. House of Representatives was arrested and indicted in federal court for stealing government-issued cellphones…
In brief Standard Chartered has cut its end-2026 Solana price target to $250 from $310. The bank raised its long-term…
In brief Monero and Zcash were the top losers in the top 100 by market cap, both down about 8%…
In brief Rui-Siang Lin operated Incognito Market, facilitating over $105 million in crypto-based narcotics sales across 640,000 transactions from October…