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.
Groups including the ACLU and the Sierra Club are backing Oak Park, Illinois, as it defends in federal court its…
In brief Representative Logan Manhart submitted a bill to introduce Bitcoin holdings into the state’s investment funds this week. Manhart’s…
In Apperson v. Kaminsky, decided Friday by the Missouri Supreme Court (opinion by Justice Paul Wilson, Apperson sued his ex-romantic…
In brief A federal court found BPS Financial promoted and operated the Qoin Wallet for nearly three years without an…
In brief Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says tokenization could have prevented the 2021 GameStop trading halt, blaming outdated settlement infrastructure.…
This week, guest host Eric Boehm is joined by J.C. Bradbury, an economist at Kennesaw State University and one of…
Fidelity Investments will expand its digital asset offerings with plans to launch its own U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, the Fidelity Digital…
from the wut? dept The travesty that is RFK Jr. in charge of American health and what he’s done to…
Yesterday, my Civitas Outlook column discussed Anti-Semitism and Anti-Christian Zionism on the right. The piece led off with Kevin Roberts’s infamous defense…
In brief Tokenized stocks and bonds remain subject to existing U.S. securities laws, regardless of whether ownership records are maintained…
The media does not fairly cover the conservative Supreme Court justices. But it is not enough to criticize their written…
In brief Brave is launching a multi-week “vault heist” game across its browser, X, and Discord starting February 3. More…