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 few days have been fun. On Thursday, I attended a double investiture at the Supreme Court of Texas for…
In brief The Department of Defense launched a public website hosting declassified UAP files. The Trump administration described the effort…
A secretive memo from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was recently issued to local law enforcement partners, barring them from…
In brief Predictors on Myriad now favor Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin firm Strategy to offload some of its BTC this year.…
On Thursday, almost half of the United Kingdom was given the opportunity to vote in local elections. Usually, little attention…
The Lumière awards in Paris are French cinema’s equivalent of the Golden Globes—not as coveted as the César awards, but…
In brief Top banking groups say the new Clarity Act language leaves loopholes regarding stablecoin yield. The compromise would ban…
from the seems-very-stable dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka is one of…
In a recent Washington Post op ed, Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin Roth makes the case for legalizing kidney sales. Roth…
In brief Apple and Intel reached a preliminary chip manufacturing agreement after more than a year of negotiations, per The…
Carmen Navas spent a year going from prison to prison looking for her son Víctor Hugo Quero Navas, who was arrested…
In brief Shares in TeraWulf (WULF) fell on the day after the firm reported a $446 million loss in Q1.…