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.
Long-time readers may remember my writings about the “judicial resistance” during President Trump’s first term. Well, it seems we are…
In brief OpenAI launched GPT-5.4 Mini and Nano, two faster and cheaper models designed for high-volume AI workloads. The models…
Paul Ehrlich has died at the old age of 93. I am grateful he lived long enough to witness how…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued broad guidance towards the crypto industry on Tuesday, with SEC Chair Paul Atkins…
Cassandra Burke Robertson and I have a new piece entitled “Denaturalization’s Missing Limit” forthcoming in the Northwestern University Law Review…
In brief Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed criminal charges against Kalshi, alleging the platform is an “illegal gambling operation.”…
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Happy St. Patrick’s Day, have a Guinness or two (or 10).…
In brief Tim Scott said a compromise on stablecoin yield—key to the stalled crypto market structure bill—could emerge by the…
from the seems-bad dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The Trump administration is loosening restrictions on…
When President Donald Trump implemented his Liberation Day tariffs last spring, the president’s senior adviser, Peter Navarro, suggested that these…
In brief DLSS 5 introduces full neural rendering, shifting from performance enhancement to AI-driven image generation layered over game assets.…
A federal jury in Fort Worth, Texas, convicted eight protestors on charges ranging from rioting to attempted murder after a…