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.
from the what-the-hell-are-you-doing,-dumbass dept It’s hard to not have noticed that a key enabler of U.S. authoritarianism was our consolidated…
The article is here; the Abstract: The Trump Administration has been trying to attach “viewpoint diversity” mandates to federal funding,…
In brief The on-chain share classes cover six BlackRock Institutional Cash Series funds in euro, sterling and U.S. dollar versions.…
8/4/1961: President Barack Obama’s birthday. He would appoint two Justices to the Supreme Court: Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. President…
In brief Trezor and Foundation both reported a surge in phishing attempts targeting hardware wallet owners following the Coldcard exploit.…
NA Law students around the country will be starting classes over the next few weeks. Back in 2018, I wrote…
Editor’s note: the following essay discusses Lars von Trier’s film Breaking the Waves in detail and contains spoilers throughout. Tolling…
In brief Five men have been convicted of false imprisonment after ambushing two French crypto millionaires and holding them for…
California Rep. Ro Khanna (D) said last month that Elon Musk had “possibly sentenced to death” 4.5 million children by…
The U.S. State Department apologized after showing a map of Africa at an international AIDS conference in Brazil that mislabeled every…
Iran’s Islamic revolution was not just an Islamic revolution. A diverse set of factions, from Marxist-Leninists to religious nationalists, participated…
A Canadian man named Brandon Klayme was wrongfully imprisoned for 18 months after authorities mixed up his Kik username with…