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.
Of all the popular storytelling artists striving to emulate Ayn Rand, the most significant was Steve Ditko. Ditko, a comic…
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In brief NFT marketplaces OpenSea and Magic Eden have both added fungible token trading to their platforms this year. A…
Birch v. John Muir Health, decided Tuesday by California Court of Appeal Justice Carin Fujisaki, joined by Alison Tucher &…
From Reyes v. U.S. ICE, decided Wednesday by Judge Tena Campbell (D. Utah) (note that the government has not yet…
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President Donald Trump came into office presenting himself as a peace president. “We will measure our success not only by…
from the support-techdirt-and-feel-good-about-it dept We’re a few weeks into our end of year crowdfunding campaign—donate $100 or more (check out…
The article is here; the Introduction: As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Gitlow v. New York, it is only natural…
The United States government first launched a War on Drugs on June 17, 1971, when President Richard Nixon declared: “America’s…
In brief The KM3NeT project is redefining astronomy by pairing deep-sea engineering with multi-messenger physics long before construction is even…
After leaving the Chicago area in November, U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino made an unexpected return on December 16,…