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.
After leaving the Chicago area in November, U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino made an unexpected return on December 16,…
From In re Marriage of Teruel De Torres, decided Wednesday by the Colorado Court of Appeals (Judge Sueanna Johnson, joined…
In brief Ripple Labs ended a yearslong court battle with the SEC in 2025, giving way to new growth for…
From Judge Alan Albright (W.D. Tex.) in U.S. v. Burger earlier this month: A three-count indictment alleged that Defendant James…
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In the years since the pandemic, weightlifting has frequently been associated with right-wing and even neofascist politics. In the media,…
Former Clayton County, Georgia, jailer Jabin Bethea pleaded guilty in federal court to violating a pretrial detainee’s civil rights. While…
As a scientist, I tend to get labelled an anti-art bigot when I tell my friends that, unlike science, the…
This was supposedly written for and sung at a U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Christmas party during…
In brief The stablecoin supply jumped $100 billion to a total of $314 billion in 2025. Tether leads in transaction…
5 years agoJanuary 2021 “As the market matures and companies begin to merge, antitrust authorities might decide to get involved.…
In brief DeepSeek’s ultra-low-cost AI model shattered the assumption that U.S. chip dominance would indefinitely suppress China’s AI ambitions, triggering…