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.
Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life, by Dan Nadel, Scribner, 480 pages, $35 “In the spring of 1962, an 18-year-old Robert Crumb…
From Thursday’s N.Y. Appellate Division decision in Irizarry v. Zelaya (Judges Troy Webber, Ellen Gesmer, Lizbeth González, and John Higgitt)…
The New York City Council has passed a bill that would require landlords to provide air conditioning or cooling systems…
From Scaer v. City of Nashua, decided today by First Circuit Judge Sandra Lynch, joined by Judges Gustavo Gelpí and…
Introduction This week, it’s time for our annual Christmas podcast.And in keeping with recent Quillette tradition, it’s going to have…
Trump v. Illinois is the kind of Supreme Court opinion written for the headlines. For example, the New York Times blared “Supreme Court…
People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation Lab poll says, “College students prefer socialism to capitalism.” Why? Because they believe absurd…
Written and read by Iona Italia.This video essay responds to the terrorist attack on Jews celebrating Chanukah at Bondi Beach…
Nearly four decades ago, Francis Young, chief administrative law judge at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), concluded that marijuana did…
from the forever-and-a-day dept One of the little-known but extremely telling episodes in the history of modern copyright, discussed in…
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. Given the holiday slowdown in the news and general merriment…
CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss intervened to prevent 60 Minutes from airing a segment on the notorious CECOT prison…