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 nice-try dept The World Baseball Classic is currently going on and I absolutely adore it. Essentially a World…
From Judge Dabney Friedrich (D.D.C.) Wednesday in Jewell v. Jagadesan, which generally seems correct to me: In December 2022, Jewell…
From yesterday’s opinion in Wilburn v. Guthrie by the Colorado Court of Appeals (Judge Karl Schock, joined by Judges Matthew…
From Smith v. InformData, LLC, decided Wednesday by Judge Rossie Alston (E.D. Va.): Plaintiff Harry Smith filed suit for alleged…
Bye-bye to build-to-rent housing. On Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Senate voted 89–10 to pass House Resolution 6644, otherwise known by its…
from the what-a-mess dept We’re a couple weeks late to this one, but it deserves more attention than it received.…
MAGA’s philosophical twists and turns are hard to follow given that whenever Donald Trump changes his mind his supporters have…
A review of Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right by Laura K. Field, 432 pages, Princeton University…
In brief Bitcoin’s recent push toward the $73,669 weekly high is supported by stabilizing ETF flows. TRUMP, Pi Network, and…
As New Jersey faces a major impending budget deficit in the next few years, Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill is asking…
In brief KRAKacquisition may find a target that’s worth as much as $10 billion. The goal is to align a…
from the maintaining-civility-and-gameplay-flow dept The power of the latest generation of AI systems is such that previously impractical applications are…