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.
British satirist Jonathan Swift offered his infamous modest proposal to deal with an 18th century food crisis: “I have been assured by…
Funding the immigration crackdown: Early this morning, the Senate passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill at the behest of Republicans…
If you want to open a hospital, you have to convince the government that there’s a need for it. And…
U.S. aid to Israel is one of the most contentious foreign policy issues in America. The last three years of…
Expecting any level of ideological consistency from partisan political actors is a fool’s errand; even so, the amount of sheer…
The Australian government has spent the last decade introducing steep tax hikes to curb smoking, and, as a result, the…
from the none-of-this-makes-sense dept Full disclosure: this post is going to pose way more questions than answers. That’s because the…
From Students Engaged in Advancing Texas v. Paxton, decided yesterday by the Fifth Circuit (Judges Jerry Smith and Andrew Oldham):…
When President Donald Trump announced a takeover of the Kennedy Center last year, he explained it was to combat a…
Sen. Bernie Sanders. (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/SplashNews/Newscom) In a recent New York Times article, socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders presented a proposal to…
An excerpt from the long (and, I think, basically correct) opinion in Hoffman v. N.Y. Times Co., decided yesterday by…
In brief Cypherpunk Technologies shares tumbled 37% on Friday as jitters tied to a Zcash bug knocked the Winklevoss-backed firm.…