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.
“I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and it’s so wrong,”…
In brief The U.S. Treasury has placed sanctions on “drug kingpin” Ryan James Wedding, nine of his associates, and nine…
from the the-meritocracy-at-work dept Let’s say, hypothetically, you want to gerrymander some congressional districts to help your party win more…
If so, consider nominating them for this award, by Dec. 15; note that the award is limited to relatively junior…
In brief IBIT has shed $1.4 billion across five trading days—the highest total for any consecutive-day stretch in its 22-month…
In October, Paul John Bojerski, a 79-year-old grandfather who has been in the United States since he was five, was…
In brief Bitcoin mining firms face structural risks beyond halvings or hardware cycles. Competition from AI data centers pressures miners’…
from the you’ll-have-to-kill-without-us dept This won’t matter to Donald Trump or the dozens of administration officials who live to please…
“What if people appreciate having an abundance of content and communication, more than they feel overloaded by it?” Rasmus Klein…
In brief DeFi ecosystem 1inch has unveiled Aqua, a new shared liquidity protocol. Aqua enables different strategies to access the…
The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie goes deep with the artists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and journalists who are making the world…
Kraken filed to go public Wednesday, the cryptocurrency exchange said, just hours after announcing a massive fundraising round valuing the…