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.
Newsrooms across the country are facing a growing wave of legal attacks aimed at silencing investigative reporting about powerful people…
In brief Strategy last week spent $45.6 million on 397 Bitcoins, one of its smaller buys. It now holds 641,205…
There are any number of personal qualities that make New York mayoral front-runner Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s political prominence seem improbable:…
When Adam Marshall joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in 2014, the organization was the epitome of…
Tomorrow, voters decide their political fates: In New York City, voters will choose between democratic socialist up-and-comer Zohran Mamdani, Republican…
from the helping-the-public-by-screwing-the-public dept Much of the federal government is shuttered, but that’s not preventing the Trump administration from finding…
This new article is here. The Introduction: Free speech absolutism has seemingly had its day, inasmuch as scholarly and public (if…
The whole premise of a mother-may-I approach to licensing activities like owning and carrying firearms is that the powers that…
Jennifer Williams’ son, Justin Sanchez, was a teenager when he committed the crimes that would land him behind bars. Now…
Louisiana State Police arrested two former Alexandria Police Department officers, Austin Butler and Dylan Tritle, after they were fired for…
Qatar has weaponised “mediation”: it has bankrolled Islamist power, posed as the indispensable broker, and sat on the leverage it…
In brief The CBS segment was Trump’s first sit-down with 60 Minutes in five years, spanning the government shutdown, foreign…