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.
In brief Reps. Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran introduced the bipartisan AI Kill Switch Act on Thursday, two days after…
Wildfire risk just got a lot worse in California, where some of the state’s most effective fire prevention specialists—goats—are under…
7/25/1965: Justice Arthur J. Goldberg resigns. Justice Arthur GoldbergThe post Today in Supreme Court History: July 25, 1965 appeared first…
“The math just doesn’t math,” says Sophia, a New York City landlord. All of her major expenses—insurance, labor, fuel, and…
Earlier this week, lawyers for Ohio craft brewery owner John Ream, who wants to distill hard liquor at home for…
For those of us who are more interested in policy than politics, it’s frustrating to try a rational discussion about…
From Davis v. Surefire Hospitality Group, LP, decided Wednesday by Judge Marilyn Horan (W.D. Pa.): Plaintiff has identified herself as…
Call of duties. After most of President Donald Trump’s unilateral tariffs were struck down by the Supreme Court earlier this…
It was early in the morning on August 25, 2000. As Devin Bennett tells it, he put his 10-week-old son…
from the party-of-law-and-order dept Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Federal judges in the Western District of Washington had…
NA In my last post, I did a brief overview of the new lawsuit challenging Trump’s massive new Section 301…
What does it take to reveal a contradiction? In at least one case, it is a deformed raccoon sashaying across…