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.
The boy who cried we have a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz: We’ve done this over and over again,…
The U.S. government has made it illegal to pay Iran a toll to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. On…
The event is free, but you need to register at the event page. From the page: On June 2 at…
Why Epstein, But Not Jackson? We judge sex crimes according to archetype, not evidence. Read the full article here
From H.C. v. Contreras, decided yesterday by California Court of Appeal Justice Mark Snauffer, joined by Justices Bert Levy and…
In a normal, pre-Donald-Trump political world—you know, when pastors didn’t pray around golden statues of political leaders and presidents didn’t…
from the fighting-works dept It was just a week or so ago that we were talking about the absurd situation…
In January of 2025, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) promised to slash $2 trillion from the federal budget.…
I invited Professor Arthur Hellman, an emeritus professor at the University of Pittsburgh, to write a guest post on what…
In brief Former Ukrainian police officers allegedly kidnapped crypto entrepreneurs and extorted roughly $2.2 million through violence, intimidation, and fake…
The “subject judge” in the Eleventh Circuit attended a partisan event for a District Attorney. That would create a conflict…
In brief ICE and Hyperliquid are learning from each other’s models and operations, ICE CEO Jeffrey Sprecher said. Sprecher said…