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 most countries, gang wars unfold in the shadows. Police collect the bodies, prosecutors hold press conferences, and anyone who…
Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state in 1959. The experience of the Hawaiian people was very, very different from…
Illustration: Lex Villena; Joe Sohm A recent Echelon Insights poll finds that the “free market economy” is more popular than…
Earlier this year, a human rights tribunal ordered a former school trustee in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Barry…
Pkchai | Dreamstime.com The Trump administration recently adopted new, gratuitously restrictive, rules constraining foreign students at US universities. My Cato…
A review of The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life after AI by Cory Doctorow; 240 pages; Verso (June 2026)In late…
Will Lester/ZUMA Press/Newscom Much of the eastern United States has recently been affected by smoke originating from massive wildfires in…
This Week in 2016 As UK Piracy Falls To Record Lows, Government Still Wants To Put Pirates In Jail For…
For the first time, OpenAI isn’t shipping one model with thinking dials. GPT-5.6 comes as three genuinely separate LLMs—Sol, Terra,…
7/17/1862: Congress enacts the Confiscation Act, which empowers the government to seize the property of the rebels. The Supreme Court…
Give the world’s control freaks credit where it’s due: No matter how creepy their proposals are, there’s always another nanny…
Across the country, progressive politicians continue to push for an ever-higher minimum wage. Whether it’s New York City’s Mamdani-led pursuit of $30…