Freedom IndexPolitics
Politics investigates how governments, parties, and policymakers shape the landscape of free speech and censorship. From campaign regulations to state restrictions, this category examines the role of politics in defining the boundaries of expression and democratic debate.
Essilor’s new Stellest lenses—approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September 2025—promise to slow nearsightedness in children. They…
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has finalized rules requiring natural gas utilities to significantly reduce carbon emissions from homes and…
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Talk is cheap—but Polymarket lets you put your money where your mouth is. Nearly four years after being shut down…
As regular readers know, I do not use the internet on Shabbat. From sundown on Friday until an hour after…
The U.S. military captured the Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during an operation carried out early…
Nicolas Maduro. (Rayner Pena/EPA/Newscom) Last night, US forces launched strikes on Venezuela and seized that country’s dictator Nicolas Maduro, bringing…
Yesterday, Civitas Outlook published my column on the lawfulness of the Trump Administration’s drug boat strikes. Depending on your view, that…
This isn’t my field, so I can’t offer any independent judgment on it—but it is Goldsmith’s, and I generally think…
The U.S. military strikes that targeted Venezuela on Saturday morning and the subsequent capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and…
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Since August 11, President Donald Trump’s “Safe and Beautiful” plan has pulled more than 2,000 National Guard troops into Washington,…