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.
For 30 years, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has protected online speech, shielding platforms from liability for content…
Collateral Damage, a new podcast at The Intercept hosted by criminal justice reporter Radley Balko, examines “the half-century-long war on drugs, its…
Police Scotland refused to release crime data requested by the Scottish Daily Express through a Freedom of Information request. The…
You’re probably tired of hearing about the U.S. government’s looming debt crisis, because it’s a continuing backdrop to political conversations…
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R–Okla.) might have been expecting to sail through the Senate and ultimately be confirmed as outgoing Secretary…
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court granted an emergency stay in the Staten Island redistricting case, Malliotakis v. Kosinski. The per…
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised that by April, the federal government…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently warned New Yorkers that they have “for too long been misled and misinformed…
Cesar Chavez is not a person I knew a lot about. I am generally familiar with his leadership of migrant…
The 3D-printed gun movement has survived the downfall of its charismatic founder, a major defeat at the Supreme Court, and…
I am deeply saddened by the loss of my friend and colleague, Jack Park. I pass along this remembrance from…
An interesting story from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Candace Maracle); a brief excerpt (though the whole story is worth reading):…