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.
Trump v. Illinois is the kind of Supreme Court opinion written for the headlines. For example, the New York Times blared “Supreme Court…
People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation Lab poll says, “College students prefer socialism to capitalism.” Why? Because they believe absurd…
Nearly four decades ago, Francis Young, chief administrative law judge at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), concluded that marijuana did…
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. Given the holiday slowdown in the news and general merriment…
CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss intervened to prevent 60 Minutes from airing a segment on the notorious CECOT prison…
NA Over the last two days, there has been a massive wave of resignations and departures of scholars and staff…
The New York Attorney General field suit against Russ Vought, asserting that he has effectively shuttered the Consumer Finance Protection…
From plaintiff’s pro se filing in Afrasiabi v. Morgan, quoting a comment by commenter ReaderY to the post “Spy” vs. “Spy” (+…
In September 2021, Albuquerque police officer Timothy McCarson arrested an intoxicated driver who had been hospitalized after he was injured…
South African apartheid sign. (NA) In an insightful recent post, economist Tarnell Brown explains why the economic effects of immigration…
A simple story has taken hold in American politics: Big Tech is consuming vast amounts of electricity to power artificial…
Free-range parents may remember 2025 as the year that proved just how hard it still is to give kids any…