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.
I have described the Voting Rights Act as asymmetrical. As a practical matter, the law provides a bonus to Democrats,…
In 1980, America’s publicly held debt reached more than $712 billion (about $2.8 trillion in 2025 dollars), or roughly 25…
On October 15, Juan Barbosa Gomez and his wife arrived at Columbia Park in North Portland for their routine walk,…
As of Wednesday, President Donald Trump had ordered 14 military attacks on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and off…
Nick Fuentes is a right-wing podcaster and provocateur who harbors antisemitic, racist, and explicitly white nationalist views. He has claimed…
Way back in 2014, I wrote about a very special clerk tree. A young John Roberts clerked for Chief Justice…
Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity, by Paul Kingsnorth, Thesis, 368 pages, $32 Since about 1970, infant mortality…
Last month, Tennessee authorities arrested a man for posting a Facebook meme, a clear violation of his First Amendment rights,…
New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani says City Hall needs to get into the grocery business because New Yorkers…
Galdos-Shapiro, a school teacher in Great Barrington (Mass.), was questioned and briefly detained in her classroom by the police over…
Dissent at the Fed meeting: For the second time this year, the Federal Reserve Board cut interest rates by a…
Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by Pablo José Hernández, the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico.…