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 years, the federal government has been amassing DNA profiles of noncitizens. But recently released Customs and Border Protection (CBP)…
Walter Olson Yesterday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order laying out plans to use law enforcement and regulation to…
If you’re the betting type, you might as well put everything you’ve got on One Battle After Another to win…
Jai Kedia The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met last week and decided to lower the target for the federal…
TikTok deal signed: A coalition of investors from Oracle, MGX, and Silver Lake has agreed to buy TikTok and run an…
Jeffrey Miron On September 19, President Trump signed an executive order adding a $100,000 fee to applications for H‑1B visas, which…
Like all authoritarian movements, MAGA likes to display “shock and awe” to arouse its supporters and intimidate its opponents. Why…
9/26/1986: Chief Justice Warren Burger resigns. Chief Justice Warren BurgerThe post Today in Supreme Court History: September 26, 1986 appeared…
Critiques of technology often downplay, deny, or ignore the advantages that tech firms offer to their users. Take Mood Machine, Liz…
A jury in Riverside County, California, has convicted former sheriff’s deputy Oscar Rodriguez of voluntary manslaughter for killing Luis Carlos…
Tough it out, ladies: “Don’t take Tylenol,” President Donald Trump told America’s pregnant women yesterday. “Don’t take it. Fight like hell…
As policymakers aim to reduce opioid prescribing for the 14th year in a row, they are promoting a search for…