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.
In 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, causing an 11-month blackout in some parts of the island. In the years…
There are moments when history reaches across the centuries with startling clarity. Standing in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, Italy,…
ASPEN, Colo.—The senior U.S. officials who coordinated and enforced the response to 9/11 have long since left government. But the…
It’s Sunday. You want to go into town to run errands and perhaps see your friends at a bar, but…
On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled in favor of Ausencio Martinez, finding that Illinois…
“I’m supposed to work out a settlement with myself,” President Donald Trump told reporters a few days after he sued…
In a heartbreaking loss for transgender youth and their families, the Supreme Court upheld two laws in Idaho and West…
Ask historians or laymen to name the most blatantly corrupt pardon over the first 230 years or so of American…
It’s over for Graham Platner. Maine’s Democratic Senate candidate is officially dropping out of the race, which will give the…
Lines at Rhode Island grocery stores are about to get a whole lot longer. In late June, Rhode Island became…
It all started with a fight. Dominique Jenkins-Millage, 29, saw the person who killed his cousin while they were both…
Gas what? Something you eventually learn when you write about American politics for the better part of two decades is…