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.
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When I wrote regularly about police use-of-force issues for this newspaper, I encountered two types of officers: those admirable ones…
From J.W. v. T.S., decided Tuesday by Massachusetts Appeals Court Judges Justices Maureen Walsh, Robert Toone & Gloria Tan. The…
If sports is a trillion dollar industry, with billionaire team owners and millionaire players, and hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic…
From Flycatcher Corp. Ltd v. Affable Avenue LLC, decided yesterday by Judge Katherine Polk Failla (S.D.N.Y.): Mr. Feldman was not…
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On Wednesday, a federal judge in Oregon issued an order barring Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents from conducting warrantless…
President Donald Trump on Thursday did what few American presidents have ever done—issue explicit electoral endorsements to foreign candidates for…
The episode kicks off by unpacking this week’s Jeffrey Epstein witch hunt and why certain moral panics catch fire so…
From Nat’l Ass’n of Diversity Officers in Higher Ed. v. Trump, decided today by Fourth Circuit Chief Judge Albert Diaz,…
President Donald Trump was reelected, in large part, because voters trusted he would improve the economy. Now public confidence in…
When Donald Trump ran for president in 2024, he said he’d “restore law and order.” The White House is now…