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 2025, the United Kingdom paid a record £1.5 billion ($2 billion) in “constraint payments” to keep wind farms from…
The Connecticut General Assembly Education Committee voted 26–20 to advance House Bill 5468, despite thousands of people speaking out against…
When may public libraries, and especially public school libraries, remove books based on their content? In Pico v. Bd. of…
From Iowa Safe Schools v. Reynolds, decided today by Eighth Circuit Judge Ralph Erickson, joined by Judges Lavenski Smith and…
From Iowa Safe Schools v. Reynolds, decided today by Eighth Circuit Judge Ralph Erickson, joined by Judges Lavenski Smith and…
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss President Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric around the war in Iran, including a…
First, some backstory from NBC News (Gary Grumbach & Dareh Gregorian): [Tina Marie] Peters was convicted of four felony and…
Since President Donald Trump announced his plan to replace the East Wing of the White House with an enormous ballroom…
“Oh, so you want kids to look at pornography?” That’s the absurd accusation often thrown at people who oppose age…
The court begins by pointing to a wide range of past behavior by Mr. Eaton:This opinion is the result of…
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! If you’re pregnant and about to give birth, maybe avoid hockey…
Today’s guest is Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.), a self-styled “progressive capitalist” who represents such major Silicon Valley cities as San…