Freedom IndexDebates
Debates showcases discussions and arguments around controversial issues in free speech and censorship. From academic debates to public discourse, this category highlights contrasting perspectives on where to draw the line between expression, safety, and regulation.
A review of Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock by Jonathan Gould;…
Zoe Booth speaks with Robert King, a psychology lecturer and researcher at University College Cork, whose work explores human sexual…
When the creative minds of science fiction got us thinking about how AI might be introduced to the world, along…
In 2016, a Portuguese-American athlete named Hannah Caldas participated in the female category of the “Monstar Games,” a large fitness…
To visit Paris’s medieval art museum, the Musée de Cluny, is to be overwhelmed by images of Christ lugging the…
Identities are not formed in a vacuum. They are shaped by the expectations of our communities. As a result, we…
Recent protests over the UK government’s plans to house asylum seekers in hotels—most prominently at the Bell Hotel in Epping,…
Introduction: Welcome to the Quillette Podcast. I’ll be your host this week, Iona Italia. My guest this week is Andrew…
In 1979, Donald Trump acquired the block of Fifth Avenue between East 56th and 57th Streets with a plan to…
A review of Joseph Stalin and the Art of Tyranny by William Nester; 272 pages; Frontline (August 2025)William F. Buckley once observed that,…
On 26 August, US presidential envoy Tom Barrack visited Lebanon for the fourth time in three months. Barrack’s trip was…
A review of The Hamas Intelligence War Against Israel by Netanel Flamer; 216 pages; Cambridge University Press (November 2024)Netanel Flamer’s…