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.
Since the Israel–Hamas war broke out in 2023, Gaza’s humanitarian crisis has become a focal point of international debate and…
On 22 August, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee named Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death by a black male on a…
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In 1984, a man in a grey suit sat across from a talk-show host and calmly declared that the United…
Distressing as the spite in American public life is today, it reflects something fundamental about how people want to be…
I. Scholastic Self-EsteemIn the early 1980s, motivational guru Jack Canfield and progressive California assemblyman John Vasconcellos forged a landmark alliance…
In the seven months since he was sworn in as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),…
The second I landed at Salt Lake City International, the first notification that popped up on my phone was a…
After decades of ruthless militancy and terrorism that culminated in the atrocities committed by Hamas on 7 October, a Palestinian…
In November 2024, shortly after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of…
In the 1982 film Blade Runner, a group of synthetic humans called replicants abandon their various posts off world and…
Last week, a Canadian academic named Florence Ashley became infamous for declaring that Charlie Kirk was a “Nazi,” and for…