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.
There are moments when geopolitical machinations reveal a government’s underlying character. The suggestion that the United States might purchase, annex,…
Video essay written and narrated by Iona Italia.Tasmania occupies an ambiguous place in the Australian imagination. Often treated as an…
In 2022, the UK government-funded Scottish Book Trust demanded that all 600 writers listed in its Live Literature directory—the primary…
A review of Taking Religion Seriously by Charles Murray, 185 pages, Encounter Books (October 2025)In his book Believe, published last…
Four years ago, I explained to Quillette readers why I am “Against Land Acknowledgements.” As most will know, these are…
Xi Jinping purges a million officials a year. China’s president finds corruption wherever he looks for it, like a Grand…
It’s a scenario that students of history will find familiar. Greenland’s strategic importance becomes front-page news. Statesmen demand access to…
Video based on an essay written by law lecturer Guy Baldwin and narrated by Quillette’s Zoe Booth.In late 2025, Alaa…
It has now been a month since Australia’s under‑16 social media ban—officially known as the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media…
Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life: Jenkins, Tiffany: 9781529034165: Amazon.com: BooksStrangers and Intimates: The Rise and…
As fragmentary reports of mass killings trickle out of Iran, it is difficult to absorb the alleged scale and speed…
I grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles, and as I became aware of the city’s politics, I learned…