While being a "freeman" originally meant a person who was not the property of a feudal lord, the definition changed over time ...

A few important reminders about the First Amendment’s protection of the right to free speech, given several recent uproars.

Michael Oren, the American-born historian, writer, and former Israeli diplomat, writes a Substack called Clarity, one of the ...

This article first appeared in Volume 54, Issue 2 of our print edition of Index on Censorship, titled Land of the Free?: Trump’s war on speech at home and abroad, published on 21 July 2025. Read more ...

Allowing engine manufacturers to manufacture V6s, V8s, V10s, or even V12s, under the F1 cost cap, begs the question, 'Why not ...

In 2024, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled to defend a pretty obvious idea about free speech: viz., that the government ...

The First Amendment is meant to protect freedom of speech for the nation's people and press. But this week, that protection was tested.

Strategic autonomy is a government taking responsibility and accountability for its actions—responsible to its voters, ...

Free speech is eroding in liberal democraciesGovernments push censorship via laws, finesEncryption, media, and academia under ...

The lawsuit — brought by the American Association of University Professors and the Middle East Studies Association — alleged ...

Harris’s memoir is weird because it’s stuck between the two. She does just enough to kind of annoy some people and some potential future allies but not enough to really feel like she’s telling us ...