Reporters Without Borders warns press freedom has fallen to its lowest level since the group began publishing its annual World Press Freedom Index in 2002. The index has charted how press freedoms ...

Most Americans say democracy in the United States used to be a good example for other countries to follow but has not been in recent years.

The word “democracy” is almost sacrosanct in modern society, yet what advocates call “our democracy” is not what it claims to ...

The censorship epidemic can no longer hide behind the façade of well-intentioned parental concerns about protecting children.

Over 100 students rallied in White Plaza Friday afternoon to support academic freedom and free expression amid the Trump administration’s standoff with U.S. universities. The demonstration, titled ...

On a special episode (first released on May 7, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: As a bulwark against the flood of propaganda and misinformation coming from China and Russia, the United States Agency for ...

July 4, 2026 will mark the 250th anniversary of American Declaration of Independence from England and its king. We chose a different path against tyranny and oppression to pursue freedom and a better ...

Europe's reputation as a global sanctuary for the press masks a deteriorating internal reality. The murders of Daphne Caruana ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Growing up in the former Soviet Union, Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez’s father and grandparents would listen to Voice of America with their ears pressed to the radio, trying to catch words ...

The economic dangers of Britain's exit from the European Union are probably exaggerated. Britain is in a bit of trouble, since falling real estate prices might spark a recession there. But it seems ...

The U.S. ranks below 80 other countries in the 2024 Academic Freedom Index, scoring 0.68 out of 1.00. Over 600 university presidents released a statement defending academic freedom against government ...

This year’s Freedom Day, celebrated annually on April 27, marks thirty years of democracy under the theme “Freedom and the ...