“I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” — Voltaire (1694-1778) Holy Week was not a good week for personal liberty, as governments across the ...

Some years chip away at freedom. Others tear the mask off. 2025 was the year the government stopped pretending it was ...

Global online freedom declined for a fifth consecutive year as governments around the world stepped up surveillance and censorship efforts, a study showed Wednesday. The annual report by ...

“Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech.” — First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Here is a pop quiz: If the states ratified an amendment to the Constitution repealing the ...

Over the past 14 years, a war on the free press has been quietly escalating in the U.S. This brewing conflict is fueled by increased and unchecked government surveillance, a post-truth intolerance of ...

Americans today have the “freedom” to be fleeced, censored, wiretapped, injected, disarmed, detained, groped and maybe shot by government agents. Politicians are hell-bent on protecting citizens ...

Freedom from the English monarchy? To me, the Fourth is about freedom, period. When the Founders signed the Declaration of Independence, they put forth a radical idea: Rights don’t come from kings or ...

Violent drug cartels are not the only enemy of Latin America's press. May 19, 2012— -- One of the greatest threats to press freedom in Latin America comes in the form of shady criminal groups ...

VIENNA — The leader of Austria's Freedom Party received a mandate Monday to try to form a new government, which would be the first headed by the far right since World War II if he succeeds. The ...

In the early 1930s, Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek, then based at the London School of Economics, jotted off a memo to the school's director, William Beveridge. At the time, the Great Depression ...

“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.” — First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Here is a pop quiz: If the states ratified an amendment to the Constitution repealing the ...