Indicators of academic freedom declined for more than half the world’s population between 2012 and 2022, data from the updated Academic Freedom Index finds, including students and teachers living in ...

The U.S. slid one spot to No. 7 in the Economic Freedom of the World 2022 Annual Report, but Florida State University economics professor James Gwartney said the dip is more drastic than it looks. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. Economic freedom is vital for economic growth. If government ...

Michael Bérubé and Jennifer Ruth will discuss their new book, “It’s Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy and the Future of Academic Freedom.” The protests of summer 2020, which were ignited by the murder ...

This is the third installment of our newsletter series analyzing U.S. press freedom violations in 2022. You can find links to all four parts in this blog post. Last year, the number of reporters ...

2022, you could say, was a return to normal. At least what was considered normal before the peak in 2020. Jeff German, a veteran investigative reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, was stabbed to ...

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., speaks during a House Freedom Caucus news conference outside the Capitol in Washington in February 2022. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) The 118th Congress ...

Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia, a Democrat, won a runoff election to defeat Herschel Walker, a Trump-backed Republican and former football star. Democrats Win 51 Seats Democrats will gain a seat ...