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'This is war': Freedom Caucus chair explodes in late-night GOP meeting over his own 2022 gas tax tweet

A 9:15 p.m. meeting in Speaker Mike Johnson's office collapsed into shouting when a 2022 tweet surfaced. What set off the ...
Forbes

Academic Freedom Declined Globally Between 2012 And 2022—And Yes, In The U.S., Too—Experts Say

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 ...
Smith College

What Is Academic Freedom? Fundamental Debates and Reconsiderations

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 ...
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Florida, New Hampshire, And South Dakota Top Latest Economic Freedom Index

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 ...
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Arrests of journalists continued their decline in 2022, but 2020 still casts a shadow

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 ...
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Threats to press freedom in the U.S. persist, despite low numbers in 2022

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 ...
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California Proposition 1 Election Results: Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom

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 ...