Freedom of the press Archives

Why is Poland’s Law and Justice Party trying to rein in the judiciary?

Hubert Tworzecki and Radosław Markowski - July 26, 2017

Political science has a term for what unfolded in Poland

Kristine Eck and Christopher Fariss - February 24, 2017

[caption id="attachment_54636" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump and first lady Melania Trump

Marisa Kellam and Elizabeth Stein - February 16, 2017

President Donald Trump continues to wage his self-proclaimed “running war

Paul Kenny, Kirk Hawkins, and Saskia Ruth - August 18, 2016

A number of scholars have argued that Donald Trump is

John Entelis - January 19, 2016

[caption id="attachment_34521" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika casts his

Joshua Tucker - November 19, 2015

[caption id="attachment_32460" align="aligncenter" width="908"] President Obama speaks with Russian President

Erik Bleich - January 18, 2015

[caption id="attachment_20198" align="alignnone" width="982"] French comedian Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala (AP

Andrew Gelman - January 7, 2014

Okay, here's the background. The (deservedly) well respected Pew organization

Erik Voeten - December 10, 2010

It turns out that several of the countries that had

Erik Voeten - December 9, 2010

**Update**: See here for an "updated analysis":https://themonkeycage.org/2010/12/more_press_freedom_and_nobel_a.html. A few days