How two competing definitions of "freedom" evolved over the last 250 years—and why they remain largely unreconcilable ...

The good news is that the first 20 years of the millennium saw overall increases in economic freedom around the world—with continuous improvement through the second decade. The bad news is that not ...

Economic freedom is a vital component of a prosperous society. Defined as the ability to make economic decisions without undue government influence, people in free societies can work, transact, and ...

The facts are clear: Democracy is backsliding around the world. In 2024, more than 40 percent of the global population was affected by declines in freedom, according to Freedom House. On the other ...

The first months of the new Trump Administration have laid bare the web of government technocrats and NGO activists and their public funding. It has never been easier to disregard the narratives these ...

CHICAGO – 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 ...

FILE - This is the Voice of America building in Washington, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) CHICAGO (AP) — Growing up in the former Soviet Union, Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez’s father and ...