Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“This month, three democracy-tracking organizations released analyses of the state of political, press, and personal freedoms around the world. The title of one report, ‘The Growing Shadow of Autocracy,’ sums up a shared view about backsliding on all these fronts. Yet the data and perspectives also reveal progress – especially in the enduring and widespread appeal of democratic ideals and values. Looking back at 2025, the Sweden-based Variety of Democracies Institute, known as V-Dem, counts 44 countries worldwide that it says are ‘autocratizing,’ including the United States. In particular for the U.S., V-Dem cites recent ‘attacks on the press, academia, civil liberties, and dissenting voices.’ On the other hand, the Dartmouth College-based Bright Line Watch finds that declining views of American democracy from earlier in 2025 have ‘largely stabilized’, and public opinion now shows ‘mild optimism.'” (03/25/26)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0325/Defending-and-demanding-democracy
Source: Politico
“An Amsterdam court on Thursday ordered Elon Musk’s Grok to stop generating non-consensual nude pictures and child sexual abuse material. The company xAI, which owns the artificial intelligence chatbot, is ordered to pay damages of €100,000 per day for each day it fails to comply, up to a maximum of €10 million. … The platform took steps to restrict features in January after Grok was found to be generating [fake] pictures of real people in bikinis or nude. Estimates have said that around 3 million pictures were generated in 11 days.” (03/26/26)
https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-grok-x-ban-generative-pictures-penalties
Source: Center for a Stateless Society
“Aaron Ross Powell on Libertarianism and Buddhism.” (03/26/26)
https://mutualexchangeradio.libsyn.com/aaron-ross-powell-on-libertarianism-and-buddhism
Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave gives his radar on Elon Musk and X weighing the idea of reducing the influence of foreign accounts pretending to be American.” (03/26/26)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/5792911-rising-march-26-2026/
Source: Isonomia Quarterly
by Jens Norby
“It is reasonable to imagine a wave of unease washing over the members of the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on 18 March 1919. The council had just rushed through the passing of what would be known as the Rowlatt Act, named after the chair of its producing committee, which extended the wartime powers of the police to make use of normally extra-judicial measures to curb civil unrest. Indian soldiers played a decisive role in the British imperial forces, and there was a widespread expectation that India ought to become more self-governing as part of the settlement in the postwar period. However …” (03/26/26)
https://isonomiamag.substack.com/p/india-the-jigsaw-piece-that-didnt
Source: Law & Liberty
by Michael Lucchese
“Hereditary aristocrats may seem alien to Americans, but their removal from the House of Lords marks a sad moment for constitutionalism.” (03/26/26)
https://lawliberty.org/an-american-view-of-britains-constitutional-tragedy/
Source: KATU 2 News
“An appeals court has paused lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal officers’ use of tear gas during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland. A three-judge panel at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump administration’s request for temporary administrative stays in two cases on Wednesday. The 2-1 decision came from two judges appointed by President Donald Trump, with the dissenting judge appointed by former President Joe Biden. One of the lawsuits was filed by the ACLU of Oregon on behalf of protesters and freelance journalists, while the other was brought by residents of an affordable housing complex across from the Portland ICE building. The lawsuits argue that federal officers’ use of chemical and projectile munitions has violated the rights of protesters and residents.” (03/26/26)
https://katu.com/news/local/appeals-court-pauses-orders-restricting-officers-use-of-tear-gas-at-portland-ice-building-trump-administration-fascism-antifa-local-protests-immigration-oregon-sanctuary-state
Source: The Anarchist Experience
“Rich & Riley discuss which propaganda to believe when hearing news of the Iran War, the Jones plantation and other allegories, and the Troll who couldn’t keep his mouth shut.” (03/26/26)
https://theanarchistexperience.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/the-anarchist-experience-573/
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Showdown: Will Trump Put Troops On The Ground?” (03/26/26)
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RJjpzalyooKw
Source: Freedom and Flourishing
by Winton Bates
“My main qualification for talking about personal identity is that I have been around for long enough to have thought quite a lot about my own identity. I hope that what I have to say will interest other people. In any case, writing this podcast script should also help me to remember what I have learned about myself. Rather than meander through the circuitous history of my thinking, I will focus here on what I now consider to be a sensible approach to the topic. I will begin by discussing the most superficial aspects of personal identity and will end up considering whether your identity would be retained if your consciousness was uploaded into a machine.” (03/26/26)
https://www.freedomandflourishing.com/2026/03/who-are-you.html
