Freedom House is probably the most relevant watchdog/measuring organization I can think of for the general case of "equality, liberty and justice" that this art

Freedom House is probably the most relevant watchdog/measuring organization I can think of for the general case of "equality, liberty and justice" that this article's author was handwaving about. They try to assess the state of several different types of freedom in every country around the world and produce a complete index. Their view is that the world has been getting less free for about ten years now. Many other organizations monitor and rank countries by their degrees of various kinds of freedom - for instance Reporters Without Borders ranks countries based on press freedom and the Heritage Foundation ranks them based on economic freedom - the general character of the assessments of these organizations is that the world is getting less free, not more.