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This obscure area of the law, in which the state essentially determines that an adult should be treated like a child, sometimes involuntarily, exerts enormous power over the people who find themselves in the system.
It's been a year since Jan Garwood, a 72-year-old central Florida woman, won her freedom back and started trying to...
Elizabeth Warren's student debt plan isn't helping the little guy—she's helping the folks already on top stay that way.
Slow, confusing and riddled with what-the-hell moments, it moves at the pace of a snail. And then, the snail gets a shot of crystal meth.
If you can get past the first few plodding, confusing hours, entertainment awaits.
A teenager accused of sexual assault asked to call his attorney but police denied him the opportunity.
A recent court decision has reinvigorated the debate around just how specific the accused has to be in asking to speak with an attorney.
In the new Reason Interview podcast, Editor in Chief Katherine Mangu-Ward speaks with Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales about politicians pushing for more control of online content.
Wikipedia, "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," went from being a weird online experiment 21 years ago to one...
After five years of everybody calling everything "Russian disinformation," a new board is being set up to police it. What could go wrong?
The board's head says she is dedicated to "protecting free speech," but she has also expressed direct opposition to "free speech absolutists."
The longer Congress waits to deal with it, the bigger the problem becomes.
Getting a handle on America's massive and growing national debt will only be more difficult if lawmakers keep postponing the...
The inspiration for the textbook was Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her textbook "Constitutional Aspects of Sex Discrimination."
Regulation, Rights, and Policy
Putin has not just destroyed the international order and tens of thousands of lives, he has also damaged one of the most sacred classical liberal beliefs: Trade fosters peace.
‘Peace through commerce’ didn’t prevent war in Ukraine, but that doesn’t mean the theory is invalid.
The "free for all" to which fans of regulated speech object means freedom for them as much as for everybody else. They may come to miss it as much as the rest of us.
It's easy to overstate, but attitudes towards freedom of action differ in the United States and the European Union. Americans...
"This vote asked President Biden to violate the 4th Amendment, seize private property, and determine where it would go – all without due process." — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The bill asks Biden "to violate the 4th Amendment," says congresswoman. An unlikely coalition of congressional Democrats and Republicans joined...
It's safer for everyone's liberties if both parties stayed within the guardrails.
Officials in overwhelmingly Democratic California have long used state power to torment businesses they don't like for a variety of...
This Republican primary season will truly reveal the reach and staying power of Trump's election grievances.
David Perdue cut straight to the chase. "First off, let me be very clear tonight: The election in 2020 was...
Tucked away in the congressional justification of Biden's budget request for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a proposed 10-year, $35 billion Housing Supply Fund, with $10 billion of that dedicated to grants to "reduce affordable housing barriers."
Two years into his administration, President Joe Biden has thus far failed to eliminate "the suburban lifestyle dream"—something former President...
Politicians working hard to keep the status quo? Surprise, surprise.
Politicians who benefit from divisive election politics resist reforms that threaten the status quo.
The answer for students who feel unwelcome or underserved where they are is to expand the schooling market.
In addition to condescending assumptions, the FDA is displaying remarkable shortsightedness regarding the practical impact of its policy on the community it supposedly is trying to help.
Supporters of the ban on menthol cigarettes that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed today say it is "a...
Wikipedia, "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," went from being a weird online experiment 21 years ago to one of the mainstays of the modern internet with astonishing speed. Even more astonishing, it has maintained its reputation and functionality since its founding, even as the rest of the social internet seems hellbent on tearing itself apart.
This episode between the state of Florida and Disney should serve as a warning for companies angling to score special privileges from government. Governments give arbitrarily and unfairly, and they take back with equal arbitrariness and unfairness.
The state has 1,288 independent special districts. But we aren't hearing significant GOP complaints about anyone's but Disney's.
The Pharmacy Access Act is a reasonable step forward in allowing women more autonomy over their medical choices. Birth control pills have been proven safe and effective.
A South Carolina bill that would allow women to access birth control pills without a doctor's prescription is running out...
In the name of helping "working people," Elizabeth Warren wants Joe Biden to deliver a massive, illegal handout to the well-off.
Student debt cancellation would disproportionately benefit college degree holders with higher earnings.
The Biden administration and FDA are intent on pursuing the failed prohibitionist policy of the past.
Here are some of the common questions about banning menthol cigarettes, the supposed evidence in support of a menthol cigarette ban, and a ban's possible consequences on public health and minority communities.
What's next for the concept of free cities?
Honduras had been a pioneer in experimenting with what were called ZEDEs—"Zones for Employment and Economic Development" in English translation....
Delrico Peoples was charged with murder in 2019. This week, cops found the suspected murder weapon. It had been in their possession for years already and belonged to another man.
Plus: Judge rejects partisan gerrymander in New York, student loan debt debate heats up again, and more...
Government should get out of the way and let the private sector make its own coins.
Congress should stop preventing the private sector from making its own coins.
"Attacking the messenger instead of responding to the accusations is a classic reaction by authoritarian leaders such as Nayib Bukele," a human rights investigator tells Reason.
President Nayib Bukele extends “state of emergency” for El Salvador—allowing the police to continue to mass arrest people for little, if any, reason.
🎧 On the new Reason Interview podcast: Aella is a former factory worker who never graduated college and became one of the most successful performers on OnlyFans, sometimes taking home over $100,000 a month on the platform.
Meet Aella, the daughter of evangelical Christians from Idaho who were so poor they couldn't always put food on the table....
FDA and its allies claim menthol cigarettes are harder to quit, particularly for African Americans. It's one of the agency's central arguments for prohibition—it's also wrong, a new study suggests.
Just in time for the Food and Drug Administration's expected announcement of a formal rule to ban menthol cigarettes, a...
She was so obsessed with the idea there are predators everywhere that she literally couldn't accept reality when confronted by it.
"The suspect then intervened, deployed pepper spray and sprayed the victim, before fleeing the scene on foot," according to the police.
"One of the most embarrassing things I've ever seen," one council member said.
There is some confusion over what the response should be, but there is broad agreement that the officer acted inappropriately.
All Musk did was offer some entirely valid criticism.
The Washington Post has accused billionaire Elon Musk, who is set to acquire Twitter for $44 billion, of "targeting" the company's...
That's more than twice the number of reported cases.
The estimate implies an overall infection fatality rate of about 0.5 percent, although that number should be viewed with caution.
New York City public K-12 enrollment is down 9.5% in two years; meanwhile Florida's two biggest districts have gained students.
The kids never came back to big-city public schools, and now districts face budgetary "Armageddon."
Reid wasn't the only one hinting that Musk has racist motivations. Discredited Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King said Musk's actions were "about white power" and that he "was raised in Apartheid by a white nationalist."
On Tuesday night, MSNBC anchor Joy Reid implied that SpaceX/Tesla founder Elon Musk, who's in the process of purchasing Twitter,...
A major lesson of the pandemic is that science is "not a priesthood."
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