Let's Stop Talking About Free Speech and Start Defending It
Don't lock down expression along with so much else of American society.
The Federal Government Spent Nearly $3 Trillion on Coronavirus Relief. Oversight Has Been a Mess.
Members of Congress may have benefited from small business funds, and government watchdogs are warning that the program appears susceptible to fraud.
- Give Individuals and Small Businesses a Government-Backed Line of Credit
- Disaster Relief for Small Businesses Is a Disaster All Its Own
- Trump Administration Says Identities of Coronavirus Stimulus Loan Recipients Are 'Confidential'
- Coronavirus Stimulus Has Cost $3.6 Trillion, but Oversight Is Still Severely Lacking
- The Coronavirus Stimulus Is Full of Wasteful Spending
The Washington Post's Halloween Costume Hit Job Is a New Low for Cancel Culture
There was absolutely no reason to run this.
Chicago Mayor Introduces Major Reforms to Punitive Vehicle Impound Program
Reason showed how Chicago's impound program traps innocent owners in thousands of dollars of debt in 2018.
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Juneteenth, America's Other Independence Day, Is the Holiday We Need Right Now
Frederick Douglass: "There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour."
Bolton: Trump's Tough-on-China Stance Was a Campaign Strategy, Not a Trade Policy
In a new book, former White House national security advisor John Bolton says Trump's trade deal negotiations with Chinese President Xi Jinping "commingled the personal and the national."
John Bolton Is Still Mad That Donald Trump Wouldn't Let Him Bomb Iran
Plus: A majority of Americans support policing reforms, say goodbye to Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben, and more....
Will Latin American Civil Rights Be a Casualty of Coronavirus?
Protesters in many countries may find themselves facing down state forces with extralegal powers and a muzzled press.
Business Licensing Makes It Too Easy for Politicians To Punish People They Don't Like
Making a living is a right, not a privilege, and should be respected as such.
New Louisiana Law Will Let Doctors Decide When Marijuana Is Right for Their Patients
While there are still numerous barriers to access in Louisiana's medical marijuana system, a specific list of "qualifying conditions" will no longer be one of them.
What Do Recent COVID-19 Trends Tell Us About the Merits of Lockdowns?
New infections are down nationwide but rising in some places as people rebel against government-recommended precautions.
NYPD Cops Claimed Shake Shack Employees Put Bleach in Their Milkshakes. An NYPD Investigation Found Otherwise
Cops have a long history of thinking fast food workers are out to get them.
A Legal Victory on DACA Will Be Terrible Political News for Trump
Trump is caught in a trap of his own making.
The Justice Department Is Trying To Stop the Publication of John Bolton's White House Tell-All
They’re not likely to succeed, but the real goal is to seize any money he makes.
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Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal on Left-Wing Cancel Culture
The heterodox hosts of the popular Blocked and Reported podcast talk about surviving internet outrage, the roots of speech repression, and the power of direct financial support from fans.
Senate Republicans Have Introduced Their Own Police Reform Bill
The bill would incentivize police to ban chokeholds and create a national use-of-force database.
California Lawmakers Seek To Reinstate Affirmative Action by Repealing Proposition 209
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 is now in the hands of the state Senate.
Landlords Are Suing To Overturn State Eviction Moratoriums. State Legislators Want To Extend and Expand Them.
What started as a largely uncontroversial emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic has now become subject of intense legal and policy battles.
What Is Dexamethasone? A Potentially Life-Saving Treatment for Seriously Ill COVID-19 Patients
Plus: The U.S. Supreme Court stops an execution at the last minute, a senator argues that you shouldn't get HBO GO for free, and more...
Racially Skewed Policing Is Not a Statistical Mirage
One need not believe every cop is a bigot to recognize that the problem goes beyond a few "bad apples."
Treating All Neck Restraints As Deadly Force Would Help Curtail Police Brutality
That uniform rule is different from the policies favored by Donald Trump and House Democrats.
Supreme Court's LGBT Discrimination Decision Revives Interest in the Federal Equality Act
The Equality Act would significantly expand government power and it also threatens religious freedom.
The FDA Just Approved the First Video Game for Prescription Use
It’s a new era of digital therapeutics—and a reminder of how burdensome the federal regulatory process is.
Conservative Intellectuals Took a Calculated Risk on Trump and Won, but It Has Become a Pyrrhic Victory
Donald Trump didn't start the protests, but the fires he's stoking will scorch the nation and discredit the conservative movement.
'Without Police, There Is Chaos': Trump Signs Police Reform Executive Order
It does not touch qualified immunity or police unions.
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Alone Together in the Pandemic
How we lost our social spaces and how we found them again