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Libertarian and Police Accountability Pages Deleted in Facebook Purge

Hundreds of pages and accounts have been purged over accusations that they were "inauthentic." The page operators disagree.

Scott Shackford | 10.12.2018
California Adopts a Mixed Bag of Food Laws

The same day he lightly deregulated home cook, Gov. Jerry Brown signed an awful law targeting groups that feed people in need

Baylen Linnekin | 10.13.2018
Freeborn Frank Turner

The British musician brings a libertarian sensibility to his new folk-punk album.

Nick Gillespie | 10.13.2018
Pew Map Shows One Reason a National $15 Minimum Wage Won't Work

The value of $15 varies greatly across the country and even within the same states.

Joe Setyon | 10.12.2018
Donald Trump Defends Medicare, a Socialist Program, from the Threat of Socialism

In a new op-ed attacking single-payer, Trump inadvertently reveals that he's in favor of socialism—as long as it's for his supporters.

Peter Suderman | 10.12.2018
Jail Time Stripped Out of Nation's Most Controversial Straw Ban

Santa Barbara's new proposal would fine repeat violators up to $250 for handing out prohibited plastic straws and stirrers.

Christian Britschgi | 10.12.2018
FDA Threatens E-Cigarette Companies With Product Removal

It's just the latest development in the FDA's war on vaping.

Joe Setyon | 10.12.2018
San Francisco Is About to Let Electric Scooters Back the Streets. But One Scooter Company Isn't Happy.

Scooter giant Lime claims the city's permitting process was biased and arbitrary.

Christian Britschgi | 10.12.2018
Jamie Lee Curtis: "I Fully Support the Second Amendment."

After being trolled by Fox News, the Halloween actress ends up echoing Reagan when it comes to waiting periods and assault-weapon bans.

Nick Gillespie | 10.11.2018
There’s Nothing Charming About This Charmed Reboot

Nathan Fillion, however, brings his easy-going charisma to The Rookie.

Glenn Garvin | 10.12.2018
'An Almond Doesn't Lactate'

The coming war over nut milks

Mike Riggs | 10.12.2018

Strip Club Staffers Arrested With Stormy Daniels Sue, Claiming Cops Lied As Republican Retaliation

Police initially said the arrests were part of "a long-term investigation into...human trafficking" and prostitution.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.11.2018
How Big of a Deal Is an Extra Half Degree of Global Warming?

New report declares world must be off fossil fuels entirely by 2050.

Ronald Bailey | 10.11.2018
Study: 80% of Americans Believe Political Correctness Is a Problem

"Most members of the ‘exhausted majority,’ and then some, dislike political correctness."

Robby Soave | 10.11.2018
State AGs in Michael's Path Agree to Stop the Flow of Needed Goods

Price gouging is not the evil many officials make it out to be.

Joe Setyon | 10.11.2018

Hillary Clinton Says Democrats Can't Be Civil Until They're Back in Power

According to the former Democratic presidential nominee, "you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for."

Jacob Sullum | 10.11.2018
The Supreme Court Will Hear Two Big Criminal Justice Cases Later This Year

The Court could strike a major blow for civil asset forfeiture reforms in the states and finally do away with an awful double jeopardy loophole.

Eric Boehm | 10.11.2018
Washington State Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Penalty

According to the court, "The death penalty is invalid because it is imposed in an arbitrary and racially biased manner."

C.J. Ciaramella | 10.11.2018
Publicly Traded Companies Are Still Private Property

No matter what California legislators or Elizabeth Warren think.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.11.2018
Think Your State Is Fiscally Sound? Think Again

It’s time to find out how deep in the red our country is.

Veronique de Rugy | 10.11.2018
Tom Woods: The Making of an Anti-War Libertarian

Matt Welch, Mark McDaniel & Todd Krainin | 10.10.2018
Socialism Destroys

Increased government control wrecks economies and ruins lives.

John Stossel | 10.10.2018
Gorsuch and Sotomayor Fault Congress for Giving 'a Blank Check to the Attorney General'

SCOTUS weighs congressional power, criminal law, and the non-delegation doctrine in Gundy v. U.S.

Damon Root | 10.09.2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'Eliminate' Electoral College, It 'Undermines' Democracy

The socialist candidate fails to grapple with why we have the Electoral College in the first place.

Joe Setyon | 10.08.2018
U.S. Prisons Held At Lest 61,000 Inmates in Solitary Confinement Last Year

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: “Keeping prisoners in ‘near-total isolation’ from the living world [...] comes perilously close to a penal tomb.”

C.J. Ciaramella | 10.10.2018
Desperate to Keep His Seat, Ted Cruz Gets Dumber and Dumber on Criminal Justice

The Texas senator's authoritarian attacks on Beto O'Rourke short-circuit rational discussion of police shootings, drug policy, and sentencing reform.

Jacob Sullum | 10.10.2018
Fearmongering Article Falsely Claims 'Halloween Is Christmas for Sex Offenders'

"Pushing for new laws aimed at keeping kids ‘safe’ from ‘sex offenders’ on Halloween is nonsense."

Lenore Skenazy | 10.09.2018
Stossel: Socialism Fails Every Time

People who fled Cuba and Venezuela warn Americans not to embrace socialism.

John Stossel & Maxim Lott | 10.09.2018
Libertarian Party Chair: 'The two old parties cheat with both hands. Always have, always will'

Nicholas Sarwark, who's also running for mayor of Phoenix, explains how Democrats and Republicans write their own rules when it comes to political competition.

Matt Welch | 10.10.2018
Child Separation Policy at Border Led to Procedural, Personal Chaos, Says Inspector General Report

Children imprisoned longer than legal limit, resources directed away from actual border security, misleading statements about databases all surround the "zero tolerance" border policy

Brian Doherty | 10.10.2018
Why the Executive Branch Shouldn’t Legislate

Progressives appreciate the separation of powers—up to a point.

Jacob Sullum | 10.10.2018
Pennsylvania's Libertarian Senate Candidate Gets Invited, Then Snubbed From Televised Debate

Green Party candidate also left out of debate that will include only two of the four candidates on the ballot.

Eric Boehm | 10.09.2018
Rand Paul Says He'll Try to Block Saudi Arms Sales Over Khashoggi Disappearance

Paul has long opposed U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

Brian Doherty | 10.09.2018
Trump Isn’t a Self-Made Man. His Wealth Is the Product of Years of Government Subsidies.

The family real-estate business was powered by subsidies and cheap government-backed loans.

Peter Suderman | 10.08.2018
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Free Speech Warrior?

The former president of Iran, who once banned Twitter, discovers the joys of social media.

Matthew Petti | 10.09.2018
Taylor Swift and Kanye West Divide American Politics Again

Imma let you finish, but the Tay and Ye beef is the best political lesson of all time.

Zuri Davis | 10.08.2018

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