Departments
2 Rand Paul, Racism, and Prison
The Tea Party is leading the way on criminal justice reform. Matt Welch
6 Contributors
9 Letters and Reaction
Are video games art?; sociology in Fantasia…
10 Citings Unconstitutional job security; Obamacare and the insured; the cost of sentencing; the IRS tries to squirm out of the law; war on the poor; states should decide…
44 Reason TV: Volunteer Medics on the Front Lines of the Drug War
Ambulance drivers in Guatemala see the costs of prohibition up close every day. Zach Weissmueller
Columns
16 Don't Put Meth Moms in Jail Tennessee's criminalization of drug use during pregnancy is bad law and bad science. Jacob Sullum
18 Young, Bummed, and in Debt The labor market looks bleak for millennials. Why aren't they angrier? Veronique de Rugy
20 Criminal Immigrants?
Americans believe newcomers-legal and illegal-are more likely to commit crimes. Research suggests the opposite is true. Ronald Bailey
62 Soylent Cuisine
The trendy new food substitute is made by people and for people-not of people. Greg Beato
Features
22 Generation Independent Millennials aren't listening to you. That's a good thing. Nick Gillespie and Emily Ekins
30 The Millennial Scramble
Political parties and activist groups are competing for a generation suddenly up for grabs. Robby Soave
36 Rise of the Hipster Capitalist
Selling out? For millennial butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers, that's the whole point. Elizabeth Nolan Brown
Culture & Reviews
46 Not Your Parents' Dystopias
Millennial fondness for worlds gone wrong. Amy H. Sturgis
Briefly Noted
48 Katherine Mangu-Ward on Victorino Matus' Vodka
Briefly Noted (cont.)
50 Ed Krayewski on the documentary Jodorowsky's Dune
52 Zenon Evans on the website ClickHole
54 Peter Suderman on Marvel Comics' Miracleman
56 Robby Soave on the TV show Orange Is the New Black
52 Generational Generalizations Gone Wrong How the guys who coined the word millennials missed the mark. Jesse Walker
Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation, by Neil Howe and William Strauss
55 It's the Presidency, Stupid
A conservative legal scholar's surprisingly convincing case against the Constitution. Gene Healy
The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America, by F.H. Buckley
60 The High Cost of Homemade Food
A new law handcuffs restaurants in France. Baylen Linnekin
64 Artifact: Farmers Market Marijuana
Los Angeles tries to shut down a new way for cannabis patients to shop. Scott Shackford
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