Google, SpaceX, and Blue Origin Plan To Put AI in Space. Will It Produce Skynet or Untold Economic Abundance?
NIMBY opposition is forcing some Big Tech companies to consider locating their data centers in space.
Trump Moves Toward Federal Marijuana Reclassification
Plus: Universal childcare, Canada's abortion industry, the new media personality cults, and more...
Review: When the CIA Tried To Unlock Mind Control
Project Mind Control tells the story of the federal government's failed MKUltra program.
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The Real Villain in Minnesota's $1.5 Billion Fraud Scandal Isn't Somalis—It's the Feds
In America, we judge people according to the content of their character, not the behavior of a narrow minority of their coethnics.
CBP Agents Held This U.S. Citizen for Hours Until He Agreed To Let Them Search His Electronic Devices
A federal lawsuit argues that the agency's policy of perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
The Far Right Is Powered by Left-Wing Illiberalism and Hypocrisy
The left has to accept that it shares blame for our current political mess.
Want To Vacation In America? Trump Wants To See Your Social Media Posts First.
The move is bad for free speech and bad for American businesses that depend on tourism.
Congress Gives the Military $8 Billion More Than It Asked for
The version of the NDAA passed by the House is larger than the administration’s budget request.
Podcast
How Foreign Governments Police U.S. Speech
Sarah McLaughlin reveals how foreign governments pressure American universities through speech codes and satellite campuses, and examines the broader threat international authoritarianism poses to free expression.
A Divided Fed
Plus: Cocaine and mustard gas, U.S. seizes oil tanker, billionaires in the White House, and more...
A Judicial Solution for Presidential Overreach and Congressional Abdication
The Supreme Court should take a page from its own history.
These Researchers Are Turning Plastic Waste Into Fuel
Recent innovations could help address plastic pollution.
Federal Reserve Defers to Donald Trump by Cutting Interest Rates by 25 Points
The Federal Open Market Committee lowered the federal funds rate for the third meeting in a row despite elevated inflation.
The MAHA Administration Bails Out Big Seed Oil
The Trump administration continues a long tradition of subsidizing the things it tells Americans to eat less of.
The DOJ Says It Will Challenge Unconstitutional Gun Policies. Maybe It Should Stop Defending Them.
The Justice Department's litigation positions are at odds with its avowed intent to protect Second Amendment rights.
Trump Says China Didn't Buy Soybeans While Biden Was President. Here's What the Data Show.
American farmers exported more than 26 million metric tons of soybeans to China annually during Biden's term. Trump's deal with China would cover less than half that amount.
Trump Will Let Nvidia Sell Chips to China—but the Feds Will Get 25 Percent of the Profits
Why make the government a middleman in the chip war?
Massachusetts Church's 'ICE Was Here' Nativity Scene Is Protected Speech, Even if ICE Doesn't Like It
Rev. Stephen Josoma of St. Susanna Parish defended the message against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement.
How Foreign Governments Police U.S. Speech
Sarah McLaughlin reveals how foreign governments pressure American universities through speech codes and satellite campuses, and examines the broader threat international authoritarianism poses to free expression.
French Far-Right Politicians Want To Reopen Brothels as Sex-Worker Cooperatives
The current system, in which paying for sex is illegal, doesn't work, said Jean-Philippe Tanguy, a National Assembly member.
MAGA Asceticism
Plus: Social media surveillance from the CBP, SpaceX IPO, assisted dying in the Netherlands, and more...
Court Blocks Trump's Ban on Wind Power, but Other Anti-Renewable Policies Remain
Trump isn’t the first president to pick energy winners and losers, but he should be the last.
Survey: 91 Percent of College Students Think 'Words Can Be Violence.' That Could Feed Real Violence.
But there's a silver lining—sort of.
The 2025 Libertarian Gift Guide: 28 Great Ideas for Apocalypse Preppers, Boozers, Self-Improvers—and More
Panicked about holiday shopping? Reason staffers and contributors are here to save the day.
January 2026
Magazine
Republican Socialism
The Trump administration's pivot toward socialism did not come without warning.
