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Ruben Gallego's Plan To Save America's Middle Class: Higher Taxes and More Unions
The senator wants to “triple union density by 2035” and pay for a host of social welfare programs with new taxes on data centers and AI companies.
A Survey of Crime Experts Deflates the 'Trump Effect' That Supposedly Reduced Homicides
The respondents did not think much of the policies that the president says produced "the largest drop in violent crime in American history."
Live Reason Roundtable 10th Anniversary Show!
Join Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch as they celebrate a decade of the show with a special live taping.
Is Our Age of Mass Incarceration Collapsing?
Researchers say low crime rates by Gen Zers and millennials could keep driving down the prison population for the next two decades.
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Why Trillionaires Will Be Good for America
The problem isn't how rich someone is. It's how they got it.
The Biggest Expansion of School Choice Yet Is Coming in January
Starting next year, a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,700 will fund K–12 scholarships. Thirty states have opted in, but many Democratic governors are holding out.
An App I'd Never Heard of Told My Patient I Was a Good Surgeon
Giving patients, and markets, more power in the healthcare system leads to better results.
Are Economists Measuring the Wrong Things?
Nobel Prize–winning economist James Heckman discusses what really drives economic mobility, the failures of universal preschool, and how AI is transforming his research.
AI Solutions in Search of Problems
Plus: Ketamine deep dive, failed Oura IPO, Ray Dalio's warning, and more...
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Live Reason Roundtable 10th Anniversary Show!
Join Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch as they celebrate a decade of the show with a special live taping.
Federal Court Slaps Down Utah's VPN Restrictions
A judge blocked a rule that would have required adult sites to block VPNs or age-check the world.
Prettifying Executions Does Not Make Them Quicker or More Reliable
Lethal injection aims to disguise the brutal reality of capital punishment by dressing it in medical garb.
Trump Keeps Contradicting the 'National Security' Rationale for Banishing Disfavored Journalists
Attorney General Todd Blanche, who complains that CNN's coverage is "almost 100 percent negative towards the president," also has trouble keeping the story straight.
'I Never Lie': Audio Recordings Raise New Questions About Cornell 7 Allegations
Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss updates in the Cornell 7 scandal.
The 'World's Oldest' Bartender's Very Illegal Basement Bar
A recent profile of 103-year-old Irv Koch's basement bar highlights all the ways that modern zoning codes crush novel and fun third places.
These Minnesota Parents Were Censored at a Public Meeting for Saying School Employees' Job Titles
"You can't talk about the superintendent," a Foley Public School Board official told Blake and Katy DeMarais when they tried to advocate for their disabled and nonverbal son.
Sam Altman Says 'Some Bad Things' Will Happen With AI. That Doesn't Mean We Should Stop It.
Progress has always required accepting risk.
The SEC Is Watching American Investors' Trades. That's a Privacy Nightmare.
The SEC should not keep a searchable record of Americans’ lawful trades, much less make them pay for it.
If Manchester City Weren't (Basically) Owned by the UAE, Their Scandal Would Be a Lot Less Complicated
Plus: Nick Saban is wrong again, and could this be the last year of MLB’s playoff format?
The Energy Department Is Offering $4.2 Billion in Loans to Nuclear Projects in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Private investors are already pouring billions into America’s nuclear sector. The Trump administration wants a piece of the credit.
Alito Talks Retirement
Plus: The Supreme Court weighs a local government’s lawsuit against oil companies over global climate change.
French Tantrum
Plus: Scavenging in NYC, Claude "solved" humor, the era of philanthropy, and more...
The New Dark Ages Is Long on Alarm, Short on Scientific Literacy
The perils of blaming screens for everything
Are the Cornell 7 Being Tried on Social Media?
Plus: Tennessee botches the execution of Christa Pike, and Sam Altman says the benefits of AI are worth the risks.
The Rebirth of History and the Last Man
Francis Fukuyama's new book tackles transhumanism, the urge to struggle, and what happens when people jump willingly back into the swamps of history.
A SCOTUS Petition Argues That Pot Growers, Like Pot Smokers, Cannot Be Categorically Disarmed
The case involves a federal law that criminalizes gun possession by people convicted of nonviolent felonies.
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J.D. Vance and the Politics of Victimhood
The postliberal right’s frenzy for exaggerating and fabricating transgressions
