Does Legalizing Sex Work Increase Human Trafficking?
A go-to study for advocates of restricting sex work used a flawed economic model and abysmal data.
A go-to study for advocates of restricting sex work used a flawed economic model and abysmal data.
The Nobel Prize-winning economist says the Iron Triangle of Politics must be defeated to cut down the government for good.
An experiment with staggering implications for the future of human reproduction.
Musk's fans and critics will keep debating whether DOGE is revolutionizing government or wrecking important institutions.
A recent study claiming inequality of opportunity in the sciences commits statistical and conceptual errors that make its findings meaningless.
Combine moral zealotry with increasingly blurred lines between political speech and violence long enough, and the outcome is predictable.
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis banned cultivated meat, Reason's Zach Weissmueller visited California labs to try cultivated chicken and salmon and explore the future of this industry.
Nearly 40 percent of Americans have at least one ancestor who entered the U.S. through Ellis Island. However, today's migrants may be shut out and deported, a humanitarian tragedy that would profoundly damage the U.S. economy.
A second chance for the creator of the dark web drug site the Silk Road might be coming…from an unlikely savior.
A University of California, Berkeley, study trumpeted in the media doesn't say what the press release claims.
Reason visited Argentina to find out if Javier Milei's reforms are working.
By prosecuting the website's founders, the government chilled free speech online and ruined lives.
There's no evidence that greed is causing inflation.
Microsoft has agreed to purchase Three Mile Island's energy to power its AI data centers for the next 20 years. It's the first time a U.S. nuclear reactor will come out of retirement.
Priscilla Villarreal, known as "Lagordiloca," is suing law enforcement for violating her First Amendment rights. She is appealing to the Supreme Court.
Assange's plea deal sets a threatening precedent for free speech and journalism.
The Libertarian Party's controversial plan is to "stop Biden" and extract promises from Trump along the way.
D.C.'s new degree requirements could lead to job losses, increased operating costs, and higher tuition.
The Department of Justice indicted the creators of Samourai Wallet, an application that helps people spend their bitcoins anonymously.
Abundant, emissions-free energy was once the promise of a nuclear-powered future. What happened?
Nike should welcome the reinvention of their popular shoes.
A new Reason documentary explores why, for some, bitcoin is the 'real Green New Deal.'
The government has doubled down on failed policies, citing deeply flawed studies and misrepresenting data.
Despite their popularity, food trucks at the National Mall are paying a hefty price to operate.
One company is betting that it can run a commercially viable passenger rail service without massive federal subsidies.
Inside the gathering of the scientists, psychonauts, capitalists, and comedians committed to mainstreaming psychedelics without repeating the errors of the 1960s.
Próspera Inc. is creating a voluntary free market mini-state inside one of Latin America's poorest nations.
Golden State municipalities are finally overturning their anti-cruising ordinances.
The FTX meltdown, "Operation Chokepoint 2.0," and a "crypto winter" have only strengthened the resolve of the enthusiasts Reason spoke with at the annual National Bitcoin Conference in Miami.
Today, the Lone Star state counts 90 homeless people per every 100,000 residents. In California, the problem is almost five times as bad.
Even the best studies haven't surmounted a key statistical issue, and they tend to distort the evidence to make e-cigarettes look dangerous.
A new Netflix documentary shows how the seeds of political polarization that roil our culture today were planted at Waco.
Vince Cantu says the eminent domain threats to seize his property are "stupidly ironic" and "completely un-Texan."
A Netflix documentary series blames the SEC for missing the Ponzi scheme and then calls for giving the SEC more power.
A documentary short about a woman who takes ayahuasca to alleviate the pain caused by addiction
If SCOTUS finds in favor of a small-town Idaho couple in Sackett v. EPA, it could end the federal government's jurisdiction over millions of acres of land.
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a live discussion of America's continued funding of Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion.
"It's stories and songs and films cut apart and written over, leaving no trace and no remnant of whatever used to be," writes novelist and cultural critic Kat Rosenfield.
"We can—and should—develop space without government help," says Reason Foundation's Robert W. Poole.
“I think the Chestnut is an example of an interventionist approach,” says scientist Jared Westbrook. “We might have some capabilities and responsibilities to correct some of the problems that we created.”
"You have this looming power over you that essentially can end your career," says Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya.
The Human Rights Foundation is mobilizing a global band of activists to fight authoritarianism in China, Iran, Russia, and beyond.
Ironically, the FTX meltdown is the best illustration yet of why the world needs bitcoin.
The president has touted a factory jobs boom. In practice, that means forcing people out of their homes to benefit corporate projects that rely on billions of dollars of subsidies.
Antiwar.com's Scott Horton and former Army Lt. Col. Daniel Davis warn about the grave danger of escalating the war in Ukraine
The state can't really banish ideas, and it's dangerous to try.
A deeply flawed documentary by the gray lady unwittingly makes the case for why the CDC shouldn't be studying gun violence.
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