Free Speech

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Brian Doherty on Pajamas Media's PJTV's Front Page

Brian Doherty | 3.23.2012 8:33 PM

Civil Liberties

An Atheist Billboard in Brooklyn

Anthony Fisher and Kennedy | 3.23.2012 1:59 PM

Policy

Going to Canada? Leave Your Comic Books at Home.

Jacob Sullum | 3.22.2012 6:17 PM

Policy

Was Nicholas Kristof's Story About an Underage Prostitute Peddled on Backpage.com 'Concocted'?

Jacob Sullum | 3.21.2012 7:03 PM

Policy

Dharun Ravi's Hateless Hate Crime

A jury blames Dharun Ravi for his dead roommate's imagined feelings.

Jacob Sullum | 3.21.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Does Tyler Clementi's Suicide Prove Dharun Ravi Is a Bigot?

Jacob Sullum | 3.20.2012 4:42 PM

Policy

6th Circuit Approves Cigarette Warning Labels and Suppression of Risk Information but Rejects Ad Limits

Jacob Sullum | 3.19.2012 6:56 PM

Politics

Five Ways Citizens United Is Making Politics Better

The controversial 2010 Supreme Court ruling is already bringing us more competitive campaigns, funnier ads and greater freedom of speech.

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.17.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Five Ways Citizens United Is Making Politics Better

The controversial 2010 Supreme Court ruling is already bringing us more competitive campaigns, funnier ads and greater freedom of speech.

Reason Staff | 3.17.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Is Jason Russell's Hysterical Naked Madness Good for Kony?

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.16.2012 9:50 PM

Culture

Kony 2012 Narrator Detained for "Masturbating in Public" (Updated)

Nick Sibilla | 3.16.2012 4:34 PM

Policy

Did Dharun Ravi Commit a Hateless Hate Crime?

Jacob Sullum | 3.16.2012 4:25 PM

Politics

Dharun Ravi Found Guilty on Most Charges

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.16.2012 1:04 PM

Civil Liberties

Reason Writers Around Town: Jesse Walker on "Doonesbury," in Newsday

Matt Welch | 3.16.2012 8:46 AM

Politics

Joseph Kony is a Terrorist

Nick Sibilla | 3.15.2012 12:59 PM

Policy

DFW Readers: Hear Me Talk About Loony Liquor Laws

Jacob Sullum | 3.15.2012 11:52 AM

Politics

When Is Quoting Van Halen a Crime?

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2012 3:33 PM

Policy

Is Dharun Ravi Guilty of 'Bias Intimidation'?

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2012 12:11 PM

Politics

Why Super PACs Are Good for Democracy

Wealthy super PAC donors make politics more competitive.

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem: Rush Limbaugh "is not constitutionally entitled to the people's airways"

Damon Root | 3.13.2012 5:20 PM

Politics

Invisible Children, Invisible Finances? Kony 2012 Creators Stonewall Critics

Nick Sibilla | 3.13.2012 3:58 PM

Politics

Unions and Democrats: Labor's Love Lost

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.11.2012 10:22 PM

Politics

Atheism Is a Religion

Or at least it requires a God for you not to believe in.

Kennedy | 3.10.2012 10:00 AM

Politics

A Guide to Joseph Kony and the Backlash Against Invisible Children

Nick Sibilla | 3.9.2012 12:30 PM

Policy

With 12 Beholders, You Just Need One to Say It Might Be Art

Jacob Sullum | 3.9.2012 12:26 PM

Politics

Who Will Save the Poor Incumbents From the Super PAC Onslaught?

Jacob Sullum | 3.8.2012 3:38 PM

Politics

Among the Nonbelievers: Part II

Atheist activists in Orlando talk John Locke, religious toleration, presidential politics, and Don't Ask, But Do Tell.

Ronald Bailey | 3.8.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Among the Nonbelievers

Atheist activists in Orlando talk separation of church and state, sick kids, and Evil God.

Ronald Bailey | 3.7.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Debating Hate Crime Laws With Thom Hartmann

Jacob Sullum | 3.7.2012 4:09 PM

Policy

Porn So Icky That It Can't Be Obscene

Jacob Sullum | 3.5.2012 3:56 PM

Politics

Islam, Free Speech, and Democracy

What really happened in the Pennsylvania "zombie Mohammed" case?

Cathy Young | 3.3.2012 9:00 AM

Politics

Illinois Judge Says Eavesdropping Law Is Unconstitutional

Jacob Sullum | 3.2.2012 6:13 PM

Politics

Does H.R. 347 Change Anything About Your Right to Protest Politicians Under Secret Service Protection? It's All In the Word Change.

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.1.2012 7:48 PM

Politics

Department of Homeland Security Gives Occupy Wall Street the "Rightwing Extremist" Treatment

Mike Riggs | 3.1.2012 3:30 PM

Politics

Bill Passes House: Protests Near Secret Service Protected Folk Effectively Outlawed

Brian Doherty | 3.1.2012 3:10 PM

Politics

Federal Judge Says the Government Can't Use Cigarette Packages for Anti-Smoking Propaganda

Jacob Sullum | 3.1.2012 12:07 PM

Policy

Dharun Ravi's Thought Crimes

The Tyler Clementi case shows how hate crime laws punish opinion.

Jacob Sullum | 2.29.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Freedom of Religion vs. Freedom from Religion

If churches want to be left alone, they should stop begging alms of the government.

Ronald Bailey | 2.28.2012 4:45 PM

Policy

Can Lesbians Commit an Anti-Gay Hate Crime?

Jacob Sullum | 2.27.2012 3:50 PM

Policy

How Dharun Ravi Could Get 10 Years for Expressing Unapproved Views

Jacob Sullum | 2.27.2012 12:17 PM

Civil Liberties

The Not-Really-Fleeting Expletive That Wasn't Bleeped at Last Night's Oscars

Matt Welch | 2.27.2012 11:14 AM

Civil Liberties

Is It Progress When the Price on Salman Rushdie's Head Declines by $5.2 Million?

Nick Gillespie | 2.24.2012 8:58 AM

Policy

Drug Paraphernalia Raids Make Books Disappear

Jacob Sullum | 2.23.2012 1:53 PM

Politics

Where Do I Go to Get Back My Valor?

Jacob Sullum | 2.22.2012 3:57 PM

Politics

Free Speech? Ya right: Mitch McConnell Is a Poopy-head!

Matt Welch | 2.17.2012 12:41 PM

Politics

How Super PACs Are Good for Democracy and Transparency

Jacob Sullum | 2.15.2012 3:45 PM