Free Speech

Civil Liberties

Twitter Will Set Them Free

How profit-seeking businesses advance democratic principles in China

David Harsanyi | 6.10.2009 12:00 PM

Policy

The O'Reilly Factor

Is the Fox News host to blame for the murder of Dr. George Tiller?

Brendan O'Neill | 6.1.2009 6:00 PM

Politics

Sotomayor, Cops, and Hate Speech

Radley Balko | 6.1.2009 3:21 PM

Politics

First Amendment Victory in Florida

Jacob Sullum | 5.28.2009 3:09 PM

Civil Liberties

DOJ, to Newspaper: Shape Up, or Ship Out

Matt Welch | 5.22.2009 8:44 AM

Policy

Federal Trade Commission to, uh, Hold a Series of Workshops About Newspapers?

Matt Welch | 5.20.2009 7:41 PM

Civil Liberties

How John Adams' Ass Nearly Suffocated the First Amendment

Nick Gillespie | 5.18.2009 10:13 AM

Politics

Your $328,000 Photo

Matt Welch | 5.11.2009 9:46 AM

Policy

We're Not Censors, Just Crappy Legislators

Jacob Sullum | 5.8.2009 4:47 PM

Civil Liberties

They Saved the News Today, Oh Boy….

Matt Welch | 5.7.2009 1:11 PM

Politics

Taxpayer Money Spent to Determine Whether Your Taxpayer Money Spent to Conclude That Your Taxpayer Money Spent to Propagandize for the War Was Well Spent, Concludes That it Wasn't

Matt Welch | 5.6.2009 9:21 AM

Politics

Everybody's a Critic—and a 'Cyberbully,' Apparently

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2009 6:23 PM

Civil Liberties

You Can't Say That On Television

(unless you're on cable, satellite, or an Internet stream)

Jesse Walker | 5.1.2009 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

The FCC's Real F-Word: Freedom

Why did the Supreme Court just uphold government censorship?

Steve Chapman | 4.30.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

House Approves Federal Hate Crime Expansion Bill

Jacob Sullum | 4.29.2009 5:46 PM

Politics

License to Ill

Does the First Amendment cover vanity license plates?

David Harsanyi | 4.29.2009 12:00 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Upholds the FCC's New Indecency Rules

Jacob Sullum | 4.28.2009 4:01 PM

Policy

Re-Education Residence Halls at the University of Delaware

Nick Gillespie | 4.28.2009 10:57 AM

Politics

The Anti-Man-Eat-Dog Act

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2009 7:25 PM

Civil Liberties

Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee

Mau-mauing controversial speech at Umass-Amherst

Cathy Young | 4.23.2009 3:00 PM

Politics

Because It's Been a While Since Any of My Lazy Colleagues Have Blogged And an Even Longer Time Since We Had Any Cheesecake Up at Hit & Run, Here's Something About Miss Kalifornia's Gay Marriage Stance…

Nick Gillespie | 4.21.2009 3:05 PM

Policy

And When They Came For Tofu Lovers, I Did Nothing Because I Was Busy Standing In Line For My Own Vanity License Plates…

Nick Gillespie | 4.21.2009 7:30 AM

Civil Liberties

What Part of "Congress Shall Pass No Law" Don't You Understand, Pt. 472

Matt Welch | 4.20.2009 11:39 AM

Policy

Federal Prosecutor Tries to Silence Drug Policy Activist (Again)

Jacob Sullum | 4.17.2009 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

VA Officials Seize Reporter's Equipment

Radley Balko | 4.9.2009 11:00 PM

Civil Liberties

A Radical Takes the Stand

Ward "Little Eichmanns" Churchill wants his job back.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.6.2009 4:30 PM

Politics

Felonious Advocacy

Thanks to campaign finance reform, activists can go to jail if their movie makes a politician look bad.

Jacob Sullum | 4.1.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Criticism of Politicians Is Not Defamation, Even If You Use the D-Word

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2009 2:51 PM

Civil Liberties

An Annoying Law

Free speech in Michigan

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2009 12:59 PM

Civil Liberties

Leave Allah Alone!

Free speech at the U.N.

Ronald Bailey | 3.30.2009 12:14 PM

Politics

The Fifth Element

Does Justice Anthony Kennedy practice a "modestly libertarian" jurisprudence?

Damon Root | 3.27.2009 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Newspaper Bailout Update

Matt Welch | 3.20.2009 9:57 AM

Policy

Extreme Associates Obscenity Case Ends in Guilty Pleas

Jacob Sullum | 3.18.2009 5:11 PM

Policy

Eighteen Months per Shoe

Jacob Sullum | 3.16.2009 12:28 PM

Civil Liberties

The Grass-Mud Horse vs. the River Crab

Jacob Sullum | 3.13.2009 5:34 PM

Politics

The "Special Duties and Responsibilities" of Freedom

Michael Moynihan | 3.3.2009 3:51 PM

Civil Liberties

Who's Harassed Now?

Sexual politics in California

Matt Welch | 2.27.2009 9:01 AM

Civil Liberties

Soothsayer Speech

No fortunetelling ban

Brian Doherty | 2.27.2009 7:54 AM

Civil Liberties

The Right Not to be Offended?

Even offensive speech deserves protection

David Harsanyi | 2.25.2009 4:30 PM

Politics

Take Two Tablets, Take 2

Jacob Sullum | 2.25.2009 2:31 PM

Politics

Censorship and Double Standards

The United Kingdom's selective intolerance of free speech

Michael Moynihan | 2.18.2009 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Obama: No Fairness Doctrine For Me

Matt Welch | 2.18.2009 2:49 PM

Civil Liberties

'Pornography Advocate at DOJ': One of the Bright Spots in the Obama Administration

Jacob Sullum | 2.13.2009 2:29 PM

Civil Liberties

Walesa Banned, Wilders Detained

Michael Moynihan | 2.12.2009 7:19 PM

Politics

Now at Reason.tv: Freedom of Expression in the Age of Obama

Reason Staff | 2.11.2009 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Rules for Radicals: UK Edition

Michael Moynihan | 2.10.2009 6:24 PM