University of Oregon Suspended a Professor Who Had No Idea Her Halloween Costume Was Offensive
A terrible blow to free speech on campus
Civil Liberties
2016: The Year in Blame Shifting
How to dodge responsibility, whether you're a candidate or a cop.
Federal Appeals Court Nixes Blanket Drug Screening of State College Students
The decision is a welcome departure from a tendency to sacrifice privacy on the altar of a drug-free society.
Climate Scientist Michael Mann's Defamation Lawsuit Against Critics Can Proceed, Rules Court
'Trump hasn't even taken office and it's already becoming easier to sue people for defamation.'
Miami Mayor's Adviser Proposes 'Civility Courts' Because Rudeness Is Bad
Under Mikki Canton's blatantly unconstitutional plan, incivility would be punished by community service.
House Report: 'Any measure that weakens encryption works against the national interest'
A call for strong data protection even in the face of law enforcement demands.
There Was More Than One Christmas Truce
Officers tried to stop the Christmas Truce of 1914 from recurring, but they didn't always succeed.
Google, Facebook, Twitter Sued for Allegedly Helping ISIS Inspire Orlando Pulse Nightclub Killer Omar Mateen
Google's ad model also targeted by suit, which tries to hold the communications entities responsible for how its users use them.
Turkey Blocking Access to Social Media After Assassination of Russian Ambassador
Assassination likely to lead to more government censorship.
Are 'Russian Hacks' the New 'WMDs'?
No matter what faceless spooks assure us, it's far from clear the Russian government directed the leaks of the DNC or John Podesta emails.
Beach Boys Song Too Sexually Offensive for 2016 College Campus
The Midwest farmer's daughters are not alright.
Common Sense Interpretation of Title IX Is Best Answer To "Bureaucratic Sex Creep Gone Wild"
Instapundit Glenn Reynolds lays out reform that will maintain antidiscrimination law while taming its excesses.
Can't Afford a Lawyer? No Free Speech for You.
Colorado campaign finance regulations censor ordinary citizens.
The Hidden Mind
A best-selling Chinese science fiction series on how to survive aliens and authoritarians comes to America.
Thank Snowden? U.S. to Reveal Numbers of Americans Affected by Surveillance
Report may be out by next month.
Pittsburgh Bans Conversion Therapy for Minors. Is It Professional Regulation or Censorship? (Or Both!)
There are consequences for telling professionals what they're legally permitted to talk about.
Marginalized Voices Need Free Speech More Than Anyone, Including on College Campuses
PEN America's recent report on the state of free speech on college campuses was a robust - yet nuanced - defense of free expression.
'The Review Board' Bust: 12 More Men Face Felony Charges for Posting to Seattle Web Forum
The area has previously prosecuted more than a dozen men in 2016 for online speech related to prostitution.
Google Releases Very Small Batch of National Security Letters to the Public
Secret snooping gets slightly less so.
Section 702 Challenge Denied in Portland Christmas Bombing FBI Sting Case
Opportunity to limit government surveillance power missed.
Can Free Speech Flourish in the Age of Trump? Nick Gillespie, Flemming Rose at Cato (New Reason Podcast)
The publisher of the "Mohammed cartoons" and the editor of Reason.com talk about threats to free expression in America and beyond.
The War on Free Speech Escalates
Assaults on freedom of speech in Europe and the United States.
Fighting Anti-Semitism With Intolerance
A bill aimed at protecting Jewish students from discrimination would have a chilling effect on constitutionally protected speech.
Backpage Leaders Beat Pimping Charges as Court Affirms Importance of Immunity for Web Publishers of Third-Party Speech
"Congress has spoken on this matter and it is for Congress, not this Court, to revisit."
Trump SCOTUS Contender Diane Sykes on the 1st Amendment Right to Record the Police
A review of Judge Sykes's majority opinion in ACLU of Illinois v. Alvarez.
Hillary Clinton's Call for Congress to Do Something About Fake News 'Epidemic' Is a Reminder of How Bad Her Presidency Would Have Been on Free Speech
'It's a danger that must be addressed and addressed quickly,' she says for the umpteenth time.
Why the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act Would Chill Constitutionally Protected Speech
The bill, unanimously approved by the Senate last week, intensifies the conflict between antidiscrimination law and freedom of speech.
Cuban Dissident Artist 'El Sexto' Has Been Sitting in Jail For Disrespecting Fidel Castro
Even with free health care and education, some Cubans are still willing to risk their life for free expression.
Ohio Lawmakers Vote to Ban Abortion Just a Few Weeks Post-Conception
The 'Heartbeat Bill' was considered too unconstitutional to touch, but "Trump's election changed the dynamic."
Philippine President Says Trump Supports His Murderous Antidrug Campaign
The president-elect "understood the way we are handling it," says Rodrigo Duterte.
Trump's Problem With Free Speech
The billionaire bully chafes at the restrictions imposed by the First Amendment.
How Long Before This Tool to Censor Images from Terrorists Gets Misused?
Amid European calls for speech crackdown, social media companies introduce tool for easier deletions.
Facial Recognition? There's an App for That, and U.S. Law Enforcement Has Been Helping Private Companies Use It
Soon shopping malls and theaters can run surveillance images through an app to access state, federal, and international law enforcement watch-lists.
The Future of Free Speech on Social Media Looks Grim
Social-media platforms have not so much "disrupted" the old media gatekeepers as they have introduced a watered-down version of the same concept.
Who's Watching the Watchers? Reason Is, That's Who
Your tax-deductible donations will help us keep a close eye on the surveillance state.
Constitutionally Dubious 'Anti-Semitism Awareness Act' Unanimously Passed by Senate
Who says bipartisanism is dead?
Two Federal Courts Call BS on Banning Sex Offenders From 'Child Safety Zones'
Rulings deem Indiana and North Carolina laws unconstitutionally vague and unjustifiably wide.
So This Is (Your Annual War on) Christmas
Maybe Santa should just put everybody on the 'naughty' list and be done with it.
Can Free Speech Flourish in the Age of Trump? Nick Gillespie, Flemming Rose at Cato, 12/6
The publisher of the "Mohammed cartoons" and editor of Reason.com talk about threats to expression in politics, culture, and social media.
It's 2016 and School Districts are Still Pulling To Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn From Libraries
One parent's objection to deliberately provocative language gets the classic novels 'temporarily' suspended from a Virginia school district.
