Civil Liberties

Civil Liberties

Financial Times Writer Says Charlie Hebdo 'Just Being Stupid,' 'Not the Most Convincing Champion' of Free Speech

With friends like these...

Jesse Walker | 1.7.2015 1:03 PM

Terrorism

The White House on Charlie Hebdo, Then and Now

Scott Shackford | 1.7.2015 12:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Border Drones Cost More Than Advertised and Offer Dubious Benefits, Says Inspector General

J.D. Tuccille | 1.7.2015 12:09 PM

France

Extremist British Islamist Makes Excellent Case for an Unadulterated First Amendment, Free of Exceptions for "Hate Speech"

Ed Krayewski | 1.7.2015 9:07 AM

France

At Least 12 Killed After Gunmen Attack Satirical Newspaper in France in Likely Islamist Attack

Ed Krayewski | 1.7.2015 8:24 AM

Censorship

Closing the Thigh Gap

Charles Oliver | 1.7.2015 6:00 AM

Politics

On The Independents: Our Legislative Agenda, Boehner Lives, FBI Stingrays, Emptying Gitmo, More Clinton Sex Scandals, Aftershow and More!

Matt Welch | 1.6.2015 8:15 PM

Politics

What Cops and Protesters Both Get Wrong: Police-Related Violence in New York City Has Been Falling For Decades

Jim Epstein | 1.6.2015 4:31 PM

Politics

Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!

Kiko the chimpanzee denied legal rights in NY.

Nick Gillespie | 1.6.2015 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Wisconsin Woman Seeks Pregnancy Care, Gets Thrown in Jail for Admitting Past Drug Use

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.6.2015 3:25 PM

Civil Liberties

Government Orders Family to Dismantle Homemade Skating Rink

Lenore Skenazy | 1.6.2015 3:25 PM

Civil Liberties

Gross Injustice at Duke: Accused Student Found Responsible Via 'Indirect-Double-Hearsay'

Robby Soave | 1.6.2015 11:40 AM

Civil Liberties

Moses Can't Go Home Again; Exodus: Gods And Kings Banned in Egypt

Charles Paul Freund | 1.6.2015 10:45 AM

Policy

Congress Can Help Fight Police Abuse by Ending Incentives to Seize Assets

The Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act would help take the profit motive out of law enforcement

Scott Shackford | 1.6.2015 10:00 AM

Policy

Abolish the Intelligence-Industrial Complex

A modest proposal for doing away with the intelligence agencies that violate our privacy.

Ronald Bailey | 1.6.2015 10:00 AM

Policy

Help the Cops Chill Out

How law enforcement can be made more compatible with Americans' liberty.

Ed Krayewski | 1.6.2015 10:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Journalist Busted in Ferguson Fights Back in Court

Aaron Malin | 1.6.2015 7:00 AM

Politics

"No Means No/We Know That Now": The Simpsons Mocked P.C./Disney in Last Night's Episode

Nick Gillespie | 1.5.2015 4:08 PM

Politics

Data on Shootings by Police is Even Worse Than We Thought

Anthony Fisher | 1.5.2015 1:40 PM

Civil Liberties

Huey P. Newton Gun Club Aims To Be 'Black Alternative to the NRA'

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.5.2015 12:05 PM

Civil Liberties

Worried About Legal Action, Dad Calls Sheriff's Office to Witness Him Spanking His Kid

Lenore Skenazy | 1.5.2015 11:05 AM

Civil Liberties

Robocop, Circa 1924: "The Radio Automata Have No Equal"

Nick Gillespie | 1.5.2015 9:45 AM

Abortion

Speak No Evil

Charles Oliver | 1.5.2015 6:00 AM

Politics

UPDATE: Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority Returns Studio Deed to Artist James Dupree

Joshua Swain | 1.4.2015 5:00 PM

Politics

Guantanamo Bay in 54 Seconds

What Every American Should Know

Joshua Swain | 1.4.2015 1:00 PM

Politics

"An Alt-Weekly For the Upper Crust": Q/A with New York Observer's Ken Kurson

Nick Gillespie and Anthony Fisher | 1.4.2015 9:00 AM

Politics

Reason TV Best of 2014: Strippers v. the Supreme Court!

Joshua Swain | 1.3.2015 4:19 PM

Politics

Eric Garner Protesters Shut Down West Side Highway

Anthony Fisher | 1.3.2015 3:00 PM

Politics

Don't Be A Menace to the 'Hood While Wearing Your Hoodie While in Oklahoma!

Nick Gillespie | 1.3.2015 11:48 AM

Politics

2015 Trends: The Death of Brand Loyalty in Politics

Nick Gillespie | 1.3.2015 11:14 AM

Politics

Remy: Jay-Z's Cuba State of Mind

Meredith Bragg | 1.3.2015 10:30 AM

Politics

Best of 2014: Revenge Porn is Bad. But Should it be Illegal?

Amanda Winkler | 1.3.2015 10:07 AM

Policy

Best of 2014: You Won't Believe This Border Patrol Checkpoint Refusal Video

Meredith Bragg and Austin Bragg | 1.2.2015 6:30 PM

Policy

How Do Decisions Upholding Freedom of Speech and Religion Violate Civil Liberties?

Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2015 3:37 PM

Politics

Watch Lenore Skenazy Talk About the Craziest Zero-Tolerance Stories of 2014!

Matt Welch | 1.2.2015 3:36 PM

Civil Liberties

ICYMI, Top 10 Nanny State Fails of Last Year

Lenore Skenazy | 1.2.2015 3:01 PM

Politics

Does Declining Volunteerism Mean We Need National Service? Only If You Don't Count Money

Matt Welch | 1.2.2015 2:46 PM

Civil Liberties

12 Times the Police Used Deadly Force Under Questionable Circumstances in 2014

From Eric Garner to John Crawford to Tamir Rice.

Ed Krayewski | 1.2.2015 1:30 PM

Civil Liberties

DOE's Office for Civil Rights Is a Rogue Agency That Must Be Stopped

Robby Soave | 1.2.2015 12:15 PM

Tasers

Being Homeless in Miami May Lead to a Tasering

Scott Shackford | 1.2.2015 11:15 AM

Civil Liberties

U.K. Criminalization of Speech Is Really Starting to Scare Me

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.2.2015 11:05 AM

Politics

Friday A/V Club: Watch New York Cops Riot Against the Mayor—in 1992

An earlier—and rowdier—revolt at the NYPD

Jesse Walker | 1.2.2015 10:43 AM

Politics

More Police WTF: Alabama Man Shot, Killed by Police While Turning in Stray Cat

Nick Gillespie | 1.2.2015 10:29 AM

Civil Liberties

The Internet Martyr

Zenon Evans | 1.1.2015 12:00 PM

Policy

Candid Camera Cops

Recording law enforcement

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.1.2015 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Encrypted iPhones

Apple locks mobile data

Ed Krayewski | 1.1.2015 12:00 PM