Civil Liberties

Politics

Ellen Degeneres-Inspired 'Dance Dare' Prankster Gets Thrown to the Ground by NYPD

Anthony Fisher | 12.31.2014 7:05 AM

Policy

Don't Blame Me

The year's highlights in buck passing

Jacob Sullum | 12.31.2014 7:00 AM

Obscenity

Without a Paddle

Charles Oliver | 12.31.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Lifetime Registration for Juvenile Sex Offenders Overturned in Pennsylvania

Jacob Sullum | 12.30.2014 4:47 PM

Civil Liberties

As the Campus Rape Narrative Unravels, Will Due Process Strike Back in 2015?

Why 2015 could be another rough year for students' rights.

Robby Soave | 12.30.2014 4:30 PM

Culture

4 Ways Neo-Victorianism Reared Its Ugly Head in 2014

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.30.2014 3:54 PM

Policy

NPR Discovers the Dire Effects of Petty Law Enforcement Regarding Drivers Licenses

Brian Doherty | 12.30.2014 12:53 PM

Politics

Steve Scalise's Legislative Record is a Bigger Problem Than His Past Speaking Gigs

Nick Gillespie | 12.30.2014 10:46 AM

Civil Liberties

Body Cameras for Police Only Work When On: Did Utah Police Killing of Iraq Vet Sgt. Nicholas McGehee Go Down Like Police Claim?

Brian Doherty | 12.29.2014 11:23 PM

Politics

The Independents Rides Again, With Lenore Skenazy, Kyle Smith, Mugshot Monday, NSA Document Dumps, The Interview, NYPD vs. BdB, and More

Matt Welch | 12.29.2014 8:32 PM

Civil Liberties

Autopsy Reveals LAPD Anti-Gang Cops Shot Ezell Ford in Back at Close Range

Brian Doherty | 12.29.2014 5:28 PM

Politics

Instapundit: Excessive Tribalism Poisons Both Sides of Police-Violence Debate

Nick Gillespie | 12.29.2014 11:54 AM

Civil Liberties

Bloomington to Bill Protesters for Police Presence at 'Black Lives Matter' Demonstration in Mall of America

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.29.2014 11:30 AM

Protests

Nashville Police Responded Peacefully to Peaceful Protesters, and That Made Some Folks Upset

Scott Shackford | 12.29.2014 11:20 AM

Civil Liberties

Here Are 10 Outrageous 'Zero Tolerance' Follies of 2014

Here are 10 of the most infamous "zero tolerance" punishments handed down to kids-and even some adults-this year.

Lenore Skenazy | 12.29.2014 9:30 AM

Censorship

If You Can't Say Anything Nice

Charles Oliver | 12.29.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Pregnancy and Addiction: Should the State Mandate Treatment?

Amanda Winkler | 12.28.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

Eleanor Roosevelt Had a Carry Permit, So Why Can't You?

Nick Gillespie | 12.28.2014 10:55 AM

Civil Liberties

Beyond The Interview: The Top 10 Cave-In Artists of the Year

Sony is far from the only institution to cave in to demands for self-censorship this year.

Brendan O'Neill | 12.28.2014 10:00 AM

Civil Liberties

'Twas the Night Raid Before Christmas

Justin Monticello and Paul Detrick | 12.28.2014 9:00 AM

Policy

Bernard Kerik: Anti-Police Rhetoric "Has the Potential to Rip America at its Seams"

Jim Epstein | 12.27.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

The Interview: Political Satire Has Rarely Ever Been So 'Meh'

Anthony Fisher | 12.26.2014 6:50 PM

Civil Liberties

Dropped Animal Cruelty Case Shows How Authorities Manipulate Grand Juries

J.D. Tuccille | 12.26.2014 2:38 PM

NSA

For Christmas, the NSA Gave Us a List of Its Surveillance Screw-Ups

Scott Shackford | 12.26.2014 10:40 AM

Politics

Have Yourself a Very Remy Christmas

Remy and Meredith Bragg | 12.24.2014 3:30 PM

World War 1

The Christmas Truce of World War I

Recalling the time, 100 years ago, when soldiers refused to fight each other

Wendy McElroy | 12.24.2014 1:00 PM

Police Abuse

Suspended San Jose Cop: "Threaten me or my family and I will use my God given and law appointed right and duty to kill you."

Ed Krayewski | 12.24.2014 12:53 PM

Politics

North Korean Embassy Officials So Broke They Run Bootlegging Ops to Make Ends Meet

Charles Paul Freund | 12.24.2014 7:45 AM

Cuba

The Fugitive Assata Shakur, U.S.-Cuba Relations, and the So-Called 'Anti-Cop' Movement

Past imperfect

Ed Krayewski | 12.23.2014 4:31 PM

Terrorism

Amanda Marcotte Is Confused

On Ismaaiyl Brinsley and Scott Roeder

Jesse Walker | 12.23.2014 2:09 PM

Policy

Anti-Leak Brigade Seeks Occupational Code

Institutionalizing the Leak Scare.

Jesse Walker | 12.23.2014 11:14 AM

Civil Liberties

Ohio Just Made It a Little Harder to Accidently Commit a Crime

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.23.2014 10:05 AM

Policy

Watch the Worst Anti-Gun PSA of All Time, Which Encourages Kids to Steal, Endanger Themselves, and Get Expelled

Robby Soave | 12.23.2014 9:10 AM

Civil Liberties

VID: 'Twas the Night Raid Before Christmas

Justin Monticello, Paul Detrick, and Alex Manning | 12.23.2014 7:25 AM

Nanny State

If You Have Nothing to Hide

Charles Oliver | 12.23.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

The Night Before the Shooting of 2 NYPD Officers, Pro-NYPD Protesters Rallied Outside City Hall

Anthony Fisher | 12.22.2014 6:31 PM

Politics

Neither Criminal Justice Reform nor Rand Paul's Presidential Ambitions Died in That NYPD Car

Matt Welch | 12.22.2014 4:24 PM

Policy

Waterboarding: 'Repugnant,' 'Over the Line,' and Perfectly Legal

Jacob Sullum | 12.22.2014 3:46 PM

Policy

Requiring Abortion Doctors to Narrate Ultrasound Violates First Amendment, 4th Circuit Rules

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.22.2014 12:15 PM

Policy

Virginia's New Gun Control Proposals Won't Protect Public Safety

Most Second Amendment restrictions take rights away from people who don't commit crimes and never will.

A. Barton Hinkle | 12.22.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

The Great School Lunch Fight Now With SCIENCE!

Nick Gillespie | 12.22.2014 10:37 AM

Politics

NYPD Freakout: "We've Become a 'Wartime' Police Department"

Ed Krayewski | 12.22.2014 9:32 AM

Politics

In the Rush to Blame Everyone for the Shooting of NYPD Cops, Don't Forget to Include the Actual Shooter

Nick Gillespie | 12.21.2014 10:09 AM

Civil Liberties

The Authoritarian Response to Andrew Hawkins's Call for Justice

Obey this

Chris Edelson | 12.20.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

Cops Seized Couple's $160,000 Wine Collection—And Want to Destroy It All

When it comes to alcohol laws, Pennsylvania is about as close to Saudi Arabia as you can get in America.

Baylen Linnekin | 12.20.2014 8:00 AM