Civil Liberties

Politics

How the Drug War Threatens Privacy Rights Around the World

The war on drugs drives a greater demand for police wiretaps, which in turn erodes society's support for privacy rights.

S.M. Oliva | 5.4.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Libertarianism Is Still About More Than Rejecting Aggression

Libertarian has a historical and philosophical association with ethical and political individualism

Sheldon Richman | 5.4.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

Read Reason's Complete May 2014 Issue

Reason Staff | 5.3.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Tonight, on a Can't Miss Episode of The Independents: Paul Wolfowitz, Tom Ridge, and John Bolton Get Interrogated on Foreign Policy (Bumped/Updated)

Matt Welch | 5.2.2014 8:46 PM

Civil Liberties

2,770 Teens Drug Tested by Company Headed by School Principal's Brother

Drug war crusaders are stripping high school students of privacy and trust.

Zenon Evans | 5.2.2014 4:31 PM

Civil Liberties

NYPD Cops Can't Stop Drunkenly Shooting at People This Week

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.2.2014 2:40 PM

Policy

Relatively Small Social Networks Responsible for Large Portion of Shootings in Chicago, New York City, According to Study, Police

Ed Krayewski | 5.2.2014 1:05 PM

Policy

States Americans Want to Flee Kind of Suck on Freedom and Taxes

J.D. Tuccille | 5.2.2014 12:39 PM

Politics

Summary of White House Big Data Privacy Report: 'Give Feds More Power, Please'

Scott Shackford | 5.2.2014 12:05 PM

Civil Liberties

Friday A/V Club: When Satire, Slapstick, and Surrealism Collide

The long-suppressed Soviet satire My Grandmother, plus a tribute to Bob Hoskins.

Jesse Walker | 5.2.2014 11:39 AM

Politics

Court Admits Ruling May Do 'Severe and Irreparable Harm' to Ohio Libertarian Party

Zenon Evans | 5.2.2014 8:00 AM

Policy

Friday Funnies: Good News Is Relative

Chip Bok | 5.2.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Botched Execution Timeline Raises Questions

Lauren Krisai | 5.1.2014 7:08 PM

Science & Technology

Tech Companies Increasingly Refusing to Keep Government Searches Secret

Big firms join Twitter in letting customers know about subpoenas

Scott Shackford | 5.1.2014 6:05 PM

Policy

FCC to Reporters: What You're Doing Isn't Journalism

Why is the Federal Communications Commission deciding which reporters are producing real 'news stories'?

Jesse Walker | 5.1.2014 4:32 PM

Policy

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Expands Police Power to Conduct Warrantless Car Searches

Damon Root | 5.1.2014 11:31 AM

Civil Liberties

Bundy, Sterling, and Reconciling Racially Hateful Speech With Freedom

The most effective equalizer for hatred is the free market.

Andrew Napolitano | 5.1.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

You Gotta Have Faith

Charles Oliver | 5.1.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Brickbat: You Gotta Have Faith

Charles Oliver | 5.1.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Mystery Meat Wednesday, With Ralph Nader, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Melissa Francis, Paul Mecurio…Talking Executions, Corporate Welfare, Asteroids, Benghazi, Economic Malaise, and National Honesty Day (Bumped)

Matt Welch | 4.30.2014 8:46 PM

Politics

What The Independents Saw at the Vape-in

Matt Welch | 4.30.2014 6:50 PM

Policy

Is the Death Penalty Constitutional?

Damon Root | 4.30.2014 4:06 PM

Civil Liberties

Federal Agents Beat Retiree at Border Crossing, Claim His Wounds Were 'Self-Inflicted'

J.D. Tuccille | 4.30.2014 1:02 PM

Politics

Mediaite: 'Here Are the Best Moments from Hannity's Clownshow Weed Panel'

Matt Welch | 4.30.2014 12:47 PM

Politics

Classes Dismissed

Web ed crackdown

Zenon Evans | 4.30.2014 10:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Beyond Male and Female

Zenon Evans | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Stop Spying, NSA!

Surveillance oversight

Peter Suderman | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Stop, Frisk, Repeat

NY cops won't stop

Jacob Sullum | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Not-So-Private Email

Encryption under threat

Alyssa Hertig | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

SWAT, Unrestrained

Prison abuse

Ed Krayewski | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

You're Gay? OK.

Jury duty

Scott Shackford | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Pistols Pulled Out

Firearms makers exit California

J.D. Tuccille | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Sneaky Apps

NSA in your pocket

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

The State of Marijuana Legalization

A 50-state guide to the legality of pot

John Ross | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Brickbat: Do You Believe Me Now?

Charles Oliver | 4.30.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Do You Believe Me Now?

Charles Oliver | 4.30.2014 6:00 AM

The Independents

Tonight on The Independents: Silver Bans Sterling, Kyle Smith Pokes Piketty, Brian Lamb on Gubmint Transparency, You Vote for Second Panel Topic, Plus Scenes From the Vape-in & Steamy After-Show!

Matt Welch | 4.29.2014 8:30 PM

Politics

Scenes From Last Night's Vape-in

Matt Welch | 4.29.2014 7:55 PM

Policy

SCOTUS Seems Inclined to Limit Police Access to Your Cellphone

Jacob Sullum | 4.29.2014 6:28 PM

Politics

In North Carolina, United Church of Christ Sues to Demand Right to Solemnize Gay Marriages

Scott Shackford | 4.29.2014 6:05 PM

Policy

Border Patrol Threatens Mother, Slashes Her Tire, as Kids Watch

J.D. Tuccille | 4.29.2014 5:37 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop Fired After Being Caught on Camera Choking Student

Zenon Evans | 4.29.2014 3:25 PM

Politics

GOP Michigan State Rep Bolts Party Over Gay Rights; Joins Libertarians

Nick Gillespie | 4.29.2014 1:26 PM

Politics

Libertarians Should Take Over the GOP, Not Create 3rd Party

Nick Gillespie and Amanda Winkler | 4.29.2014 12:30 PM

Politics

Obama Is Right on Clemency for Non-Violent Drug Offenders

Conservatives have no good reason to caterwaul this time.

Gene Healy | 4.29.2014 12:00 PM