Civil Liberties

Politics

Is the GOP Ready for For-Profit Insurance Hater and Six-Day Creationist Ben Carson?

Matt Welch | 11.14.2014 2:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Anti-Censorship Groups Tell Senate to Stop the 'Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation' Act

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.14.2014 12:30 PM

Edward Snowden

For Thanksgiving: Go See Citizenfour!

Ronald Bailey | 11.14.2014 12:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Justice Department Lied in Court About National Security Letters

J.D. Tuccille | 11.14.2014 11:32 AM

Surveillance

Feds Engage in Massive Spying on Americans' Cellphones from the Air

Ronald Bailey | 11.14.2014 11:01 AM

Politics

Clarence Thomas Rebukes Supreme Court for Refusing to Hear Gay Marriage Cases

Damon Root | 11.13.2014 6:58 PM

Politics

Justin Amash: The New GOP Majority May Be Better Than You Think

Matt Welch | 11.13.2014 4:43 PM

Policy

Can Democrats and Republicans Now Agree to Reform the Awful U.S. Criminal Justice System?

"Tough on crime" laws are bad policy and bad politics.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.13.2014 4:31 PM

Culture

University Will Educate Students About Cultural Appropriation After They Hosted a Fiesta-Themed Galactic Bowling Party

Robby Soave | 11.13.2014 12:59 PM

Politics

Mark Cuban on Net Neutrality: "The Government Will Fuck the Internet Up"

Nick Gillespie | 11.13.2014 11:35 AM

Civil Liberties

Bureaucrats Bulldoze Beloved Playground for Special Needs Kids

Lenore Skenazy | 11.13.2014 9:15 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday, With Justin Amash, Jeffrey Miron, TV's Andy Levy, and Your Host Matt Welch!

Matt Welch | 11.12.2014 8:52 PM

Politics

Obama Lost *Because* of His Early Legislative Wins, Not Despite Them

Nick Gillespie | 11.12.2014 6:08 PM

Politics

Scott Walker's Repellent, Unconstitutional Call to Drug-Test Welfare Recipients

Nick Gillespie | 11.12.2014 5:09 PM

Policy

Federal Court Rejects California Appeal, Reaffirms Second Amendment Victory Over Conceal-Carry Restrictions

Damon Root | 11.12.2014 4:48 PM

Policy

Human Sacrifices for Gun Control

Brian Aitken's memoirs show the dark side of a liberal desire to make the world safer.

Brian Doherty | 11.12.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

What is the Biggest Barrier to Innovation in US? Government, Government, and Government.

Nick Gillespie | 11.12.2014 3:46 PM

Politics

Bitcoin Gives Canadian Banks a Run for Their Money: Q&A with The Bitcoin Embassy

Joshua Swain | 11.12.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

Internet Sales Tax Won't Happen in Lame-Duck Session, But Should It Ever?

Nick Gillespie | 11.12.2014 2:22 PM

Immigration

Virginia Tech: YAF Violated 'Principle of the Common Humanity,' So No More Funding

Robby Soave | 11.12.2014 11:03 AM

Policy

Yes, It's Possible to Reduce Both Crime and Incarceration at the Same Time

Crime is coming down faster in states where incarceration is declining.

Jesse Walker | 11.12.2014 10:32 AM

Civil Liberties

Washington Gun Owners Plan Mass Defiance of New Background Check Law

J.D. Tuccille | 11.12.2014 9:14 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Mohammed Cartoons Publisher Fleming Rose, Obama-Putin Fashion Show, How to Support Veterans, Bye-Bye Ebola, the War on Valerie Jarrett, the Death of Procreative Sex, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 11.11.2014 8:24 PM

Policy

Schools Implement Explicit Racial Bias in Suspensions

Robby Soave | 11.11.2014 2:30 PM

Politics

Did President Obama Break the Internet with His Call for Net Neutrality?

Nick Gillespie | 11.11.2014 1:36 PM

Civil Liberties

Smith College Paper Considers the Word 'Crazy' an 'Ableist Slur'

Robby Soave | 11.11.2014 11:20 AM

Civil Liberties

Is the Dangerous, Scandal-Ridden Border Patrol Being Quietly Disarmed?

J.D. Tuccille | 11.11.2014 11:18 AM

Politics

Run the Jewels Talks About Gun Rights, Government Surveillance, and the Political Power of Big Beats

Reason has a conversation with "top tag team for two summers."

Rob Montz | 11.11.2014 8:30 AM

Civil Liberties

New FBI Stats: Crime Rates Continue Their Long Decline

Both violent crime and property crime declined last year.

Jesse Walker | 11.11.2014 8:05 AM

Policy

It's So Easy to Steal Stuff With Civil Forfeiture That Cops Are Getting Picky

Jacob Sullum | 11.10.2014 2:24 PM

Politics

Obama: Government Should Regulate Internet to Keep it Free

Nick Gillespie | 11.10.2014 1:14 PM

Policy

Guns and Pot: Which States Are Friendly to Both?

The guns 'n' dope Venn diagram

Jason Keisling and Jesse Walker | 11.10.2014 11:50 AM

Politics

Libertarianism at the Supreme Court: Obamacare Under Fire, Gay Marriage on the Rise

Damon Root | 11.10.2014 10:10 AM

Policy

What Is the Libertarian Response to Ebola?

How a free society should respond to a communicable disease outbreak.

George Annas, Ronald Bailey, Declan McCullagh, and Jeffrey A. Singer | 11.10.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

The Democrats Got Crushed in the Midterms. But "the Republican Brand [Still] Sucks." Here's What's Next.

Nick Gillespie | 11.9.2014 2:00 PM

Politics

How Republicans Can (or is That Will?) Blow Their Midterm Victory

Nick Gillespie | 11.9.2014 11:03 AM

Culture

Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, the Berlin Wall Came Down

The man who gave the order to let the crowd through.

Jesse Walker | 11.9.2014 10:40 AM

Politics

How Voters, Not Politicians, Are Reforming California's Harsh Sentencing Laws

Zach Weissmueller | 11.8.2014 7:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Britain Poised to Muzzle 'Extremist' Speech

The country that gave us free expression may be backpedaling.

Brendan O'Neill | 11.8.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Alaska, Oregon, and D.C. Approved Pot Legalization. Are We In the Final Days of Marijuana Prohibition?

Zach Weissmueller | 11.8.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Now What? With a Trash-Talking Ron Paul, Plus Gary Johnson, Alan Colmes, Andrea Tantaros, FAIR's Dan Stein, and More

Matt Welch | 11.7.2014 8:31 PM

Civil Liberties

Kentucky Deputy Won't Be Charged In Shooting Death of 19-Year-Old Trying to Leave a Party

Brian Doherty | 11.7.2014 6:22 PM

Policy

Canada Enacts Bill C-36, Making Prostitution Legal As Long As Nobody's Buying

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.7.2014 3:00 PM

Police

Utah Restaurant Fires Cook for Anti-Cop Facebook Post, Draws Fire for Offering Free Meals to Cops

Ed Krayewski | 11.7.2014 2:57 PM