Civil Liberties

Politics

Who Really Likes the Police? Older, Richer, White, Conservative Republicans.

Emily Ekins | 10.24.2014 8:46 AM

Civil Liberties

Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against IRS Over Targeting

Everything is fixed, there's nothing to see here...

Reason Staff | 10.23.2014 5:56 PM

Gun Rights

Vice Writer Apparently Surprised that 'Gay' Is Not a Political Orientation

Scott Shackford | 10.23.2014 5:35 PM

Policy

How Cops Are Beating Crime in America's Poorest City

Is Camden, New Jersey, a "surveillance city" or a triumph of 21st century policing?

Jim Epstein | 10.23.2014 4:31 PM

Economics

Street Art 'Shouldn't be Privatized,' Say Protesters Who White-Out Famous Graffiti

Zenon Evans | 10.23.2014 2:00 PM

Policy

No, Abortion Drugs Aren't Banned in Oklahoma

But the state has imposed strict new rules on who can take them and how.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.23.2014 1:45 PM

Politics

'Omnipresence': The NYPD's New Secret Orwellian Tactic

Anthony Fisher | 10.23.2014 1:21 PM

Civil Liberties

Philly Police Have Paid Out $40 Million in Settlements, Losses Since 2009

Zenon Evans | 10.23.2014 12:05 PM

Civil Liberties

Where Fun Goes to Die: Town Retains Ban on Kids Playing Ball in the Street

Robby Soave | 10.23.2014 11:20 AM

Civil Liberties

Torture May Not Be So Bad When You're Using the Bamboo Splinters, Obama Administration Decides

J.D. Tuccille | 10.23.2014 11:13 AM

Civil Liberties

The Government's "Truthy" Squad Monitors Political Speech on Twitter. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

The reference to Stephen Colbert is cute, but the feds' unbridled passion to monitor our communications is surely no joke.

Andrew Napolitano | 10.23.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents SCRATCH THAT: Your Indies Co-hosts Will Be on a Special Live Discussion About the Ottawa Attack, Hosted by Neil Cavuto

Matt Welch | 10.22.2014 7:49 PM

Civil Liberties

Press Freedom Deteriorating Throughout the Americas, Says Media Advocacy Group

J.D. Tuccille | 10.22.2014 7:13 PM

Edward Snowden

NSA Groupie Rep. Mike Rogers Wants Edward Snowden Charged with Murder

Scott Shackford | 10.22.2014 5:30 PM

Policy

You Can Legally Busk in NYC's Subways, But a Cop Might Arrest You Anyway

Zenon Evans | 10.22.2014 12:50 PM

Civil Liberties

St. Louis Cops Claim Free-Speech Right to Warn Employers About Your Tweets They Don't Like

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.22.2014 12:30 PM

Politics

Federal Prosecutors Break Rules, Wreck Lives, and Get Promoted

Washington's overlords protect their own.

John Stossel | 10.22.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

How Asset Forfeiture Allows Cops to Steal from Citizens

A Virginia lawmaker takes on policing for profit.

A. Barton Hinkle | 10.22.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Anthony Fisher on Drug War Corruption in Texas, Mark Steyn on American Collapse, John Tierney on Ebola, Michael Malice on North Korea, and Two College Kids Who Got Harassed for Handing out Constitutions

Matt Welch | 10.21.2014 8:28 PM

Civil Liberties

Does Being 'Banned' Help Book Sales?

A literary Streisand Effect

Jesse Walker | 10.21.2014 5:17 PM

Civil Liberties

Video: Cop Shoots 'Aggressive' 6-Month-Old Puppy, Gets Paid Leave

Zenon Evans | 10.21.2014 1:20 PM

Politics

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Signs "Right to Try" Law; a Win for Patient Rights

Nick Gillespie | 10.21.2014 10:59 AM

Politics

Human Rights Conference Attendee Risked Her Life to Watch Titanic

Sixth Annual Oslo Freedom Forum, a human rights conference actually organized by people who believe in human rights.

Lene Johansen | 10.21.2014 10:30 AM

New Hampshire

Watch: Keene Pumpkin Fest Lady Accuses Journalist of Being 'Free-Stater,' Tries to Censor Him

Scott Shackford | 10.21.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

"The press should have no rights that the average citizen does not have."

Nick Gillespie | 10.21.2014 9:50 AM

Politics

"God protects fools, drunkards, and the United States": Here's Hoping.

Nick Gillespie | 10.21.2014 9:17 AM

Politics

The Left's Creeping Totalitarianism on Affirmative Consent

Depriving men of their due process rights won't help women

Shikha Dalmia | 10.21.2014 9:15 AM

Politics

Shikha Dalmia on the Illiberal Liberals on Campus

Reason Staff | 10.21.2014 9:15 AM

Politics

Poll: 77% of Americans Favor Eliminating Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences For Nonviolent Offenders; 73% Favor Restoring Voting Rights

Emily Ekins | 10.21.2014 8:45 AM

Politics

Poll: 77% of Americans Favor Eliminating Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences For Nonviolent Offenders; 73% Favor Restoring Voting Rights

Emily Ekins | 10.21.2014 8:45 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ebola Politics, Jacob Sullum on Guns and Mental Health, LP Senate Candidate Chad Grimm, U.S. Aid to ISIS, Gay-Marry-Me-or-Else!, Keene = Ferguson?, and After-show

Matt Welch | 10.20.2014 8:20 PM

Civil Liberties

Asking If 'Big Gov't Sucks' Got This Girl in Trouble with Cops, Kicked Off Campus

Robby Soave | 10.20.2014 4:50 PM

Politics

NSA Opponent Mark Udall Could Lose Senate Seat

Lucian McMahon | 10.20.2014 3:59 PM

Civil Liberties

Man Guilty of Owning Sexy Images of Cartoon Children

Lenore Skenazy | 10.20.2014 3:30 PM

NSA

NSA Investigating Current Official's Work With Ex-Chief's Lucrative New Firm

Yet, they somehow don't know if the two are actually working together.

Zenon Evans | 10.20.2014 3:10 PM

Civil Liberties

UK Subjects Gun Owners to Unannounced Searches

All the more reason to keep your guns unregistered.

Reason Staff | 10.20.2014 2:57 PM

Civil Liberties

Man Busts Cop for Patrolling in Unmarked Car (You'll Never Believe What Happens Next…)

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.20.2014 2:30 PM

Policy

Joke About Ebola, Get Charged With Felony Inducing Panic

Zenon Evans | 10.20.2014 1:56 PM

Policy

SCOTUS Will Review City Law Authorizing Warrantless Police Inspection of Hotel Guest Registries

Damon Root | 10.20.2014 1:50 PM

Politics

Abandoned Allies: Afghan Interpreters Left Behind By US

Amanda Winkler | 10.20.2014 1:22 PM

Policy

If You Want to Keep Your Guns in New York, Avoid Mental Health Professionals

Jacob Sullum | 10.20.2014 12:21 PM

Politics

Live Today at 12 Noon ET: Edward Snowden Interviewed by Lawrence Lessig

Nick Gillespie | 10.20.2014 11:13 AM

Politics

Poll: 70% Favor Legalizing Over-The-Counter Birth Control

Emily Ekins | 10.20.2014 8:40 AM

Politics

Poll: 70% Favor Legalizing Over-The-Counter Birth Control

Emily Ekins | 10.20.2014 8:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: The Right to Custom T-Shirts

Charles Oliver | 10.20.2014 6:01 AM

Civil Liberties

The Right to Custom T-Shirts

Charles Oliver | 10.20.2014 6:00 AM

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Police Battle Thousands of Protesters

26 arrested

Reason Staff | 10.17.2014 5:00 PM