Civil Liberties

Policy

2013 Was a Banner Year for Letting Innocent People Out of Jail

87 were released from prison in 2013 after proving they didn't do it

Scott Shackford | 2.4.2014 4:05 PM

Politics

School Shooting Hits Russia Despite Prohibitive Gun Laws

Zenon Evans | 2.4.2014 3:55 PM

Civil Liberties

Scotland Legalizes Gay Marriage Recognition

First legal marriages will start in the fall

Reason Staff | 2.4.2014 3:45 PM

Civil Liberties

Judge: Flashing Headlights To Warn of Speedtraps Is Protected by the First Amendment

J.D. Tuccille | 2.4.2014 3:18 PM

Policy

House Committee Urges DOJ to Support NSA Reforms

Or they could lose even more power

Reason Staff | 2.4.2014 2:00 PM

Policy

Judge Hears Challenge to Va.'s Gay Marriage Recognition Ban

Promises a quick ruling

Reason Staff | 2.4.2014 1:45 PM

Civil Liberties

As Many as Nine Cops Raid Home Over Alleged Credit Card Fraud, Destroy Security Camera, Apparently Find Nothing They Were Looking For, Make Unrelated Arrests

Ankeny police in Des Moines, Iowa

Ed Krayewski | 2.4.2014 1:42 PM

Policy

Justice Scalia: "You Are Kidding Yourself If You Think" SCOTUS Won't Vote in Favor of Internment Again

Damon Root | 2.4.2014 12:41 PM

Civil Liberties

Will Russian Police Attempt to Arrest a Rainbow, Should One Appear at the Sochi Games?

The world is watching the nation's unpredictable anti-gay actions

Scott Shackford | 2.4.2014 11:55 AM

Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden Interview At LiveLeak: On Clapper Lying to Congress and the Possibility of Clemency

Ronald Bailey | 2.4.2014 11:42 AM

Free Speech

The Folly of Anti-Boycott Laws

Using the power of the purse to punish a point of view

Jesse Walker | 2.4.2014 10:01 AM

Policy

UPDATED! Did Libertarianism Kill Philip Seymour Hoffman? Conservative Ben Shapiro Thinks So at NRO

Nick Gillespie | 2.4.2014 7:22 AM

Politics

Read Reason's Complete February 2014 Issue

Reason Staff | 2.4.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Anthony Weiner, the Federal Reserve, Super Bowl Commercials, the Debt Ceiling, Joe Namath's Fur, TSA Confessionals, Heroin Overdoses, North Korea Sneak-Peak, Plus Aftershow!

Matt Welch | 2.3.2014 8:03 PM

Civil Liberties

Hacker Group Accuses Merkel Government of Helping US, UK Spy

File a criminal complaint

Reason Staff | 2.3.2014 7:15 PM

Policy

ABC Plants Guns Among Toys and Candy, Shocked That Kids Touch Them

Zenon Evans | 2.3.2014 7:06 PM

Policy

Tech Companies Unhappy with Modest NSA Reforms

Complaints that the administration has been silent about reports of tapping into data cables

Reason Staff | 2.3.2014 6:30 PM

Policy

Judge Sues UCLA Police for Racial Profiling, Excessive Force

Demanding $10 million over treatment at traffic stop

Reason Staff | 2.3.2014 6:00 PM

Civil Liberties

NRA Membership in New York Doubles Following New Gun Control Regs

From 22,000 to 41,000 group claims

Reason Staff | 2.3.2014 5:45 PM

Policy

NYT on Bitcoin: Only "Criminals" Want Anonymous Cryptocurrency

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.3.2014 5:23 PM

Civil Liberties

DEA Documents Training Agents to Conceal Surveillance Program Info Released

Designed to keep from having to tell defense attorneys where info came from

Reason Staff | 2.3.2014 4:45 PM

Policy

Google Releases New Transparency Figures

After government eases up restrictions on reporting how often they're requesting data about users

Reason Staff | 2.3.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

Should E.U. Police Be Given Darth Vader-Like Powers to Stop Cars Remotely?

Alyssa Hertig | 2.3.2014 4:00 PM

Policy

ACLU Files Gay Marriage Lawsuit in Wisconsin

In federal court

Reason Staff | 2.3.2014 1:45 PM

Civil Liberties

Connecticut Pols Blame Underwhelming Gun Registration Figures on Postal Glitches, Propose Amnesty

J.D. Tuccille | 2.3.2014 1:10 PM

Politics

Gay Marriage Is Loving v. Virginia All Over Again

A. Barton Hinkle | 2.3.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

"Paranoid Libertarianism" Is Just As Mainstream As Modern Liberalism

Damon Root | 2.3.2014 11:57 AM

Culture

Whose Fake Outrage Are We Faking Being Outraged About Today?

It's enough to make you angry

Scott Shackford | 2.3.2014 10:45 AM

Policy

Police in Russia Detain Gunman After School Shooting

High school student shot and killed a teacher and police officer

Reason Staff | 2.3.2014 9:31 AM

Politics

Can Rand Paul Get Votes From Women? (Hint: He Already Has)

Nick Gillespie | 2.3.2014 8:42 AM

Policy

Cybersecurity Initiatives Were Halted in Wake of Snowden Revelations

According to experts

Reason Staff | 2.3.2014 7:50 AM

Politics

Which One Is Crazy?

Charles Oliver | 2.3.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Brickbat: Which One Is Crazy?

Charles Oliver | 2.3.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Snipers Watch Over Super Bowl Crowd

They can tap a keg at 500 yards

Reason Staff | 2.2.2014 1:19 PM

Civil Liberties

Woman Collapses in Courthouse, Dies, Attorney Says She Was Stressed By Commando-Style Raid on Her Home, Husband's Arrest

Family already suing over raid

Ed Krayewski | 2.2.2014 11:55 AM

Politics

Obama, You're No Stranger to the Bong: An Open Letter to the President

Paul Feine | 2.1.2014 7:00 PM

Economics

The Progressive Lineage of Macklemore's And Lorde's Attacks on the Pleasures of the Poor

"That kind of luxe just ain't for us": Where pop culture, progressives, and puritanical values meet

Thaddeus Russell | 2.1.2014 2:00 PM

Policy

Thousands of Florida Cases Under Review After Evidence-Tampering

Chemist swiped drugs

Reason Staff | 2.1.2014 1:50 PM

Politics

Drone-Limiting Bill Overwhelmingly Approved by California Assembly

Zenon Evans | 1.31.2014 5:44 PM

Civil Liberties

Political Nonviolence, Private Self-Defense

Armed self-defense and the black freedom movement.

Jesse Walker | 1.31.2014 4:28 PM

Civil Liberties

Watch the Brits Stupidly Force a Newspaper to Destroy Computers Because of Snowden

We should trust the judgment of spy agencies when they make these stupid gestures?

Scott Shackford | 1.31.2014 2:00 PM

Edward Snowden

Should Snowden Have Run Away?

Ronald Bailey | 1.31.2014 12:12 PM

Policy

Lavabit Appeal to Set Email Privacy Precedent

Alyssa Hertig | 1.31.2014 10:55 AM

Civil Liberties

Here's What It's Like to Work for the TSA

Peter Suderman | 1.31.2014 10:35 AM

Policy

Vice-Admiral Michael Rogers To Be Next NSA Chief

Will take over from Keith Alexander

Reason Staff | 1.31.2014 9:45 AM

Civil Liberties

Ukrainian Opposition Activist Claims He Was Abducted and Tortured

Dmytro Bulatov disappeared for eight days

Reason Staff | 1.31.2014 7:30 AM