Civil Liberties

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Obama's Foreign Policy, Snowden's Spycraft, Jared Polis on Email Privacy, Adam Sandler's Cinematic Racism, Ferret Freedom, Videotaping Gun Sales, the Drone-Memo Switcheroo, Plus After-Show!

Matt Welch | 5.28.2014 8:15 PM

Policy

The New York Times Redefines Crazy As It Pitches New Gun Restrictions

Jacob Sullum | 5.28.2014 6:25 PM

Politics

Jacob Sullum on Gun Control, Mental Health, and the I.V. Massacre

Matt Welch | 5.28.2014 6:07 PM

Civil Liberties

Mexico Dabbling With Drug Courts

Ed Krayewski | 5.28.2014 5:19 PM

Civil Liberties

Nothing Changes: In Bill de Blasio's New York, Cops Still Making Petty Marijuana Arrests

Ed Krayewski | 5.28.2014 4:35 PM

Politics

Rand Paul to SCOTUS: 'The Founding Fathers Would Have Protected Your Smartphone'

Damon Root | 5.28.2014 2:09 PM

Policy

Why the FTC's Worries About Online Data Brokers Are Overblown

Peter Suderman | 5.28.2014 1:33 PM

Politics

Obama Gives 10,000 Men Opportunity to be Last Man to Die for Our Mistake in Afghanistan

Nick Gillespie | 5.28.2014 9:12 AM

Policy

Elliot Rodger and Gun Control's False Promise

The Isla Vista massacre reveals the emptiness of the anti-gun lobby's "real solutions."

Jacob Sullum | 5.28.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Jacob Sullum on the I.V. Massacre, Thaddeus McCotter on Afghanistan, I.J.'s Robert McNamara on Eminent Domain Abuse, Kmele Foster on Reparations, Plus Sexy After-Show!

Matt Welch | 5.27.2014 8:29 PM

Politics

Janet Napolitano Heckled at Commencement Speech

Zenon Evans | 5.27.2014 4:24 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Strikes Down I.Q. Requirement in Death Penalty Case

Damon Root | 5.27.2014 3:27 PM

Policy

Restrictive Laws Are No Barrier to the Likes of Elliot Rodger

J.D. Tuccille | 5.27.2014 3:23 PM

Policy

U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan Mostly Hit Homes and Schools

Zenon Evans | 5.27.2014 2:53 PM

Politics

Santa Barbara Stabbing and Shooting Spree Can Be Used to Advance All Kinds of Agendas

But especially the ones trotted out after every sufficiently newsworthy tragedy like this

Ed Krayewski | 5.27.2014 12:01 PM

Policy

A Serious Anti-Poverty Agenda Has to Include Criminal Justice Reform

Civil society vs. the law

Jesse Walker | 5.27.2014 11:47 AM

Politics

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Police Who Used Deadly Force to End High-Speed Car Chase

Damon Root | 5.27.2014 10:59 AM

Politics

Elliot Rodger, the UCSB Shooting, and 5 Rules for Coping with Tragedy

Nick Gillespie | 5.27.2014 9:06 AM

Politics

How Voting for Mitt Romney Led to Obama's Justice Dept. Cracking Down on Porn Stars (Joke)

Nick Gillespie | 5.27.2014 8:40 AM

Civil Liberties

Campus Trigger Warnings Threaten Speech and Treat Students Like Children

If we want colleges to train students to be rational members of a democratic society, mandating trigger warnings is an excellent way to ensure that we fail.

Robert Shibley and Araz Shibley | 5.27.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Net Neutrality: Don't Let the FCC Control the Internet!

Nick Gillespie | 5.26.2014 2:28 PM

Civil Liberties

And Know They Love You

Charles Oliver | 5.26.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Suspected Mass Shooter Elliot Rodger's Final Video is Chilling, Deeply Disturbed

Nick Gillespie | 5.25.2014 9:57 AM

Policy

NBC's Brian Williams Gets Exclusive with Edward Snowden

Nick Gillespie and Alexis Garcia | 5.25.2014 9:30 AM

Politics

Free Birth Control and Unfree Photographers

Dubious rights threaten true liberty.

Jacob Sullum | 5.24.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Two Minutes Hate & Other Highlights From the Show's First Six Months!

Matt Welch | 5.23.2014 8:37 PM

Policy

Free State Project Leader Wins Victory Against Cops Trying to Punish Filming Them

Brian Doherty | 5.23.2014 8:17 PM

Civil Liberties

Australian Politician Joins Those Seeking to Ban Unbannable 3D-Printed Guns

J.D. Tuccille | 5.23.2014 5:04 PM

Policy

Expensive Fusion Centers Tracked Occupy Movement with High-Tech Tools Like Google News Alerts

Scott Shackford | 5.23.2014 3:11 PM

Politics

Where the War on Pot Will Go to Die

Nick Gillespie | 5.23.2014 11:24 AM

Civil Liberties

Friday A/V Club: Our Friendly Government Explains Why These Concentration Camps Are in Everyone's Best Interests

A propaganda film defends the internment of Japanese Americans.

Jesse Walker | 5.23.2014 9:50 AM

Civil Liberties

Friday Funnies: Trigger Warning

Chip Bok | 5.23.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Happy (Temporary) News for Hungry Homeless in Daytona Beach: Fines Dropped Against Couple Feeding Them

Brian Doherty | 5.22.2014 8:15 PM

Policy

House Approves a Weakened Surveillance Reform Bill After Co-Sponsors Turn Against It

Jacob Sullum | 5.22.2014 6:27 PM

Civil Liberties

House Passes NSA 'Reform' Bill That May Be More Show Than Substance

J.D. Tuccille | 5.22.2014 4:18 PM

Edward Snowden

At The New York Times, a Sudden Appreciation for Media Censorship with Greenwald

Scott Shackford | 5.22.2014 4:05 PM

Policy

NYPD Mulls Using Microphone-Equipped Drones

Zenon Evans | 5.22.2014 3:45 PM

Civil Liberties

What NYT's Firing of Jill Abramson Tells Us About Sexism in America

Shikha Dalmia | 5.22.2014 2:38 PM

Politics

How Scalia Helped Legalize Gay Marriage in Pennsylvania

Damon Root | 5.22.2014 12:55 PM

Policy

U.S. South Is Quickly Losing Abortion Access

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.22.2014 11:15 AM

Policy

En Garde

Charles Oliver | 5.22.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Brickbat: En Garde

Charles Oliver | 5.22.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

"I'll Take This Place and Then Whoever Owns it Will Fucking Kill You…You'll be Dead and Your Family will be Dead": Officer to Woman in Chicago Raid on Her Salon

Brian Doherty | 5.21.2014 6:09 PM

Politics

Nick Gillespie on CNN's Erin Burnett Outfront, Talking Life Sentence for Hash Brownies

Nick Gillespie | 5.21.2014 4:47 PM

Policy

Jury Power Gets a Courtroom Nod in Possible Boost for Nullification

J.D. Tuccille | 5.21.2014 4:42 PM

Civil Liberties

Feds Execute Military-Style Raid on Texas Grandmother

Alexis Garcia | 5.21.2014 3:17 PM