Civil Liberties

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

Politics

Mark Cuban: Sterling's Racism "Abhorrent" But "People Are Allowed to be Morons"

Nick Gillespie | 4.29.2014 9:07 AM

Policy

Today at SCOTUS: Do Cops Need a Warrant to Search Your Cellphone When You're Under Arrest?

Damon Root | 4.29.2014 8:10 AM

Politics

Hung Up on 'Stand Your Ground'

The absence of a duty to retreat does not explain the outcome of Michael Dunn's murder trial.

Jacob Sullum | 4.29.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Brickbat: Out of Season

Charles Oliver | 4.29.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Sarah Palin: 'Waterboarding Is How We Baptize Terrorists'

Zenon Evans | 4.28.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

Kareem, on Donald Sterling: 'Shouldn't we be equally angered by the fact that his private, intimate conversation was taped and then leaked to the media?'

Matt Welch | 4.28.2014 4:26 PM

Policy

'A Freedom-Destroying Cocktail': Justice Breyer Keeps Siding with the Cops in Fourth Amendment Cases

Damon Root | 4.28.2014 3:50 PM

Policy

Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Sentenced to Death in Egypt

Matthew Feeney | 4.28.2014 3:28 PM

Policy

Obama Piles New Sanctions on Russia for 'Provocation' in Ukraine

Zenon Evans | 4.28.2014 1:48 PM

Policy

Is It Time to Welcome Our New Robot Overlords?

From online shopping to drone surveillance, it's a brave new world out there.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.28.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

An End to New York's War on Condoms?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.28.2014 10:53 AM

Science & Technology

Washington Funds Failed Twitter Clones Around the World

Apparently, the government isn't good at designing sustainable social networks.

Jesse Walker | 4.28.2014 10:39 AM

Politics

Supreme Court Remains Silent on Major Gun Rights Case

Damon Root | 4.28.2014 10:19 AM

Civil Liberties

Man Rousted at Gunpoint After License Plate Scanner Misreads Plate

J.D. Tuccille | 4.28.2014 10:03 AM

Politics

Come to Reason's 'Thank You for Vaping' Event Tonight at New York's Museum of Sex!

Matt Welch | 4.28.2014 9:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Little Squirt

Charles Oliver | 4.28.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Little Squirt

Charles Oliver | 4.28.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Should NBA Clippers Owner Donald Sterling be Fired for Racist Remarks? Scheduled to Get NAACP Award on May 15

Nick Gillespie | 4.27.2014 9:33 AM

Civil Liberties

Dash Cam Released in Fatal Police Shooting That Was Ruled Justified, No 'Warrants' Mentioned at Inquest

Ed Krayewski | 4.25.2014 4:41 PM

Civil Liberties

That Tracking Beacon You Call a Cell Phone At Issue in Florida Case

J.D. Tuccille | 4.25.2014 3:45 PM

Civil Liberties

Police Union Wants To Know Why Perp 'Forced' Cop To Pummel Him

Zenon Evans | 4.25.2014 2:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Infamous: Second Son Lets You Smash Seattle's Anti-Superhero Security State

Peter Suderman | 4.25.2014 12:17 PM

Nanny State

Beezin: The Awesome New Fake Teen Drug Panic Involving Lipbalm and Eyelids

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.25.2014 11:22 AM

Civil Liberties

"God is Dead. Except at the Box Office": Nick Gillespie at Time.com

Nick Gillespie | 4.25.2014 9:24 AM

Civil Liberties

Group Lessons

Charles Oliver | 4.25.2014 6:00 AM