Civil Liberties

Politics

Joke Article Earns Writer a Secret Service Interrogation

Zenon Evans | 3.19.2014 1:39 PM

Policy

Free Speech Not So Free on BBC Free Speech Show

Matthew Feeney | 3.19.2014 12:35 PM

Policy

How Racist Is Your State's War on Weed? Compare!

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.19.2014 12:03 PM

Politics

Ohio Libertarians Say GOP Schemed To Keep LP Candidates Off State Ballot

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.19.2014 9:50 AM

Policy

Cellphone Justice and the Killing of Kelly Thomas

Fullerton cops go free after beating an innocent man to death.

Paul Detrick | 3.19.2014 9:30 AM

Policy

"I don't want to demonize cream, butter, sugar and eggs": White House Pastry Chef Quits

Nick Gillespie | 3.19.2014 9:24 AM

Politics

Medical Marijuana Appeal Rejected, Aaron Sandusky Faces Nine More Years

Zach Weissmueller | 3.19.2014 9:06 AM

Civil Liberties

Black Diamonds

Charles Oliver | 3.19.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Brickbat: Black Diamonds

Charles Oliver | 3.19.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: NSA Spying, Rand Paul's GOP, Putin's Saber-Rattling, EPA Victim Speaks Out, Kennedy Propositions Akon, Plus Sultry Aftershow!

Matt Welch | 3.18.2014 8:23 PM

Economics

Michelangelo's David Used to Sell Amyl Nitrite Poppers, Underwear, Jeans? OK. Guns? No Way!

Nick Gillespie | 3.18.2014 8:19 PM

Policy

Rhode Island Wants Moms To Urge Their Kids To Get Health Coverage Via Dating, Hookup Apps

Matthew Feeney | 3.18.2014 5:45 PM

Policy

Challenge to Barring Medical Marijuana Licensees from Buying Guns Loses in Federal Court [UPDATED]

Brian Doherty | 3.18.2014 2:23 PM

Policy

"Security Is Always a Choice Between Different Sets of Risk"

Politico profiles the maverick security specialist Bruce Schneier.

Jesse Walker | 3.18.2014 1:30 PM

Policy

New York and California Suck For Taxpayers, and For Freedom

J.D. Tuccille | 3.18.2014 12:48 PM

NSA

The NSA is Recording and Storing Every Single Phone Call in a Foreign Country

Peter Suderman | 3.18.2014 12:26 PM

Politics

Progressive Activists MoveOn.org Sued by Louisiana For Using State Tourism Slogan on Billboard

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.18.2014 11:41 AM

Politics

"Go Fruve Yourself!"; Sad-Sack Govt Attempt at Nutritional Advice Just May Start Revolution.

Nick Gillespie | 3.18.2014 11:40 AM

Politics

Key & Peele: "Make Fun of EVERYTHING"

Nick Gillespie | 3.18.2014 10:01 AM

Politics

Five Gun Rights Cases to Watch

What the courts still have to decide about the Second Amendment

Brian Doherty | 3.18.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

In Defense of "Generation Selfie": Nick Gillespie at The Daily Beast

Nick Gillespie | 3.18.2014 8:38 AM

Civil Liberties

Philosophy Professor Wants To Criminalize Scientific Dissent

J.D. Tuccille | 3.17.2014 8:54 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Obamacare GIF-Fail, Airbnb Orgies, Vaccine Madness, Scene of the Crimea, Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian, Canadian LP Party Animal Tim Moen, Horrid St. Paddy's Day Footage, and Sexy Aftershow!

Matt Welch | 3.17.2014 8:01 PM

Politics

Gary Johnson on Why the LP Is Better Than GOP-Lite; Ralph Peters and Stephen Hayes on Why Libertarians Are 'Naive' About Foreign Policy

Matt Welch | 3.17.2014 5:04 PM

Policy

Tennessee's Gay Marriage Recognition Ruling Narrow But Important

State ordered to acknowledge three same-sex weddings from other states.

Scott Shackford | 3.17.2014 5:03 PM

Politics

Vid: How to Keep 30 People From Dying Everyday: Q&A with The Kidney Sellers' Sigrid Fry-Revere

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 3.17.2014 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Domestic Spying Requires a New Probe, Say Former Church Committee Members

J.D. Tuccille | 3.17.2014 2:39 PM

North Korea

China Rejects UN Human Rights Report on North Korea, Sends Special Representative to Pyongyang

Says accusations unfounded, recommendations "divorced from reality"

Ed Krayewski | 3.17.2014 1:07 PM

Civil Liberties

Brooklyn Men Claim Cops Arrested Them for Not Turning Over White Castle Sliders

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.17.2014 12:20 PM

Politics

Weaponizing the IRS

New IRS rules will restrict free speech.

A. Barton Hinkle | 3.17.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Obama Administration Continues to Stick Its Info Where the Sun Doesn't Shine

"Transparency" continues to elude feds.

Scott Shackford | 3.17.2014 11:41 AM

Civil Liberties

Amish Family Speaks Out on Fleeing the U.S. to Save Daughter from Court-Mandated Chemo

Tracy Oppenheimer | 3.16.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

Greg Lukianoff on the Battle for Free Speech on School Campuses

Jim Epstein | 3.16.2014 9:30 AM

Policy

Supreme Court To Rule on Cell Phone Privacy

Do cops need a warrant to search your cell phone when you're under arrest?

Damon Root | 3.15.2014 2:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Thank You, Edward Snowden!

Ronald Bailey | 3.15.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: What's the Matter With Libertarians? (Bumped)

Matt Welch | 3.14.2014 8:01 PM

Facebook

Student Suspended For 23 Days, Questioned by Police for Joking About Bomb Threat on Facebook

Joked about a false alarm bomb threat that happened that day

Ed Krayewski | 3.14.2014 5:09 PM

Civil Liberties

Don't Blame Putin; Blame Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin may face international disapproval from the West over his Crimean actions, but at home, he's enjoying his highest approval ratings in years.

David Harsanyi | 3.14.2014 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

David Harsanyi Says Blame the Russian People, Not Just Putin

Reason Staff | 3.14.2014 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Google Challenges NSA, China With Internet Search Encryption Scheme

Alyssa Hertig | 3.14.2014 4:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Are You on a Terrorist Watchlist Because of a Clerical Error? Good Luck Getting Off.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.14.2014 3:17 PM

Politics

NSA Plan: Pretend To Be Facebook To Spread Malware To Millions

Seriously

Zenon Evans | 3.14.2014 2:20 PM

Politics

After Deporting Record Number of Immigrants, Obama Rethinking Policy About Deporting Record Number of Immigrants.

Nick Gillespie | 3.14.2014 1:31 PM

Politics

Legislators Take Aim at SeaWorld Orca Shows

Steven Greenhut | 3.14.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Lawsuit Declares War on the War on Photography

Philadelphia officers defied commissioner's orders to let citizens shoot police activity.

Scott Shackford | 3.14.2014 11:11 AM