Civil Liberties

Politics

Don't Call the Cops No. 359: Police Keep Suspiciously Large Tip

Brian Doherty | 4.4.2012 3:21 PM

Policy

We Are the Police, and We Are Here to Help Kill You

Jacob Sullum | 4.4.2012 11:52 AM

Policy

Shooting in the Dark

Three things people don't know about the Trayvon Martin case (but think they do)

Jacob Sullum | 4.4.2012 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

No "Obscene, Lewd or Profane" Language? There Goes Twitter

J.D. Tuccille | 4.3.2012 5:15 PM

Politics

Tories Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Internet Surveillance

Jacob Sullum | 4.3.2012 4:00 PM

Policy

Did George Zimmerman Ignore the Police Dispatcher, and Why Did He Have a Gun?

Jacob Sullum | 4.3.2012 2:24 PM

Policy

Progress: Miss Universe Pageant Will Likely Allow Canadian Transgender to Compete

Nick Gillespie | 4.3.2012 11:27 AM

Politics

David Brooks and the Liberal Media Lament That a Gay-Baiting GOP "Moderate" Mayoral Candidate in California Can't Beat an "orthodox conservative." Who Is, uh, Gay. And Libertarian.

Matt Welch | 4.3.2012 11:13 AM

Politics

Illinois Upholds Public Carry Ban on Weapons

Brian Doherty | 4.2.2012 8:34 PM

Politics

Canadian Privacy Commissioner Worried About Drones Patrolling the Border, Too Much U.S. Influence

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.2.2012 8:05 PM

Politics

ACLU Says Police Often Obtain Cellphone Location Data Without Warrants

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 6:01 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Upholds Pre-Jail Strip Searches for Everyone, No Matter How Minor the Offense

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 4:50 PM

Policy

The Times Keeps Shouting 'Stand Your Ground,' While Reporting That the Real Issue Was Probable Cause

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 12:47 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Will Consider Dogs' Reliability As Probable Cause Generators

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 5:26 PM

Policy

Friday Fun Flight Link: TSA Trashed by Bruce Schneier

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.30.2012 5:19 PM

Policy

Study Finds a Third of Bronx Pot Busts Are Bogus

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 3:35 PM

Politics

Federal Judge Says Forcing Some Prostitutes to Register As Sex Offenders Violates the Equal Protection Clause

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 2:09 PM

Politics

How to Make the Trayvon Martin Shooting Even More Disturbing: Draw Cartoons About it.

Nick Gillespie | 3.30.2012 1:48 PM

Policy

Washington State Reporter Wears Bulletproof Vest, Thinks SWAT Narcotics Raid is Totally Awesome

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.30.2012 1:30 PM

Policy

Why Was William Reddie So Agitated?

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 12:08 PM

Politics

Forget About Income Inequality

Opening more economic opportunities will help the poor, not eradicating inequalities.

Shikha Dalmia | 3.30.2012 9:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Anti-Iraqi Hate Crime in California? The Murder of Shaima Alawadi

Brian Doherty | 3.29.2012 7:23 PM

Politics

Another Gun Rights Victory from Second Amendment Foundation

Brian Doherty | 3.29.2012 6:45 PM

Politics

Support Wanes When Costs Considered for Congressional Action to Guarantee Health Insurance: Evidence from Reason-Rupe and Gallup Polls

Emily Ekins | 3.29.2012 3:06 PM

Policy

Did Police and Paramedics Conspire to Invent George Zimmerman's Injuries?

Jacob Sullum | 3.29.2012 12:53 PM

Policy

Do You Have a Free Speech Right to Heckle Athletes, Coaches, and Referees at Publicly Financed Stadiums?

Matt Welch | 3.29.2012 12:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Forget Pepsi Clear: How 'Bout a Refreshing Pepsi FETUS?

Nick Gillespie | 3.29.2012 9:47 AM

Policy

TSA Manager Likes Touching Strangers 24/7; Arrested For Running Prostitution Ring

Nick Gillespie | 3.29.2012 8:53 AM

Policy

More on the Irrelevance of 'Stand Your Ground' to the Trayvon Martin Case

Jacob Sullum | 3.28.2012 1:18 PM

Politics

Why Do So Many Believers Think Atheists Are Worse Than Rapists?

Looking for answers at the Reason Rally in Washington, D.C.

Ronald Bailey | 3.27.2012 8:00 PM

Policy

ABC News: Lead Homicide Investigator Did Not Buy George Zimmerman's Story

Jacob Sullum | 3.27.2012 7:20 PM

Policy

Activists Would Like the Feds to Pay a Call to the Albuquerque Police, Please

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.27.2012 6:38 PM

Politics

Another "Domestic Terror" Failure: Hutaree Militia Acquitted on Most Charges

Brian Doherty | 3.27.2012 6:23 PM

Policy

12 Colleges that Suck When it Comes to Free Speech. Does Your Alma Mater Make the Grade?

Nick Gillespie | 3.27.2012 2:55 PM

Policy

New Details About George Zimmerman's Account of His Fight With Trayvon Martin

Jacob Sullum | 3.27.2012 11:06 AM

Civil Liberties

L.A. City Hall Singles Out Anti-L.A. City Hall Radio Program for Racism, Sexism, and Insufficient Workplace Diversity

Matt Welch | 3.26.2012 4:06 PM

Policy

Paul Krugman: 'Stand Your Ground' Laws Increase Incarceration by Reducing It

Jacob Sullum | 3.26.2012 1:59 PM

Policy

'Stand Your Ground' May Have Nothing to Do With the Trayvon Martin Case

Jacob Sullum | 3.26.2012 12:28 PM

Politics

The Freakin' FCC

The increasingly incomprehensible ban on broadcast indecency

Jacob Sullum | 3.26.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Recovery In Action: Nearly $300 Billion Student Debt In Default

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.25.2012 6:35 PM

Civil Liberties

What We Saw at the Reason Rally in Washington, DC

Lucy Steigerwald and Joshua Swain | 3.24.2012 6:30 PM

Civil Liberties

What We Saw at the Reason Rally in Washington, DC

Lucy Steigerwald and Joshua Swain | 3.24.2012 6:30 PM

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Brian Doherty on Pajamas Media's PJTV's Front Page

Brian Doherty | 3.23.2012 8:33 PM

Civil Liberties

An Atheist Billboard in Brooklyn

Anthony Fisher and Kennedy | 3.23.2012 1:59 PM

Politics

Hate Is All You Need to Federalize a Crime

Jacob Sullum | 3.23.2012 1:55 PM