Civil Liberties

Politics

People Who Live in the Shade

Revisionist historian Thaddeus Russell on American renegades, delusional socialists, left-libertarians, and Obama fans

Jesse Walker | 2.22.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

The Mind of a Police Dog

How misconceptions about dogs can lead to abuse of humans

Radley Balko | 2.21.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Police Cameras and Crime

Can a surveillance state make us safer?

Steve Chapman | 2.21.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Chinese People Power: A Primer

Jesse Walker | 2.20.2011 8:33 PM

Politics

"Delirious Joy in the Center of Bahrain"

Jesse Walker | 2.19.2011 12:08 PM

Politics

Would 'I ? the Redevelopment Authority' Get the Same Treatment?

Jacob Sullum | 2.18.2011 5:52 PM

Civil Liberties

He Does Know the Market

Radley Balko | 2.18.2011 3:51 PM

Politics

And Just Across the Strait from Yemen…

Jesse Walker | 2.18.2011 1:25 PM

Politics

"The Eastern Regions of Libya Are Now Free Regions"

Jesse Walker | 2.18.2011 1:08 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: Creating a Free State - Filmmaker Christina Heller on Building a Libertopia in New Hampshire

Reason Staff | 2.18.2011 12:22 PM

Policy

This Area Is Certified Fourth Amendment-Free

Radley Balko | 2.18.2011 12:08 PM

Politics

Gun Control Couldn't Have Stopped It

The Tucson massacre should not lead to new restrictions on firearms.

Brian Doherty | 2.17.2011 8:01 PM

Government Waste

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 2.17.2011 5:44 PM

Politics

D.C.'s 'Well-Armed' Well-to-Do Residents Are 99% Unarmed

Jacob Sullum | 2.17.2011 4:19 PM

Policy

Bloomberg: Do As I Say, Not As I Did

Jacob Sullum | 2.17.2011 3:15 PM

Politics

A Drug So Powerful It Causes Aggression and Passivity

Jacob Sullum | 2.17.2011 12:56 PM

Policy

Better That 84,000 Be Libeled Than 10 Go Free

Radley Balko | 2.17.2011 10:35 AM

Politics

Felonizing Whistleblowers

Matt Welch | 2.17.2011 10:07 AM

Politics

About That Constitution

Radley Balko | 2.17.2011 9:59 AM

Politics

The Crackdown in Bahrain

Jesse Walker | 2.17.2011 8:50 AM

Politics

The Man's Best Friend

Drug dogs sniff at the Fourth Amendment

Greg Beato | 2.17.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

How Can You Win the Future If You Don't Invest in Violence?

Jacob Sullum | 2.16.2011 6:02 PM

Politics

The FBI on The Anarchist Cookbook

Jesse Walker | 2.16.2011 3:07 PM

Politics

The ACLU and the New Politics of Civil Libertarianism

Radley Balko | 2.16.2011 1:59 PM

Policy

TSA: Keeping The Air Safe From Cash

Brian Doherty | 2.16.2011 1:56 PM

Politics

Hillary Clinton and the U.S. Government: Love the Twitter, Hate the Tweet

Brian Doherty | 2.16.2011 1:40 PM

Politics

How Hard Is It To Fire a Police Officer?

Radley Balko | 2.16.2011 12:13 PM

Policy

Jesus Christ, Abolish the FCC Already

Matt Welch | 2.16.2011 10:42 AM

Civil Liberties

Onward and Upward With Racial Tolerance

Matt Welch | 2.16.2011 10:09 AM

Civil Liberties

Turning Off the Internet

Jesse Walker | 2.16.2011 9:13 AM

Politics

Got to Be Free

Did Bush's foreign policy set the stage for Middle Eastern democracy?

Jacob Sullum | 2.16.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

The Pauls: Better Than the Democrats

Brian Doherty | 2.15.2011 9:15 PM

Politics

Take Arizona. Please.

Radley Balko | 2.15.2011 4:49 PM

Policy

Texas Declines Compensation for Wrongly Convicted Man Who Spent 18 Years on Death Row

Radley Balko | 2.15.2011 4:25 PM

Politics

New York's Doomsday Manual

Damon Root | 2.15.2011 3:32 PM

Policy

At This Rate, All Crimes Will Soon Be Committed By TV Cops

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.15.2011 12:19 PM

Civil Liberties

This Land Is My Land, This Land Is Also My Land

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.15.2011 12:11 PM

Politics

What Islamist Terrorist Threat?

Al Qaeda doesn't have what it takes to hurt America

Shikha Dalmia | 2.15.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Patriot Act Extension Expected Today

Brian Doherty | 2.14.2011 6:51 PM

Civil Liberties

Baby Stepping Toward a Better Prison System

Josh Brokaw | 2.14.2011 5:50 PM

Politics

For Chicago Mayor, A Race Against Race

Understanding the politics of the Windy City

Steve Chapman | 2.14.2011 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Atlanta PD Will No Longer Harass Citizens Who Record Cops

Radley Balko | 2.12.2011 12:57 PM

Politics

Did Feingold Lose Because of Citizens United? (Part II)

Jacob Sullum | 2.11.2011 5:29 PM

Politics

Reason Writers on Russia Today: Matt Welch Talks PATRIOT Act Reauthorization and Tea Party Civil Liberties

Reason Staff | 2.11.2011 3:18 PM

Politics

Is There a Charter 77-Type Movement Underneath the People Power Uprising in the Middle East?

Matt Welch | 2.11.2011 2:57 PM

Policy

The Right to Discriminate Against Smokers

Jacob Sullum | 2.11.2011 12:05 PM

Politics

Mubarak Resigns

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.11.2011 11:30 AM