Culture

Policy

Rise of the Mystery Highs

How prohibition drives people toward riskier drugs

Jacob Sullum | 10.6.2014 7:00 AM

World

Well, He Has Been Sentenced to Death

Charles Oliver | 10.6.2014 6:00 AM

Pakistan

Brickbat: Well, He Has Been Sentenced to Death

Charles Oliver | 10.6.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

How Internet Activism Helps Sex Workers

Marginalized groups seek justice, community, and self-help online.

Noah Berlatsky | 10.5.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Let's Take Babies Out of Politics

Nick Gillespie | 10.5.2014 10:29 AM

Policy

What's Inside a Washington, DC Food Desert?

Baylen Linnekin looks inside a Washington, DC food desert-which features a Starbucks and a campus dining hall. And pomegranates.

Baylen Linnekin | 10.4.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

Rand Paul: "I don't want my guns registered in Washington or my marriage"

Nick Gillespie | 10.3.2014 6:08 PM

Politics

Is Germany Planning to Ban Work Emails After 6 P.M.?

Patrick Hannaford | 10.3.2014 5:22 PM

Politics

A Pox on Hillary's "Grandmother Glow" and Prince George Pics

Nick Gillespie | 10.3.2014 2:50 PM

Politics

Republicans are Shifting on Social Issues. That's a Lesson for Democrats.

Peter Suderman | 10.3.2014 2:06 PM

Politics

Does Prison for Real Housewives Stars Teresa and Joe Giudice Really Send a Message?

Nick Gillespie | 10.3.2014 1:48 PM

Policy

The Mystery of Cloud 9: How Drug Laws Make Drugs More Dangerous

Jacob Sullum | 10.3.2014 12:40 PM

Politics

Dormless Community Colleges to Get Government-Imposed Rape-Survivor 'Advocates' Instead of Goddamned Security Guards

Matt Welch | 10.3.2014 12:21 PM

Contraception

Study: Providing Teens With Free Long-Acting Contraception Dramatically Lowers Births and Abortions

Ronald Bailey | 10.3.2014 11:41 AM

Policy

Lawsuit: TSA Agents Opened Urn and Spilled Ashes Throughout Suitcase

Zenon Evans | 10.3.2014 11:10 AM

Politics

California's Sexual Consent Law Will Ruin Good Sex for Women

Shikha Dalmia | 10.3.2014 11:04 AM

Civil Liberties

Federal Court Allows Civil Rights Case Against Baltimore Cop Who Inspired a Character on The Wire

Damon Root | 10.3.2014 10:51 AM

Policy

Forget Secession. Americans Want to Boot California From the Union.

J.D. Tuccille | 10.3.2014 10:11 AM

Culture

Gone Girl

Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike plumb the noir depths of a dark bestseller.

Kurt Loder | 10.3.2014 9:00 AM

Culture

Friday A/V Club: GIFs of the 19th Century

Weird, wonderful proto-movies

Jesse Walker | 10.3.2014 8:10 AM

Politics

Friday Funnies: Anti-War, When Convenient

Henry Payne | 10.3.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Guardian Columnist: Hong Kong Protesters Motivated by Economic Jealousy

Anthony Fisher | 10.2.2014 4:50 PM

Politics

Welcome Back, SCOTUS: 3 Supreme Court Cases to Watch in October 2014

The high court prepares to tackle aggressive police tactics, religious liberty for prisoners, and occupational licensing abuse.

Damon Root | 10.2.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Another City Dodges the Olympic Bullet

Zenon Evans | 10.2.2014 2:09 PM

Culture

Netflix Aims to Reinvent the Movie Business With Some Help From Adam Sandler

Peter Suderman | 10.2.2014 1:14 PM

Economics

Silk Road Drugs: MDMA Most Popular, Lots of Prescription Meds, And More Data

Zenon Evans | 10.2.2014 11:45 AM

Politics

South Park + 4 More: The 5 Best Libertarian TV Shows Ever

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 10.1.2014 8:58 PM

Culture

Don't Panic About Ebola—and Don't Panic About People Panicking Either

Public hysteria isn't the problem.

Jesse Walker | 10.1.2014 12:48 PM

Culture

Webcam Girl Sasha Pain Raising Awareness, Funds for Ferguson Protesters

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.1.2014 12:45 PM

Politics

New York Times Surprised That Republicans Don't Want to See Obama Murdered

Matt Welch | 10.1.2014 12:01 PM

Culture

Contra the Media, We're Safer Now Than Ever Before

We wax nostalgic about the past, but the past was much nastier than today.

John Stossel | 10.1.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Louis Farrakhan: Ebola and AIDS are "race targeting weapons"

Nick Gillespie | 10.1.2014 11:33 AM

Politics

Have You Seen the Drone Footage of Hong Kong's Protests? It's Epic.

Zenon Evans | 10.1.2014 10:50 AM

Culture

Avant-GIFs

Turning online animations into high art

Jesse Walker | 10.1.2014 10:00 AM

Culture

The Surprising Power of Subtitles

From Jesus on a bed sheet in Tagalog to Rasputin rapping in Ukrainian

Greg Beato | 10.1.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

The New Face of Television

How murder, treachery, and mayhem made TV a 'vast wasteland' no more

Peter Suderman | 10.1.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

The Rise and Fall of Aereo

The Supreme Court squashes one possible future of television.

Damon Root | 10.1.2014 10:00 AM

Video Games

'Watching the Game' Has Found a Completely Different Meaning Online

A massive, worldwide audience has developed to watch people play video games, and it's worth billions.

Scott Shackford | 10.1.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Video's Gutenberg Moment

How the VX1000 camera revolutionized news, documentaries, and porn.

Jim Epstein | 10.1.2014 10:00 AM

Culture

Orange Is Back

Robby Soave | 10.1.2014 7:00 AM

Nanny State

Hummus Among Us

Food protectionism

Scott Shackford | 10.1.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Will Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement Move China?

Anthony Fisher | 9.30.2014 10:00 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: DON'T PANIC, S.S. Follies, Libertarian Spoilers, Peter Suderman on Obamacare, Why Are We Still in Afghanistan, Intel vs. Obama, Plastic Bans, Are Hot Dogs Sandwiches, and Aftershow!

Matt Welch | 9.30.2014 8:08 PM

Culture

Twitter Temporarily Bans Great Press Secretary Parody Account

Zenon Evans | 9.30.2014 2:08 PM

Policy

FCC Thumbs Nose at NFL, Votes Unanimously to End Protectionist Sports Blackout Rule

Peter Suderman | 9.30.2014 1:44 PM

Policy

Sports Blackout Rule Dropped by FCC

Regulators step back from the corporate enforcers role.

Reason Staff | 9.30.2014 12:53 PM