Culture

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

Culture

The Decline of Cults and the Rise of Subcultures

Peter Suderman | 9.30.2014 12:17 PM

Culture

Brickbat: You Could Kill Someone With That Shirt

Charles Oliver | 9.30.2014 6:00 AM

Transparency

Ferguson Charges Thousands for Access to Public Records

Lucian McMahon | 9.29.2014 4:57 PM

Politics

Is This "The Age of the Comedown"? Some Millennials Think So

Nick Gillespie | 9.29.2014 3:50 PM

Policy

This Speed Camera Handed Out $77,550 Worth of Tickets in One Day

Zenon Evans | 9.29.2014 2:40 PM

Policy

War Letters Collector on the Individual Cost of Battle

Amanda Winkler | 9.29.2014 2:00 PM

Policy

The Left/Right Alliance That Legalized Homeschooling

And its descendant, the fight against Common Core

Jesse Walker | 9.29.2014 1:26 PM

Politics

Is This The Worst Argument Against Libertarianism Ever? No, But It is the Most Recent.

Nick Gillespie | 9.29.2014 11:46 AM

Politics

Return of the Aqua Buddha! Rand Paul Survives Another Long Magazine Feature

Matt Welch | 9.29.2014 11:35 AM

Politics

Ukrainians in War-Torn East Topple Massive Lenin Statue

Zenon Evans | 9.29.2014 10:45 AM

Politics

The Best Campaign Rap Video You'll See All Day, feat. Wyclef Jean

Nick Gillespie | 9.29.2014 10:13 AM

Policy

New Survey Data Deflate Two Drug Scares

As heroin use and teenage pot smoking fall, alarm about them rises.

Jacob Sullum | 9.29.2014 8:30 AM

Policy

Gov. Brown Signs Bill Telling College Kids Where, When to Have Sex

Robby Soave | 9.29.2014 8:00 AM

Culture

Well, Shoot

Charles Oliver | 9.29.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Video: 'South Park' Kicks Off 18th Season by Slur-Shaming Redskins Fans—Why Everyone Should Be Watching

Nick Gillespie and Alexis Garcia | 9.28.2014 1:00 PM

Civil Liberties

VID: Ferguson Police Chief Issues Apology, But Police Militarization Will Continue to Be a Thing

Alexis Garcia and Amanda Winkler | 9.28.2014 9:30 AM

Comics

Watch: Banned Books Week and the History of Comic Book Censorship

Tracy Oppenheimer | 9.27.2014 3:04 PM

Culture

Peter Suderman Reviews The Equalizer

Reason Staff | 9.27.2014 8:30 AM

Culture

Why Kids Should Watch South Park

Nick Gillespie | 9.26.2014 5:22 PM

Economics

Kansas Is Auctioning Off Sex Toys

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.26.2014 11:20 AM