Culture

Politics

Separate School Lunch and the State

The USDA's school lunch program has earned a failing grade.

Baylen Linnekin | 11.15.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

Anthony L. Fisher Talks Grubergate, Sexism in a Scientist's Shirt, and Adult Underoos on Red Eye Tonight at 3 a.m. ET/Midnight PT

Anthony Fisher | 11.14.2014 6:00 PM

Nanny State

Baby Becomes Briefly Underweight, Mom Loses Custody for Five Months

Religious beliefs against feeding your child animal products? That apparently counts as child abuse in Florida.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.14.2014 3:30 PM

Politics

Mark Cuban is Wrong: The "People" Don't Want Net Neutrality, Elites Do

Nick Gillespie | 11.14.2014 3:29 PM

Politics

Is the GOP Ready for For-Profit Insurance Hater and Six-Day Creationist Ben Carson?

Matt Welch | 11.14.2014 2:23 PM

Politics

Video Game Violence: A Scientific 'Consensus' Cracks

Reel violence does not lead to real violence.

Ronald Bailey | 11.14.2014 1:30 PM

Video Games

Ronald Bailey Parses New Research That Shows That Killing Pixels Doesn't Lead to Killing People

Reason Staff | 11.14.2014 1:30 PM

Politics

D.C. Circuit Rejects Priests for Life Challenge to Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate

Damon Root | 11.14.2014 11:04 AM

Culture

Friday A/V Club: Too Hot for Sesame Street

Happy 45th birthday, Big Bird.

Jesse Walker | 11.14.2014 10:46 AM

Culture

Viral Video of Harassed Drunk Girl Was Totally Fake—Can We Stop Now?

Robby Soave | 11.14.2014 9:10 AM

Culture

Foxcatcher

Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo in a very chilly art film.

Kurt Loder | 11.14.2014 9:00 AM

Culture

University Will Educate Students About Cultural Appropriation After They Hosted a Fiesta-Themed Galactic Bowling Party

Robby Soave | 11.13.2014 12:59 PM

Music

This Week's Culture War: Arguing About a Creedence Clearwater Revival Song

When the band plays "Fortunate Son," they point the cannon at...

Jesse Walker | 11.13.2014 12:25 PM

Politics

Mark Cuban on Net Neutrality: "The Government Will Fuck the Internet Up"

Nick Gillespie | 11.13.2014 11:35 AM

Journalism

Deadline Today! Intern at Reason This Spring.

Reason Staff | 11.13.2014 11:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Bureaucrats Bulldoze Beloved Playground for Special Needs Kids

Lenore Skenazy | 11.13.2014 9:15 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday, With Justin Amash, Jeffrey Miron, TV's Andy Levy, and Your Host Matt Welch!

Matt Welch | 11.12.2014 8:52 PM

Politics

Obama Lost *Because* of His Early Legislative Wins, Not Despite Them

Nick Gillespie | 11.12.2014 6:08 PM

Policy

Human Sacrifices for Gun Control

Brian Aitken's memoirs show the dark side of a liberal desire to make the world safer.

Brian Doherty | 11.12.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

What is the Biggest Barrier to Innovation in US? Government, Government, and Government.

Nick Gillespie | 11.12.2014 3:46 PM

Politics

Bitcoin Gives Canadian Banks a Run for Their Money: Q&A with The Bitcoin Embassy

Joshua Swain | 11.12.2014 3:00 PM

Culture

Porn Star James Deen Is a Raging Libertarian, Hates Affirmative Consent

On Rand Paul: 'I don't vote for absurd people.'

Robby Soave | 11.12.2014 2:58 PM

Culture

Is Breaking Bad an Ad for Meth?

Jacob Sullum | 11.12.2014 2:05 PM

Policy

"Government Attempts at College Cost Transparency Ineffective, May Make Decision-Making Worse"

Nick Gillespie | 11.12.2014 1:52 PM

Politics

Russia Launches Another Propaganda Outlet in the West, Claims Miami Is the Next Eastern Ukraine

Zenon Evans | 11.12.2014 11:40 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Mohammed Cartoons Publisher Fleming Rose, Obama-Putin Fashion Show, How to Support Veterans, Bye-Bye Ebola, the War on Valerie Jarrett, the Death of Procreative Sex, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 11.11.2014 8:24 PM

Culture

Kinky Sex Survey Says: You're Not as Deviant as You Think

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.11.2014 4:10 PM

Politics

Did President Obama Break the Internet with His Call for Net Neutrality?

Nick Gillespie | 11.11.2014 1:36 PM

Policy

Foodie Elite Push Obama to Create National Food Policy

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.11.2014 12:35 PM

Culture

You May Have Heard That the KKK Is Now Accepting Black Members. Here's What Is Actually Happening.

A multicultural Klan?

Jesse Walker | 11.11.2014 12:01 PM

Politics

Run the Jewels Talks About Gun Rights, Government Surveillance, and the Political Power of Big Beats

Reason has a conversation with "top tag team for two summers."

Rob Montz | 11.11.2014 8:30 AM

Culture

Lena Dunham, Sexual Predator? Or Just Really Weird?

Dunham's memoir-one in which she positions herself as a sexual assault victim-also highlights some blatant sexual and political double standards.

Cathy Young | 11.11.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Obama: Government Should Regulate Internet to Keep it Free

Nick Gillespie | 11.10.2014 1:14 PM

Policy

Guns and Pot: Which States Are Friendly to Both?

The guns 'n' dope Venn diagram

Jason Keisling and Jesse Walker | 11.10.2014 11:50 AM

Culture

Our Boston TSA Heroes: 'Even if Some of These Items, Such as Toy Guns, Weren't Deemed Dangerous…'

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.10.2014 10:48 AM

Politics

The Democrats Got Crushed in the Midterms. But "the Republican Brand [Still] Sucks." Here's What's Next.

Nick Gillespie | 11.9.2014 2:00 PM

Politics

How Republicans Can (or is That Will?) Blow Their Midterm Victory

Nick Gillespie | 11.9.2014 11:03 AM

Culture

Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, the Berlin Wall Came Down

The man who gave the order to let the crowd through.

Jesse Walker | 11.9.2014 10:40 AM

Comedy

The Political Sterility of Jon Stewart

He's no George Carlin.

Sheldon Richman | 11.9.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

Alaska, Oregon, and D.C. Approved Pot Legalization. Are We In the Final Days of Marijuana Prohibition?

Zach Weissmueller | 11.8.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

How Food Fared at the Voting Booth

Tuesday was a mixed bag for food policy.

Baylen Linnekin | 11.8.2014 8:00 AM

Policy

Canada Enacts Bill C-36, Making Prostitution Legal As Long As Nobody's Buying

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.7.2014 3:00 PM