CDC Data Confirm That Young People Face a Negligible Risk of Dying From COVID-19
The risk for the elderly is much higher, probably largely because of preexisting medical conditions.
The risk for the elderly is much higher, probably largely because of preexisting medical conditions.
Defeating surveillance is a powerful argument for covering your face.
"When terror is seen as justified, I think it's inevitable that something terrible is going to happen," journalist Nancy Rommelmann told Nick Gillespie last week.
On missing the accessible fruits of giant corporate filmmaking
The assertion, which contradicts the president's own warnings about the virus, is based on a misinterpretation of CDC data.
The infection and death rates have surpassed those of the general population.
A new study suggests that a second higher wave of infections can be avoided.
Research suggests reducing spending will boost consumption in the short- and long-run.
The president wasn't kidding that he told public health officials, ‘Slow the testing down, please!’
Rose City has been on fire for months. Are Portland-style protests coming soon to a town near you?
Leasing state toll roads could provide the revenue states need to improve their balance sheets.
Gerald Friedman of the University of Massachusetts says yes, while the Pacific Research Institute's Sally Pipes says no.
The PPP hasn't worked as planned, and one cheery exception does not disprove the rule.
The Reason Roundtable assesses one convention, previews another, and pleads with everyone to get their kids out of politics.
The New York Times thinks so, but the data do not fit that hypothesis very well.
The danger of the virus can’t be considered to the exclusion of the need for jobs and prosperity.
Would requiring masks for in-person voting infringe constitutional rights?
Despite the campaign's supposed focus, it appears to be a response to food shortages.
Gerald Friedman of the University of Massachusetts says yes, while the Pacific Research Institute's Sally Pipes says no.
Postmaster Louis DeJoy told members of Congress that the post office must make changes to survive. Will Congress let it?
Increasing tensions between the military-backed ruling class and the student-led democracy movement have prompted massive rallies in the capital.
Plus: Emoji law, food trucks, and more...
New data suggest that school districts in states with stronger teachers unions are significantly less likely to reopen in person this fall.
Economist Robert Litan makes a strong case that this step is likely to save both lives and money.
Cuomo's tortured analogy obscures his own failed leadership as the coronavirus claimed the lives of 30,000 New Yorkers.
The coronavirus pandemic has ushered in an age of sloppy, inaccurate journalism and a heightened need for media literacy.
The study suggests that vaping raises your risk of catching the disease, but only if you stop.
Punishing families for struggling with distance learning is doubly wrong.
The postal service stands to lose $13 billion this year. But this is an ongoing trend, not a new problem created by the coronavirus pandemic.
Where are calorie-counting scolds when you need them?
If so, that could be really good news for the rest of the world.
Both major parties defend the Constitution only when it's convenient.
Redundancy with an iron fist
Plus: California Judicial Council sets expiration date for eviction moratorium, the U.S Justice Department accuses Yale of discriminating against whites and Asians, relations thaw between Israel and the UAE, and more...
Officials have never liked it when people are free to move about—and beyond their reach.
Even as Americans rely on tech more than ever, our early-pandemic truce with the industry is officially over.
America's general election is facing both logistical and political hurdles, creating a feedback loop that threatens to derail the legitimacy of the results.
Plus: Uber, Lyft threaten to suspend California operations following court decision; New Zealand reimposes lockdown measures in response to new COVID-19 cases; and Kamala Harris's hawkish foreign policy
Nobody can read the rule book in the dark.
The Fox News host explains his new self-help book The Plus, the upside of quarantine, and why he thinks Donald Trump will be reelected.
Kids do not catch or spread or suffer from coronavirus at the same rate as adults, no matter what your newspaper is telling you this week.
New apps can work as surveillance techniques for the government. They can also serve as anonymous health tools for people hoping to return to normal life.
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