The Supreme Court, Livestreamed and Uncut
Just like millions of their fellow Americans, the justices would have to adjust to the strange new realities of social distancing and working from home.
Just like millions of their fellow Americans, the justices would have to adjust to the strange new realities of social distancing and working from home.
Why libertarians (and everybody else) should socially distance, wear masks and get vaccinated.
DIY approaches to education—including homeschooling, learning pods, and microschools—are gaining popularity as public schools fold under pressure.
Mayor Eric Garcetti's plan to shut off utility service to violators of bans on private gatherings poses grave civil liberties and due process concerns.
This is what it looks like when you get the police involved in public health issues.
The trend means we should see declining daily deaths in the coming weeks.
The Trump administration's "economic nationalist" agenda is little more than a cronyist attempt at propping up domestic companies with taxpayer cash.
Dallas officials pulled the plug on the event just three days before it was to begin, costing the libertarian student group $200,000.
The city’s contact-tracing efforts don’t appear to be going well, so prepare for more top-down mandates with confusing justifications.
Will his blunt self-aggrandizement reinvigorate concerns about presidents who exceed their powers?
With antigen testing, the U.S. could have been well on its way toward crushing the pandemic by now.
New York City's primary election fiasco reveals gross incompetence rather than fraud.
There is no state that will weather the COVID-19 pandemic without making difficult decisions. But the revenue hit will be less severe in places that were being thrifty and vigilant.
Government failure eroded public trust. Fact-based persuasion and brutal honesty about scientific uncertainty are the only way to win it back.
Will the U.S. be next?
As federal guidelines suggested classifying more industries as "essential" so that they could reopen, Gov. Whitmer arbitrarily did the opposite.
Playing baseball in the uncanny valley
As bans on mass gatherings persist, musicians are increasingly turning to livestreamed shows as a substitute for traditional performances.
The former New York Times SCOTUS reporter does not seem to understand the arguments she is criticizing.
Armed agents of the state shouldn't be enforcing mask mandates.
His political claim to fame was his "9-9-9" tax plan.
The negative impact of the program is well documented.
The author of a new history of immigration worries that the coronavirus is bringing the mythology of America as a nation of immigrants to an end.
With many of the city's entertainment options shut down, protesting has become a form of nightlife.
With public schools largely out of commission, parents are putting together their own ad hoc schooling alternatives.
Much of the military spending in the GOP's HEALS Act replaces funding that was redirected to pay for Trump's border wall.
What does this have to do with safely educating kids in the midst of a pandemic? Not much.
Senate Republicans announced Monday that the federal government will pay an additional $200 per week in unemployment benefits. The $600 per week benefits boost will expire on July 31.
Safe and effective vaccines by the end of this year?
The summer of 2020 got a lot crappier over the weekend, according to the Reason Roundtable podcast.
The theoretical case for government mask mandates has to be weighed against the reality of their enforcement.
Drinking outside would be OK if the government considered you an adult.
Plus: Gun groups for black Americans are growing, a promising new study on opening schools, and more...
In the face of the greatest challenge in generations, America's chefs, bartenders, and restaurant owners are reinventing their food, their businesses, and themselves.
Worried about how the latest COVID-19 workaround might exacerbate inequality? Maybe open the damned elementary schools instead.
The New York governor requires bars to sell "substantive" offerings if they'd like to stay open.
The wide range of estimates reflects real variations as well as methodological differences.
Thanks to him, there will be no escaping accusations by the left that states' rights are merely a ruse to protect white power.
Data from Yelp shows that the long-term economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic is only starting to be realized. And federal unemployment data shows layoffs are climbing again.
About 40 percent of infected persons show no symptoms but may still transmit disease.
Whitmer's argument is short on facts and legal reasoning.
Democrats in Congress are floating plans for billions more in rental assistance, and a blanket nationwide moratorium on evictions to forestall a potential housing crisis during the pandemic.
Congress is currently debating what should be included in the next trillion-dollar (and counting) stimulus bill, but nothing is likely to pass this week.
Elizabeth Linscott, who tested positive for COVID-19, says she objected to the wording of the health department's isolation orders.