You Can't Roast Marshmallows on Zoom
Summer camp season in the era of COVID-19.
Cases per 1,000 tests are rising in the majority of states.
Phase 4 of city's reopening means loose rules for zoos but strict requirements for bars.
Cheap, rapid antigen tests may be on the way—and the FDA has finally approved test pooling.
The Reason Roundtable talks Portland, policing, federalism, coronavirus, and the perennially dumb discourse.
Meanwhile, the case fatality rate is still falling.
During COVID-19, many states have rolled back their “certificate of need” laws. Now is the time to abolish them.
If there's one thing at which governments have excelled during this crisis, it's been collecting fines from anybody who steps out of line.
Though the unemployment insurance benefits boost eased the immediate pain of shuttering much of the economy, it made it harder to get things moving again.
Cheese shop owner Jill Erber on why she's keeping her store open to take care of her customers and her community
Mask mandates are dangerous and unjust, regardless of which level of government imposes them.
The media's fawning interviews obscure the New York governor's record.
A new survey finds parents are substantially more satisfied with private and charter schools’ responses to the pandemic than they were with those of traditional public schools.
Antibodies may decline, but T-cells could provide effective long-term protection.
Americans are increasingly monitored, and COVID-19 health concerns aren’t improving the situation.
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Why should the responsible states bail out the irresponsible ones?
White House brags about the supposed success of the coronavirus relief program are based on shoddy data.
So long as governments view lockdowns as their primary tool for combating COVID-19, they are in effect sentencing bars and other shuttered businesses to a likely death.
People like the convenience of digital transactions, but they rely on the anonymity and reliability of physical money.
“There is no such thing as expertise on the future.”
Reason profiled William Forrester's 15-year mandatory minimum sentence in a 2017 investigation into Florida's draconian opioid trafficking laws.
Post-pandemic deregulation will be more complicated than it looks.
The Golden State has seen a rise in the number of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
The Reason Roundtable weighs in on the latest coronavirus policy debate.
Too bad. Deregulation could (and should) be here to stay.
If you can’t count on schools to perform their core educational responsibilities, why wouldn’t you look elsewhere?
Protectionism is now infecting the GOP to a degree that may be difficult to eradicate when the Trump era ends.
Relatives of the victims say they shouldn’t have to risk infection to attend. A federal judge agreed.
We are starting to see the fatal consequences of the recent infection surge.
The Portland City Council has approved an emergency ordinance capping the fees delivery apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats can charge restaurants.
Abolishing tariffs would have short- and long-term benefits for the economy.
We should fund students instead of systems.
The NYPD is still blaming jail releases, but the data simply doesn’t back that claim up.
When COVID-19 arrived in America, Uncle Sam was already deep in debt.
The Trump administration is using the pandemic to rid the country of foreigners
We know now that young kids aren't particularly susceptible to catch, transmit, or suffer from Covid-19. Time to give them (and their parents) a break.
Even if it's true, taxpayers paid $58,000 for each saved job.
The paper's claim reflects the same arbitrary distinction between religious and secular activities that churches are challenging in court.
A program designed to keep workers on payrolls showered benefits on lobbyists, advocacy groups, and even members of Congress.
Six dead in a week, and 1,500 infections, all due to poor decisions by the state. And leaders still wonder why people won't do what they say.
The Reason Roundtable podcast has some helpful suggestions for the summer of 2020.
Enable people to act responsibly toward their neighbors and co-workers.