The 5th Circuit Agrees That Federal Officials Unconstitutionally 'Coerced' or 'Encouraged' Online Censorship
The appeals court narrowed a preliminary injunction against such meddling but confirmed the threat that it poses to freedom of speech.
The appeals court narrowed a preliminary injunction against such meddling but confirmed the threat that it poses to freedom of speech.
Plus: internet censorship, outdoor dining land grabs, and more...
It's vital to recognize the many unforeseen consequences of school closures, business lockdowns, and mask mandates.
A likely consequence: Sick students will avoid going to the university hospital.
People should be free to choose how cautious to be. Mask mandates, lockdowns, and closing schools won't stop the virus.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit takes issue with how the FDA evaluated Fontem's unflavored vaping products.
One Atlanta-area college has even reinstated a mask mandate and social distancing.
Plaintiffs in Missouri v. Biden allege that federal pressure to remove and suppress COVID-19 material on Facebook and Twitter violates the First Amendment.
A new study of COVID-19 narratives makes the very mistake it purports to correct.
Plus: How would Jesus vote?, appeals court strikes gun ban for marijuana users, and more...
No one could have considered this possibility, except perhaps the many food-processing facilities that immediately did exactly that.
A recent House committee investigation exposed political interference when it came to figuring out the origins of COVID. But why?
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Eastern for a discussion with Matt Ridley of new documents that reveal how and why scientists downplayed the possibility of a COVID lab leak scenario.
While the lethal effects of Iran’s booze ban are widely recognized, politicians ignore similar consequences from U.S. drug laws.
Despite a World Health Organization report that says artificial sweetener aspartame is maybe, possibly, carcinogenic.
"Disinformation" researchers alarmed by the injunction against government meddling with social media content admire legal regimes that allow broad speech restrictions.
The response to the decision illustrates the alarming erosion of bipartisan support for the First Amendment.
Casey DeSantis' "Mamas for DeSantis" ad goes all in on the culture war instead of focusing on Ron DeSantis' strong record on school choice and COVID policy.
Since the FDA began regulating vaping products as "tobacco" products, American ignorance about vaping's realtive risks has gotten worse.
A case that began with a bang ends with a whimper. The issue of whether the CDC has the power to impose mask mandates remains unresolved.
Confirmation of Wuhan scientists as "patients zero" makes the lab leak theory look likely—and the misinformation police look like fools.
Letting third parties pay our bills pushes prices higher and limits our options.
The new law dictates a life sentence for anyone caught having gay sex and the death penalty for anyone convicted of "aggravated homosexuality."
The organization has a long history of pushing bogus anti-tobacco claims.
A study suggests that "selectively targeting large-scale drug vendors" on the dark web can succeed where all previous enforcement efforts have failed.
Whether the putative target is the "biomedical security state," wokeness, "Big Tech censors," or Chinese Communists, the presidential candidate’s grandstanding poses a clear threat to individual rights.
The few good studies on teen depression and social media undercut attempts to establish causal connections between the two.
A new report calls for policy makers to take action when none is required.
Sometimes he calls for freedom, and sometimes he preaches something darker.
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch highlights a vital lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country," Gorsuch wrote. That might be an exaggeration, but it isn't far off.
The harm caused by marijuana abuse does not justify reverting to an oppressive policy that criminalized peaceful conduct.
The former president reminds us that claiming unbridled executive power is a bipartisan tendency.
Title 42 expulsions caused great harm for very little benefit. Biden plans to replace them with a combination of policies, some good and some very bad.
"If you don't trust central authority, then you should see this immediately as something that is very problematic," says the Florida governor.
Here are three people whose record on COVID-19 shouldn't be forgotten.
Under Walensky, the CDC's voluntary guidance was anything but.
It's been over for most Americans for a long time already.
Recent comments by former COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci contradict what public health officials told us during the pandemic.
The last vestiges of the Biden administration's pandemic mandates are disappearing on May 11.
Each state has different cottage food laws that don’t actually protect public health and safety.
Fauci says public officials should have listened to other advisers and made better decisions. That's true! It's also incredibly frustrating.
The emergence of the animal tranquilizer as an opioid adulterant illustrates once again how the war on drugs makes drug use more dangerous.
Officials who often get it wrong can’t be trusted to reliably decree what’s true.
Join Reason on YouTube Thursday at 1 p.m. ET for a discussion about Biden officially ending the COVID-19 national emergency.
The COVID-19 lab leak theory was labeled "misinformation." Now it's the most plausible explanation.