Feds Crack Down on New National Security Threat: Unlicensed Massages
Massage-parlor panic is crushing small businesses, civil liberties, and people's lives. Here are eight examples from October.
Massage-parlor panic is crushing small businesses, civil liberties, and people's lives. Here are eight examples from October.
A right to engage in prostitution seems like "a natural extension of Supreme Court precedent," says judge.
Hear from the real victims of this cruel FBI charade.
This week has a lot of people wondering "who's the Harvey Weinstein?" of their industry. For sex workers, the answer is all too often a local cop.
Judge says Bay Area cops accused of sex crimes might not have known that Oakland teenager "Celeste Guap" was underage.
"We don't have enough space for them," said sheriff.
Gov. Tom Wolf's plan to borrow $1.2 billion against future state-run liquor store profits is fiscally risky and legally questionable.
From the man that helped Utah declare porn a "public health crisis."
Despite a May ruling declaring the ban unconstitutional, Wisconsin continued to target home bakers.
A new bill would remove all criminal penalties in the District for buying or selling sex.
Governor's decree makes recovery even harder for bar owners.
From the Reason archives
Silly mobile game pisses off nannies, costs company $300,000.
The bill is being pitched as a way to help teens avoid harsh child-porn laws.
Politicians should butt out of people's personal habits.
A new porn platform for women claims to promote ethical, feminist smut while pirating clips and stealing from sex workers.
The Washington Supreme Court's ruling implies that adolescents who engage in consensual sexting are child pornographers.
Congress moves to grant Trump administration vast new policing powers, because "sex trafficking."
Connecticut spent too much money, and now vapers and small businesses have to pay the price.
The Capital Care Network was ordered to close in 2014. Instead, it took the state to court.
Cruz is walking back earlier support for sex-toy sales bans after his account liked a porn tweet on Twitter Tuesday.
Meet Charlie, a two-year-old dog with "game-changing abilities," according to law-enforcement types.
80 years after Prohibition, the Dark Ages of drinking are finally coming to an end.
City worries bikini hot dog stands could be next.
A new critique of the surgeon general's report on e-cigarettes puts underage use in perspective.
There was no trafficking victim here-just a couple attempting private sexual activity with another consenting adult. But Maryland cops don't care.
Commissioner Scott Gottlieb applauds the agency's unfortunate mandate and promises clear guidance by the end of the year.
Prostitution and porn during the 1970s focus of new series.
The state will continue to pursue money-laundering charges against Carl Ferrer, Michael Lacey, and James Larkin.
Federal officials deny big reductions in adolescent tobacco use and obscure the harm-reducing potential of e-cigarettes.
Hope Zeferjohn's role was limited to chatting with the "victim"-who was never actually trafficked-on Facebook.
Friday A/V Club: What psychedelic special effects looked like in 1910
Nick Gillespie talks with Peter Suderman about Prohibition's lingering effects on booze.
Like all things 2017, an old urban legend takes an even more ridiculous turn.
Prosecutors say the former professor poses no threat but should be locked up anyway.
In one case, a person whose legal identity was listed as male was arrested for sitting at a bus stop while "dressed as a woman" and carrying condoms.
The White House will force American can makers to "buy American," driving up prices and costing jobs-without doing anything to help American workers.
The "Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act" would not stop sexual exploitation. But it could blow up the legal framework that supports the internet as we know it.
AG Josh Hawley's "new evidence" against the U.S. company is actions carried out by foreign contractors for foreign websites.
The law must be followed, even if breaking the law actually makes people safer.
Its for your own good, you know.
If "light" cigarettes were a scam, how can "nonaddictive" cigarettes be a boon?
The Recreation and Parks Department needs to get its priorities straight.