Nanny State

Civil Liberties

Immigrant Sex Workers Say They're Victimized by NYPD, Not Traffickers

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.24.2014 2:03 PM

Policy

School Choice Now!: Gym Teacher Drags/Pushes Girl in Pool

Nick Gillespie | 11.23.2014 4:34 PM

Politics

Coming to America?: "The Insane Swedish Plan to Rate Video Games for Sexism"

Nick Gillespie | 11.23.2014 9:38 AM

Policy

Hellman's Sues to Protect Its Mayo-Monopoly

Hellman's says a competitor doesn't meet FDA "mayonnaise" standards. So it sued.

Baylen Linnekin | 11.22.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

Kids Tweet #ThanksMichelleObama for Crappy Public School Lunches

Robby Soave | 11.21.2014 3:52 PM

Civil Liberties

'Sex Purchasers' to Be Branded Online Indefinitely in Orange County

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.20.2014 4:52 PM

Nanny State

Florida Creamery Fights Gov-Mandated Mislabeling of Skim Milk

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.20.2014 2:55 PM

Politics

"Uber's Real Crime is Giving in to Politics as Usual"

Nick Gillespie | 11.20.2014 12:37 PM

Politics

Rating Video Games for Sexism? Ugliest Swedish Export Since Tor Johnson

Nick Gillespie | 11.20.2014 9:04 AM

Policy

Senators Feinstein, Portman Want to Expand Wiretapping Authority to Combat Sex Trafficking

Another anti-sex trafficking bill from Sen. Dianne Feinstein that uses inflated fears about the issue to push unconstitutional expansions of federal law enforcement power

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.19.2014 5:15 PM

Nanny State

Control Freaks Still Targeting Tobacco

Rule-makers always want more.

John Stossel | 11.19.2014 12:00 PM

E-cigarettes

Go Tell Your Meddling City Council: 'Vape' Is Word of the Year

Scott Shackford | 11.19.2014 11:45 AM

Policy

Some Feminists Think Stopping Jokes Would Help Stop Rape, But 'Alcohol is Not the Problem'[*]

Robby Soave | 11.19.2014 9:01 AM

Politics

Why Not Books?: "Sweden Mulls 'Sexist' Video Game Labels"

Nick Gillespie | 11.18.2014 9:36 AM

Civil Liberties

Liberal Feminists, Stop Smearing Critics As Rape Apologists

Robby Soave | 11.17.2014 2:42 PM

Policy

DEA Searches NFL Teams for Illegally Prescribed Painkillers, Drugs

Nick Gillespie | 11.17.2014 11:00 AM

Politics

Americans Trust Government Less and Less Because We Know More and More About How It Operates

Nick Gillespie | 11.16.2014 10:09 AM

Politics

Philae Lander: One Small Step for Science, One Giant Sexist Shirt for Mankind?

Nick Gillespie | 11.15.2014 4:56 PM

Politics

Real World DC (Obamacare Transparency Edition)

Meredith Bragg | 11.15.2014 3:00 PM

Culture

Adult Porn

A newer world where sex and sexual expression is for all

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.15.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Separate School Lunch and the State

The USDA's school lunch program has earned a failing grade.

Baylen Linnekin | 11.15.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

Anthony L. Fisher Talks Grubergate, Sexism in a Scientist's Shirt, and Adult Underoos on Red Eye Tonight at 3 a.m. ET/Midnight PT

Anthony Fisher | 11.14.2014 6:00 PM

Policy

Smoking by Teenagers Continues to Fall As Vaping Continues to Rise

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2014 4:52 PM

Nanny State

Baby Becomes Briefly Underweight, Mom Loses Custody for Five Months

Religious beliefs against feeding your child animal products? That apparently counts as child abuse in Florida.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.14.2014 3:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Anti-Censorship Groups Tell Senate to Stop the 'Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation' Act

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.14.2014 12:30 PM

Culture

Friday A/V Club: Too Hot for Sesame Street

Happy 45th birthday, Big Bird.

Jesse Walker | 11.14.2014 10:46 AM

Politics

Justin Amash: The New GOP Majority May Be Better Than You Think

Matt Welch | 11.13.2014 4:43 PM

Politics

Mark Cuban on Net Neutrality: "The Government Will Fuck the Internet Up"

Nick Gillespie | 11.13.2014 11:35 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday, With Justin Amash, Jeffrey Miron, TV's Andy Levy, and Your Host Matt Welch!

Matt Welch | 11.12.2014 8:52 PM

Politics

Obama Lost *Because* of His Early Legislative Wins, Not Despite Them

Nick Gillespie | 11.12.2014 6:08 PM

Politics

Scott Walker's Repellent, Unconstitutional Call to Drug-Test Welfare Recipients

Nick Gillespie | 11.12.2014 5:09 PM

Politics

What is the Biggest Barrier to Innovation in US? Government, Government, and Government.

Nick Gillespie | 11.12.2014 3:46 PM

Culture

Porn Star James Deen Is a Raging Libertarian, Hates Affirmative Consent

On Rand Paul: 'I don't vote for absurd people.'

Robby Soave | 11.12.2014 2:58 PM

Politics

Internet Sales Tax Won't Happen in Lame-Duck Session, But Should It Ever?

Nick Gillespie | 11.12.2014 2:22 PM

Policy

Foodie Elite Push Obama to Create National Food Policy

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.11.2014 12:35 PM

Policy

A Republican Congress Should Make Obama Lower the Drinking Age

Robby Soave | 11.10.2014 3:22 PM

Policy

Guns and Pot: Which States Are Friendly to Both?

The guns 'n' dope Venn diagram

Jason Keisling and Jesse Walker | 11.10.2014 11:50 AM

Culture

Our Boston TSA Heroes: 'Even if Some of These Items, Such as Toy Guns, Weren't Deemed Dangerous…'

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.10.2014 10:48 AM

Politics

The Democrats Got Crushed in the Midterms. But "the Republican Brand [Still] Sucks." Here's What's Next.

Nick Gillespie | 11.9.2014 2:00 PM

Politics

How Republicans Can (or is That Will?) Blow Their Midterm Victory

Nick Gillespie | 11.9.2014 11:03 AM

Politics

How Food Fared at the Voting Booth

Tuesday was a mixed bag for food policy.

Baylen Linnekin | 11.8.2014 8:00 AM

Policy

Canada Enacts Bill C-36, Making Prostitution Legal As Long As Nobody's Buying

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.7.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

Friday A/V Club: Legalizing Liquor-By-the-Drink

A drive to preserve a Prohibitionist relic

Jesse Walker | 11.7.2014 10:58 AM