Hillary Clinton Just Turned the Democratic Party Into the Party of the $15 an Hour Minimum Wage
The Democratic frontrunner proves she's willing to take a dangerous, irresponsible gamble with the economy.
Politics
Democratic Debate: The Remy Rap
Remy out-Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in last night's CNN debate.
Sanders Misleadingly Connects 'Mass Incarceration' to Pot Busts
Clinton minimizes her role in advocating longer sentences and exaggerates her role in trying to shorten them.
What We Saw at the Democratic Presidential Debate in Brooklyn
This could be Bernie's last stand, but his bad ideas will live on.
Prominent Democrats Weigh In on Bernie Sanders Calling Hillary Clinton's 'Superpredator' Comment Racist
Andrew Cuomo, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hakeem Jeffries, and others spoke with Reason at tonight's Democratic debate in Brooklyn.
Democratic Debate Live Tweet
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders face off in Brooklyn. Reason is here to help you through it.
California Teachers Union Wins Appeal Over Often Student-Harming Job Protection Policies
Vergara victory overturned, more or less on grounds that crummy teaching probably harms most California students equally.
Young Women Care As Much About Gun Rights As They Do About Abortion
Millennial women are ambivalent about feminism, fans of Bernie Sanders, fearful of Donald Trump, and want government out of their uteruses and their gun racks, thanks.
Verizon CEO Fights Back Against Sanders' 'False' Anti-Corporate Contentions
Asks if Sanders is "'feeling the Bern' of reality yet".
Bernie Sanders Could Make Tonight's Debate Interesting By Taking on Hillary Clinton the Way His Supporters Do
The Democratic showdown in Brooklyn might be the last time Sanders can showcase what few libertarian ideals he holds.
Trump Is the Second Most Unpopular Presidential Candidate Since 1984
First place goes to former Klansman David Duke, who was disliked by slightly more Americans in 1992.
Hillary Clinton's Overdue Shift on Crime
She acknowledges harsher penalties implemented in the '90s were a mistake.
Obama's Faint Praise of Hillary is Either Machiavellian or Dumb
The president characterizes his former secretary of state's use of a private email server as "careless," but under the law it's negligence.
Tonight! Anthony Fisher on Fox Business' Kennedy
Along with the party panel, I help pick the right comics to send to fight ISIS.
Another Libertarian Moment?
Candidates vying for the Libertarian nomination sound better than those on the Republican-Democratic side.
Bill Clinton's Crime Bill Ambivalence
The former president can't decide whether he should brag about the 1994 law or apologize for it.
Progressives and Eugenics: The Case of Justice Brandeis
Understanding the progressive movement's ugly record.
Clinton Super Delegates Aggravated by Sanders Supporters Trying to Lobby Them
Website launched to target super delegates yields non-specific complaints about "threats"
Donald Trump's Organizational Failure in Colorado Shows He's Totally Unprepared to Be President
Trump can barely manage his own campaign operation. What does that say about his ability to run a country?
Another Poll Shows Citizens Overwhelmingly Oppose Police Seizing Property Without Convictions
Mississippi voters against civil asset forfeiture.
Donald Trump vs. Howard Roark: Who Could Build a Classier Building?
Dyspeptic presidential candidate reveals love for Ayn Rand novel The Fountainhead, but no understanding of its political implications.
Clinton Uses Ridiculous Number to Blame Sanders' State for Gun Violence in Hers
She says Vermont "has the highest per capita number" of New York crime guns bought in other states.
Yugely Hated Trump Even With Clinton in New NBC Poll
FFS, Dems & Reps: There's a pile of libertarian votes that are easy to win and hold...
Another Sexual Assault in Service of the Drug War
A lawsuit by a Pennsylvania woman describes a humiliating five-hour ordeal that discovered nothing.
Trump Is Not the Peace Candidate
Don't be fooled by the false prophet of anti-interventionism.
Remembering The Woman Who Helped Keep Massachusetts' Taxes Down
Barbara Anderson worked hard to improve the state's economic climate.
Victimhood Culture: How Abuse, Bullying, Trauma, Mental Disorders, Addiction, and Prejudice Became Pervasive
Psychological "concept creep" pathologizes everyday experience and encourages a sense of impotent victimhood.
Here's More Evidence the Trump Movement Is Backlash Against Political Correctness
Conservative celebrities say Trump will take a stand against (you guessed it ) PC fascism.
Can Libertarian Party Presidential Candidates Overcome Media Indifference?
Watch the second half of the Stossel debate between Gary Johnson, Austin Petersen and John McAfee
Ted Cruz Reiterates His Support for Marijuana Federalism
"The people of Colorado have the right to make the decision," he tells reporters in Denver.
Liberals and Conservatives Should Reject Sanders
His policies come from a fantasy world.
Sure Merrick Garland is Qualified But That's Not Enough
Randy Barnett of Georgetown University Law Center says we need to look beyond qualifications to judicial philosophy.
Can Healthy Fast Food Change Eating Habits in Watts? This Chef Thinks So.
Food truck revolutionary chef Roy Choi wants to knock out food deserts with healthier fast food.
Gary Johnson May Be Running a General Election Race Already
Libertarian Party candidates offer perspectives on government and freedom you'll never get from the two major parties.
Bernie's Job Interview, Lessons From the Panama Papers, and Racial Disparities in Cop Violence: The Fifth Column Podcast Returns
Matt Welch, Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan argue about the meaning and value of "democracy"
Watch the First Part of the Libertarian Party Presidential Debate in Full!
Prepare for tonight's Part II by re-living John Stossel grilling Gary Johnson, John McAfee, and Austin Petersen last week
$15 Minimum Wage Follies in California and New York
Good intentions, but a near total failure as an anti-poverty policy
Ted Cruz Comes Out Against Liberal Democratic Values
They're the real problem with New York, he says.
Stossel Debate Offers Libertarians a Way to Make Their Ideas Matter
Part two airs tonight on Fox Business.
Bill Clinton's Mendacious Defense of the 1994 Crime Bill
The former president says Republicans made him support longer sentences, which were a necessary response to 13-year-old murderers "hopped up on crack."
Sorry—Economic Conservatives are Nothing Like Trump
Prepare to hear a lot of conservatives and free market types compared to Trump.
