War on Drugs

Policy

Ray Kelly Outlines Measures to Curtail the Illegal Police Stops He Says Are Not Occurring

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 3:21 PM

Politics

Scott Walker Turns Up the Heat on Flawed Milwaukee Crime Stats

Wisconsin gubernatorial candidates debate high-profile police controversy.

Ryan Ekvall and M.D. Kittle | 5.25.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

D.A. Suspends Grand Jury Investigations of Police Shootings in Albuquerque; No Shooting Ever Ruled Unjustified

Ed Krayewski | 5.25.2012 1:05 PM

Politics

When Government Privileges Trump the Rights of Citizens

California creates a two-tiered system, with government workers on top.

Steven Greenhut | 5.25.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Drug Busts As Make-Work for Superfluous Cops

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 11:46 AM

Policy

Obama Still Bogarting Nation's Joints, Man.

Nick Gillespie | 5.25.2012 11:43 AM

Politics

"It's nice to see a popular Democrat take a strong stance against the drug war."

Damon Root | 5.24.2012 4:29 PM

Policy

Flashing Headlights to Warn About Speed Traps Is Protected Speech, Sez Judge

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.24.2012 1:35 PM

Politics

George Soros and Other Lefty Moneybags Types Aren't Primarying Lousy Old Democrats Because the Party Is More Ideologically Diverse! Wait, What?

Matt Welch | 5.24.2012 12:16 PM

Politics

The Costs of Police Brutality: Fresh Out Of Bankruptcy, Vallejo Pays $4.5 Million for Warrantless Entry That Led to Spinal Cord Injury, Permanent Disability

Ed Krayewski | 5.24.2012 11:18 AM

Politics

St. Louis Cops Worry That In-Car Cameras 'Are Being Used Against Them'

Jacob Sullum | 5.23.2012 5:38 PM

Politics

Years of Absurd Outcomes (and Maybe Real Competition?) Prompt Reconsideration of "Zero Tolerance" School Policies

Scott Shackford | 5.23.2012 1:32 PM

War on Drugs

DEA-Backed Honduran Commandos Put Gun to Honduran Boy's Head, Tell Him, "If you don't talk we'll kill you."

Mike Riggs | 5.23.2012 12:55 PM

Policy

St. Louis Police Officers Association No Fan of Dash Cams

Ed Krayewski | 5.23.2012 10:55 AM

Culture

Pro-Legalization Congressional Candidate Primarying a Democrat in El Paso

Matt Welch | 5.23.2012 8:15 AM

Politics

Is That a Spy in Your Pocket?

How warrantless cellphone tracking threatens your privacy

Jacob Sullum | 5.23.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Mexican Congressional Candidate Wants to End Drug War. Also, She Poses Topless.

Scott Shackford | 5.22.2012 5:59 PM

Politics

"They think of someone they knew… who has been deported," Democrats May Lose Latino, Immigrant Voters

Ed Krayewski | 5.22.2012 5:31 PM

Politics

Does the Artist Treated Like a Terrorist Still ?NY?

Jacob Sullum | 5.22.2012 4:21 PM

Policy

Support for Pot Legalization Crosses 50 Percent, With 56 Percent of Americans Now In Favor of Treating it Like Booze

Mike Riggs | 5.22.2012 1:13 PM

Politics

Cato Relaunches Police Misconduct Tracker, Assuring Regular Online Diet of Face-Stomping, Groin-Crushing 'Professionalism'

Scott Shackford | 5.22.2012 11:52 AM

Policy

Cop Doing "God's Work" Threatens to Face-Rape Petty Crook

Scott Shackford | 5.21.2012 5:36 PM

Politics

Asset Forfeiture: "A Process of Government Enrichment That Often Is Indistinguishable from Robbery"

Damon Root | 5.21.2012 4:51 PM

Politics

Palm Beach Deputy Sheriff "Forced" to Shoot Unarmed Man Checking In on Family Business

Ed Krayewski | 5.21.2012 4:29 PM

Politics

Penn Jillette, on Obama Locking Up People for Doing the Same Drugs He Did: "It's not a goddamn joke!"

Matt Welch | 5.21.2012 3:14 PM

Policy

DC Capitol Hemp Shutting Down: Obama's War on Drugs to Blame

Joshua Swain, Kennedy, and Nick Gillespie | 5.21.2012 3:00 PM

Policy

DC Capitol Hemp Shutting Down: Obama's War on Drugs to Blame

Joshua Swain, Kennedy, and Nick Gillespie | 5.21.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Police Tell Woman to Pay Son's Bail in Cash, Then Steal it

Matt Welch | 5.21.2012 9:45 AM

Policy

A Report From Obama's "Humane" Drug War: "My son screamed for his mother for what seemed like an eternity"

Mike Riggs | 5.20.2012 9:30 PM

Politics

Jacob Sullum Discusses the Right to Record Cops on RT

Reason Staff | 5.18.2012 11:58 AM

Policy

We Had to Kill the Villagers to Save Americans From the Cocaine They Want

Jacob Sullum | 5.18.2012 11:33 AM

Civil Liberties

Is There a Drone in Your Backyard?

Even when we don't have an expectation of privacy, we do have a right to be left alone.

Andrew Napolitano | 5.17.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Federal Judge Allows Class Action Challenging the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Program

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2012 6:11 PM

Politics

When Will Obama Evolve on the Drug War?

Much is made of how Obama's position on same-sex marriage has "evolved." One hopes his position on the "war on drugs" is also evolving.

Sheldon Richman | 5.16.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Will President Obama Commute Clarence Aaron's Sentence?

Ed Krayewski | 5.16.2012 12:54 PM

Politics

Reason TV: Outraged Fullerton citizens react to Kelly Thomas beating tape

Paul Detrick | 5.16.2012 12:02 PM

Policy

Poll: 74 Percent of Americans, Including 67 Percent of Republicans, Want Obama to End Medical Marijuana Crackdown

Mike Riggs | 5.16.2012 9:39 AM

Politics

Columbia Professor and Students Reveal Texas Justice Executed the Wrong Man in 1989

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.15.2012 10:00 PM

Politics

Greek Protesters Join Cops to Beat Up on Immigrant

Ed Krayewski | 5.15.2012 3:14 PM

Politics

Cop Accused of Being Drug Trafficker's Inside Man at NYPD

Ed Krayewski | 5.15.2012 1:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Husband of Sunday School Teacher Killed by Culpeper Cop Files $5 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Mike Riggs | 5.15.2012 12:23 PM

Politics

"I kissed her breasts and nipples, as there was no place for my face to go," Salt Lake City PD Re-Evaluates Vice

Ed Krayewski | 5.14.2012 6:23 PM

Politics

The First Amendment vs. the War on Cameras

Damon Root | 5.14.2012 5:43 PM

Policy

How Psychiatrists Make Drugs More Addictive

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2012 4:21 PM

Politics

How a Poster Boy for Commutation Falls Through the Cracks

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2012 1:39 PM

Civil Liberties

Why Did a Culpeper Cop Kill a Retired Sunday School Teacher in a Church Parking Lot? [UPDATED]

Mike Riggs | 5.14.2012 11:18 AM

Politics

Oakland Cop Shoots, Kills High School Senior; Nothing to See Here

Ed Krayewski | 5.14.2012 10:13 AM

Policy

Moms Say, "No More Drug War!"

Zach Weissmueller | 5.13.2012 8:00 AM