Legalizing Marijuana and Gay Marriage Seemed Impossible
But losing taught libertarians how to win
Mad Genius
The Reason founding story
Features
Students for a Freer Future
As U.S. campus politics deteriorate, a global movement of young libertarians finds its footing.
Your Child Is More Resilient Than You Think
How "safetyism" on campus makes students less safe.
Interview
Thomas Sowell Returns
One of America's top social scientists on what has changed since he sat down with Reason 38 years ago.
Topics
Reason Once Tried To Predict the Future. How Did We Do?
A generation later, three major themes still resonate.
The Sorry State of FOIA
More than 50 years later, it is a wheezing, arthritic artifact of more optimistic times.
No More Vietnam Syndrome
If only the lessons of Vietnam, or even of Iraq, would actually stick.
The Next Big Fight Over Organized Labor May Already Be Here
Striking down exclusive representation would allow labor organizers to give the boot to free-riding employees.
When the Nanny State Actually Tries To Nanny
This is not just about kids, but about the adults they will become.
The Backpage Scandal Isn't What You Think
How indie media entrepreneurs James Larkin and Michael Lacey became the targets of a federal witchhunt.
D.C. Unfriends Silicon Valley
Social media execs did themselves no favors by becoming so closely identified with the Democratic Party.
The 5 Worst Supreme Court Rulings of the Past 50 Years
Cases in which a majority of the Court fell down on the job.
The Lives We Can Save in California
Safe injection facilities and other harm reduction measures are the answer.
Culture
'We Are as Gods and Might as Well Get Good at It'
Commemorating the Whole Earth Catalog 50 years later.
Books
Immigration Won't Spark a Civil War
Central planning doesn't work. The labor market is no exception.
Who Controls Your Cortex?
Michael Pollan's new book portrays Timothy Leary as a reckless self-promoter, but Leary asked the right questions about psychedelics.
The Wild Rise of Lyndon LaRouche
What a conspiracy theorist, a Vietnam War deserter, and a Trump adviser have in common
Reviews
ETC.
Joshua Browder Is Building You a Robot Lawyer
The Stanford-trained wunderkind would like to see robot lawyers replace humans, doing all manner of legal work for (virtually) free.
From the Archives
Behold the very first pages of the debut issue of Reason magazine, published in the summer of 1968.
