No, Private Equity Isn't Ruining Your Sandwiches, Your Apartment, or Grandma's Nursing Home
Much of the hatred directed at private equity is just a familiar form of opposition to free markets.
November 2026
J.D. Vance and the Politics of Victimhood
The postliberal right’s frenzy for exaggerating and fabricating transgressions
Features
How Murdering Suspected Drug Smugglers Became the New Normal
A year after launching his explosive antidrug campaign, President Donald Trump routinely rains death on alleged cocaine couriers.
Minneapolis Activists Used Encrypted Group Chats To Outmaneuver ICE. Now the Feds Want To Prosecute Them.
"I think courts are going to be very suspicious of how broad this is," one Minnesota lawyer tells Reason.
The Great British Exodus: Taxes, Housing Costs, and Terrible Healthcare Are Driving Young Brits Away
More than 1.2 million British nationals have left the United Kingdom since 2021.
Interview
Vinay Prasad on Anthony Fauci, COVID-19 Restrictions, and RFK Jr.
"Fauci was wrong about almost every single pandemic policy he advanced," the former FDA insider tells Reason.
Editor's Note
Topics
Photo: Fighting Flock From a Lawn Chair
"I'm not a lawbreaker," the Florida man known as the "flock blocker" told local media.
The Democrats' Socialist Moment
The DSA is set to grow its influence in government after the 2026 elections.
Canada's First Nations Are Using Their Land To Build Dense Housing
Exempt from Vancouver's building restrictions, Squamish Nation is constructing a 6,000-unit residential high-rise.
Trump's War With Iran Pushed Him To Waive a Century-Old Shipping Law. Commerce Boomed.
The Jones Act requires all goods moved between American ports to be carried on American-built, American-crewed ships.
Trump Slashing Deportation Protections Shows Why Temporary Status Shouldn't Depend on Who's President
President Donald Trump revoked temporary protected status for about 1 million people living in the U.S.
America Is Spending Billions To Fight the War on Terror in Africa. The Terrorists Are Winning.
Terrorism fatalities in Africa rose more than 100,000 percent between 2002 and 2022, according to the federal government.
Meta Is Gifting AI Glasses to Blind Veterans: 'I Got My Independence Back'
Meta's AI glasses carry privacy risks, but for blind veterans, they fill a gap that the government has failed to address.
Trump Keeps Coming Up With Legally Dubious Tariff Justifications
Trump launched his third round of broad tariffs after his first two attempts ran into legal trouble.
Crime Is Down in D.C., but Trump's National Guard Deployment Probably Isn't the Cause
Crime has been dropping nationwide, a trend that started before Trump took office.
AI Isn't Just Extracting More Fossil Fuels—It's Unlocking Renewable Energy Too
A New Mexico geothermal project used AI to reduce surface infrastructure costs by 75 percent and speed up drilling by 35 percent.
America Hits a New Debt Record at $40 Trillion and Counting
President Donald Trump has surpassed Barack Obama's record for most debt amassed by a president.
New York's Controversial Anti-Swastika Law Turns Prosecutors Into Speech Police
Graffiti vandals are now being investigated for hate crimes.
Dolly Parton Knew What She Was Doing
The country icon was a woman of contradictions. Or was she?
Culture
The Millennial Internet Is Dead, and Politicians Killed It.
Social media use is declining, and what's left has shifted from conversation to passive scrolling.
Books
How To Win a Trade War? Lose Less Than Your Opponents.
The only winning move is not to play. But if you must, a new book offers some suggestions.
The Man Who Invented Online Sports Betting—and Went to Prison for It
The father of the World Sports Exchange tells his story.
Reviews
Review: eBay Live Is QVC for the Modern Age
Sellers appear in TikTok-style livestreams to pitch their goods to chatrooms full of potential buyers.
Review: The Political Cronyism of the Dutton Universe
Dutton Ranch, the new Yellowstone spinoff, reminds us that corruption isn't limited to Washington, D.C.
Review: Magic Lantern Shows Were Cinema Before Movies
Some lanternists believed that film was a fad their medium would easily survive.
Review: The Fugitive Owl Who Captured New York's Attention
HBO's Wild Inside documentary recalls Flaco, who broke free from Central Park Zoo and learned to fly.
Shmoo & Ozzie Go To Washington 72 Review: These Talking Dogs Give Children the Wrong Idea About Government
Shmoo & Ozzie Go to Washington is supposed to be about bipartisanship, but it's really about wasteful spending.
Review: RFK Jr.'s YouTube Cooking Show Is Both Informative and Unsettling
The Real Food Show features chefs making dishes alongside the health and human services secretary.
Review: House of the Dragon and the Pursuit of Political Power
The Game of Thrones prequel is a show about managerial leadership.
ETC.
Pamela Colloff on America's Biggest Jailhouse Snitch, Wrongful Convictions, and Criminal Justice
"I am obsessed with this idea that the system is built to compound its own errors," the author of the best-selling book Catch the Devil tells Reason's Billy Binion.
Brickbats: November 2026
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world
Archives: November 2026
Excerpts from Reason's vaults
