Steam Engines Are Perpetuating Racism, Apparently
The National Museum of Wales is suggesting that 19th-century innovations that enabled economic development are somehow tainted by slavery.
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NYC Mayor Suggests Latest iPhone Is a Prerequisite for Civil Rights
Eric Adams says you may have to upgrade your phone if you want to record the police, because you'll need to do so from a distance.
Police Officer Kills Dog for Walking Toward Him With Tail Wagging
Bradley Brock says his dog Moose was walking toward a police officer wagging its tail when the officer gunned his pet down.
Risking Their Lives to Rescue Afghans Left Behind
Inside the volunteer effort to save the stranded men and women who worked with the U.S. military
30 Percent of Americans Still Oppose Same-Sex Marriage
Plus: Research says neuroscience studies are largely unreliable, Elizabeth Warren's new antitrust bill, and more...
Time To Close the Car Snitch Loophole
When you plug your phone into your car to listen to your favorite band or podcast, you give police a way to rummage around in your personal data without a warrant.
'Grow Up': Yale Law School Students Interrupt Event, Demand Right To Talk Over Speakers
"FedSoc's decision to lend legitimacy to this hate group...profoundly undermined our community's values of equity and inclusivity."
We Can't Fund COVID Treatments for the Uninsured Because We Spent Trillions of COVID Aid on Wasteful Garbage
Congress used the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to throw money around in ways that would be comedic if the results weren't so tragic.
Officials Won't Let Some Ukrainian and Russian Ship Crews Enter the U.S. Because They Might Try To Stay
Now is the time to welcome vulnerable Russians and Ukrainians, not turn them away.
The Decomposition of Cuba's Communist Regime
Martha Bueno's organization, People 4 Cuba, smuggles food and medicine directly into the hands of suffering Cubans to help undermine an oppressive dictatorship.
'Fear Is the Tool of Totalitarians': Ron Paul on War, Money, and the Libertarian Moment
The former Texas congressman and presidential candidate says his goal was to get people to think about freedom.
Tackling Mass Incarceration Requires More Than Freeing Nonviolent Drug Offenders
A new report emphasizes that the U.S. would still have a very high incarceration rate even if all drug war prisoners were released.
Mike Solana: 'Thought Crime' Is Essential to Progress
The Founders Fund vice president and Pirate Wires author on supporting heretics as a means of social and economic innovation.
Police Repeatedly Question Mom of 6 Who Let Kids Pick Up Litter Outside
"There are no known stories of any abductions here," says Anna Hershberger.
Ohio Will No Longer Require Licenses To Carry Concealed Weapons
Lawful gun owners should not be forced to jump through hoops just to exercise basic constitutional rights
Marina Ovsyannikova's Russian TV Poster Protest Was Not 'Hooliganism,' but Bravery
Protesters aren’t intimidated by Putin’s threat of imprisonment for dissent.
Biden Administration To Protect Afghans in the U.S. From Deportation
Those already in the U.S. as of March 15 may also work legally for the next 18 months.
Snitches Get Riches From the FBI
Turning in your innocent friends and neighbors for having large amounts of cash is touted as a new source of income by the FBI.
Biden's Plans To Fix the Pay Gap Won't Actually Help Women
Plus: A win for animal rights activists in Iowa, Republicans sue the CDC over air travel mask mandate, and more...
The Time the Federal Government Built a Flawed Housing Project and Tore It Down 20 Years Later
The government has learned nothing about affordable housing in the 50 years since Pruitt-Igoe came toppling down.
Kids Are Back in Schools. Cops Shouldn't Be.
Police are being asked to handle kids broken by failures of public schooling.
Is High Inflation the New Normal?
With inflation running above 7 percent, we are experiencing the strongest price pressures in nearly 40 years.
The TSA's Mask Mandate Is Just As Logical As All Its Other Arbitrary Impositions
The same agency that brought us security theater continues to enforce a rule that never made sense.
The Senate Unanimously Voted To Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent, a Great Idea
Daylight Saving Time should either be abolished or made permanent. Changing the clocks twice a year is madness.
Biden's Dishonest Attempt To Pin Inflation on Putin
The White House's latest attempt to scapegoat rising prices ignores everything that happened before the past three weeks.
Lowest-Income Taxpayers Are the Most Likely To Be Audited
Plus: North Carolina rescinds FART license plate, permit-free concealed carry gets OK in Ohio, COVID case counts rising again, and more...
Biden Has His Eye on Bitcoin
The president's anticipated executive order stopped short of feared regulations but suggests federal unease with uncontrolled development.
Misunderstanding Trauma—and Resilience
Perhaps our culture is accidentally creating PTSD by expecting it, assuming that no one could possibly emerge from a trauma psychologically intact.
Joe Biden Gaslights America About Gas Prices
Plus, the editors talk about alternative strategies to deal with Russia.
No, DOJ Shouldn't Investigate Tulsi Gabbard for 'False Russian Propaganda'
"Ukraine biolabs" is a textbook example of why the mainstream media's push to outlaw so-called disinformation is irresponsible.
Transpartisan Coalition Agrees No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Would Be Disastrous
Spanning many professions and political affiliations, the signatories to a new letter agree that a NATO-enforced no-fly zone over Ukraine would be a mistake.
California NIMBYs Are Ruining U.C. Berkeley. Stop Them Before They Kill Again.
A California Supreme Court decision freezing enrollment at the state's flagship university is focusing the public's fury on the normally obscure, but incredibly consequential, California Environmental Quality Act.
These Hair Braiders Might Kill an Idaho Licensing Law That State Officials Admit Makes No Sense
They've been practicing African-style hair braiding for a combined 60 years. Now, these three women are suing for the right to make a living using their skills.
Opponents of the Texas Abortion Ban Still Have Ways To Challenge It
Although a Texas Supreme Court ruling ended the main challenge to the law, other cases could ultimately block its enforcement.
Missouri Lawmaker Behind Confusing Abortion Bill Says He'll Clarify Ban on Ending Ectopic Pregnancies
But the bill is still a mess.
New York City to Unvaxxed NBA Star Kyrie Irving: You Can Come to the Arena, but You Can't Play
The city's private employer vaccine mandate is not just an overreaching policy; it's now a completely nonsensical and ineffective one.
How an Academic Grudge Turned Into a #MeToo Panic
How the weaponization of sexual misconduct allegations wrecked Florian Jaeger's life and cost his university millions
Free Speech Supporters Shouldn't Cheer These Libel Suits Over Election Claims
Plus: Russia attacks near the Polish border, Texas must pause trans kid investigations, how environmental regulations hobble progress, and more...
Texas Plans To Execute a Mom for Killing Her 2-Year-Old, but the Case Has Numerous Problems
The district attorney who put Melissa Lucio away is now behind bars himself.
Encryption Protects Ukrainians, Dissident Russians, and You
No class of governments can be trusted with access to people’s private communications.
Greenwashing Borders
For years, immigration restrictionists have borrowed arguments from the environmentalist fringe to make their case against allowing immigration to developed nations.
How the War on Sprawl Caused High Housing Prices
Since the 1960s, planners have convinced many state and regional governments to limit the physical spread of urban areas.
Booze News: Party Bikes in Rhode Island, Hard Seltzer in Utah
Plus: tasting rooms in Alaska and liquor delivery in Alabama
Laura Kipnis on Lockdowns, #MeToo, and Sexual Paranoia on Campus
The essayist and cultural critic talked about her new book Love in the Time of Contagion, at a live event in New York City.
