A Look at America's Most Corrupt Police
A new book shows how the Baltimore Police Department let dirty cops flourish right under its nose.
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California's Proposition 22 Would Save Jobs and Help Consumers. Legislators Won't Listen.
State lawmakers want Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as employees. A majority of drivers disagree.
Milton Friedman's Free to Choose Proved Capitalism Is Superior to Socialism
Forty years later, the libertarian Nobel laureate's PBS series is still winning hearts and minds.
Mark Meadows: 'We're Not Going To Control the Pandemic'
Plus: Libertarian mayor cancels speeding tickets, businesses don't fear Biden presidency, Senate prepares to confirm Amy Coney Barrett, and more...
This Judge Is Wrong About Economic Liberty and the Constitution
Perhaps Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht ought to read more history, starting with the speeches of the late Rep. John Bingham.
'This Building Has Caused More Problems Than It Solved'
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on schooling during COVID-19, the future of higher ed, and why her cabinet department probably shouldn't exist at all
PPParty Time!
Turns out some of the federal government's PPP loans ended up going to people who didn't need them quite as badly.
Trump Is Wrong About Military Distribution of a COVID-19 Vaccine
When a coronavirus vaccine is ready, it will be distributed through normal civilian supply chains to your doctor's office and local pharmacy.
School Threatens 12-Year-Old With Arrest for Allegedly Missing 90 Minutes of Zoom Class
"Who in their right mind could do that?"
U.S. Incarceration Rate Fell Last Year to Lowest Level Since 1994
Total prison population, imprisonment rates, and racial disparities in incarceration all continued their slide.
Suspense Simmers, as Does the Class Conflict, in HBO's The Undoing
Premium cable has led to a quality transformation in David E. Kelley’s storytelling.
On Obamacare, Biden Repeats Obama's 2013 Lie of the Year
Under the Affordable Care Act, if you liked your plan, you couldn't always keep it.
Joe Biden Envisions a Kinder, Gentler Drug War. We Should Demand Its End.
Drug courts and mandatory treatment models often lead right back to incarceration.
Trump and Biden Are Both Misleading Us About COVID-19
The president claims success based on a completely implausible worst-case scenario, while his opponent projects more than 3,700 deaths a day.
Biden and Trump Offer Competing Tax Proposals, but Both Ignore Economic Reality
Trump plans to steal less of other people’s cash then Biden does, though neither has any serious suggestions for paying for their spending schemes.
Voting Is Overrated
It might be better to find something else you'd rather do on Election Day.
Debate's Best Moment: Trump and Biden Bragging on Prison Reform
The U.S. incarceration rate peaked in 2008, but it's good to see two "law and order" candidates talking about clemency.
Was the Final Presidential Debate Incomprehensible to Normies?
Plus: New research on sanctuary policies, the Stop Suppressing Speech Act, and more...
Welfare for the Rich
The book details how the wealthy use the power of the state to snatch your money for their farms, stadiums, banks, real estate developments, and more.
Trump and Biden Are Right: Both Parties Are To Blame for America's Inhumane, Broken Immigration System
Trump's immigration record is uniquely appalling but he didn't do it all by himself. Before you start building cages, you should ask how your political opponents might use them.
Joe Biden's Proposal To Double the Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour Won't Help Small Businesses
President Donald Trump said he'd leave it to the states to decide if a minimum wage hike was appropriate.
Joe Biden Has No Realistic Plan To Reopen Schools
Trump didn't offer much in terms of concrete solutions either.
Don't Be Fooled By Our Media Wars: Everybody Hates Free Speech
Treating free expression like an instrument of power means that the fight is more about who gets punished most when politicians write new restrictions.
Joe Biden's Economic Policies Would Cost the Economy 4.9 Million Jobs by 2030, According to a New Study
The Democratic presidential candidate has promised not to raise taxes on middle-income earners. That's not the full story.
The Republican Antitrust Suit Against Google Is a Progressive Dream
The government is going after Google not to stop consumer harm but to level the business playing field.
A New Study Estimates That COVID-19 Is Responsible for 2.5 Million Years of Life Lost in the U.S.
That is much lower than the toll from unintentional injuries, cancer, or heart disease but higher than the loss attributed to suicide or homicide.
Joe Biden Would Create a Bipartisan Commission To Figure Out Whether He Should Pack the Supreme Court
In a preview of an interview that will air Sunday, Biden says he'd pick "Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives" to serve on the body, which would make broad recommendations for reforming federal courts.
San Francisco Voters Will Have a Chance To Undo Regulations Strangling Small Businesses
Prop H will make it easier for businesses to set up shop or readapt their space, all while preventing nosey neighbors from bringing everything to a halt.
P.J. O'Rourke: 'This Is the End of the World for Classical Liberalism'
The 72-year-old political commentator says Biden's platform is "full of unicorns and flying ponies" but is better than "having the inmates run the asylum."
The Rudy Giuliani Scene In the New Borat Movie Isn't What You Think
Trump’s lawyer was caught on camera in a hotel room...tucking in his shirt.
Trump Grants Clemency to 5 More Federal Prisoners
All five cases were recommended to the White House by commutation recipient Alice Marie Johnson.
On Criminal Justice, Trump and Biden Are Running Against Their Own Records
The progressive who helped usher in mass incarceration is running against the law and order conservative who let prisoners go free.
FBI Not Playing Along as Trump Tries To Implicate Joe Biden in Crimes
Plus: White House responds about missing migrant parents, Florida's failing foster care system, and more...
The Foreign Policy Questions Trump and Biden Should Answer
American voters deserve careful scrutiny of the candidates' positions on individual conflicts.
The Games Must Go On
COVID-19 upended the NBA, the NFL, the NHL, and MLB. How the professional sports leagues responded offers a glimpse into our future.
Clobbering Purdue Pharma Makes Drug Warriors Feel Good, but It Won't Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths
The $8.3 billion DOJ settlement is part of a crackdown that has perversely pushed drug users toward more dangerous substitutes.
Bob Chitester: How Free To Choose Changed the World
Here's the inside story of Milton Friedman's path-breaking PBS series about economic and political freedom, from the man who produced it.
Virginia Passes Bill To Make it Harder for Problem Cops To Jump to New Departments
A local news investigation found three dozen cops who committed crimes but never were decertified.
American Tariffs Are Bad for Booze. European Tariffs Would Be a Disaster.
The E.U. is considering levying $4 billion in new tariffs on American goods, with alcohol likely to be one of the targets.
Freed To Speak, Grand Juror Says Charges in Breonna Taylor's Death Were Never Considered, Let Alone Rejected
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said "the grand jury agreed" that indicting the two officers who shot Taylor was inappropriate.
Pope Francis Declares Support for Civil Unions for Gay Couples
His statement doesn’t change Catholic Church teachings, but it’s an indicator of big cultural shifts.
Libertarian Lawmakers or Libertarian Laws?
Advancing laws that further libertarian objectives, no matter who champions them, looks like the surer route to our preferred ends.
Businesses Prepared for Natural Disasters Are Surviving COVID-19 Better Than the Competition
A government survey finds that prepping for hard times can have wide benefits.
When Encryption Was a Crime: The 1990s Battle for Free Speech in Software
Part three in Reason's documentary series, "Cypherpunks Write Code," tells the story of the U.S. government's long battle to keep strong cryptography out of the hands of its citizens
