San Francisco's Top Economist Confirms Vape Ban Means More Smoking
The city is banning e-cigarettes while actual cigarettes remain legal.
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Happy Prime Day! Your Regular Purchases Can Support Reason
Thinking of buying a tactical spork? Or SPAM? Your favorite libertarian magazine could benefit.
Humans Are Building Better Versions of Themselves
From insulin to prosthetics, technology makes this the best moment yet to be living with a disability.
Another Study Finds Trigger Warnings Are Useless, or Even Harmful
A scientific consensus has emerged that trigger warnings just don't work—and student activists should stop demanding them.
ICE Begins Nationwide Raids on Undocumented Immigrants
The raids will continue for several days as the Trump administration tries to track down immigrants for arrest and deportation.
The Terrifying Rise of Authoritarian Populism
Envy and resentment are driving collectivist impulses around the world.
City of Everett Can Force Bikini Baristas To Cover Their Butts, 9th Circuit Rules
The law is an ass, cleft and all.
Marianne Williamson Wants To Win the Presidency With the Power of Love and Miracles
The long American spiritual tradition that gave us Marianne Williamson—and Donald Trump
The Newest Drama Between Donald Trump and Paul Ryan
The infamous feud between the president and the former House speaker gets new light...and a tweet from Mitt Romney.
Is Climate Change Loading Tropical Storm Barry Up With Extra Rain?
Research suggests that inundations are increasing because climate change makes hurricanes linger longer. The good news is that normalized losses from hurricanes aren't increasing.
At Least 80 Workers Are Losing Their Jobs at This Pennsylvania Steel Plant. Tariffs Are To Blame.
Trump's steel protectionism seems to have failed. Again.
As Tropical Storm Barry Approaches, the GAO Highlights FEMA's Past Failings
Unclear and contradictory procedure guidelines slowed down relief efforts in Puerto Rico in 2017. Will it happen again this year? Probably.
How Secure is Social Security? A Debate
Gene Epstein and Teresa Ghilarducci debate whether the social security trust fund exists or is merely an accounting fiction.
House Votes To Stop Trump From Attacking Iran Without Congressional Authorization
An amendment to this year's military spending bill says the president must go to Congress before launching another war.
It Probably Wouldn't Be Particularly 'Grueling' for Justin Amash To Win the Libertarian Party's Presidential Nod
Vanity Fair overstates the work it takes to be the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee.
Backpage Prosecutors Want to Seize Assets First, Answer Questions Later
Aggressive asset forfeiture collides with First Amendment rights.
Pearson Flops as a Sequel to USA's Wild Suits
How can a show about Chicago's squalid corruption have so little to actually say?
Acosta Resigns as Labor Secretary
He says his role in Jeffrey Epstein's plea deal has become a distraction.
Mike Gravel and His Online Teens Want Weed in the Constitution
It's an unconventional approach befitting of an unconventional presidential candidate.
Donald Trump Doesn't Think 'the Mainstream Media Is Free Speech'
At his social media summit on Thursday, the president ranted incoherently about the media's "crooked," "dishonest," and "dangerous" speech.
Trump's Census Surrender Hints at the Real Reason He Tried to Add a Citizenship Question
Even if the president's motives were partisan, a more plausible cover story would have been enough to pass judicial muster.
Justin Amash Left the GOP—Opening a New Set of Possibilities in American Politics
In choosing principle over party, the Michigan congressman has changed what's possible in politics—and possibly the 2020 presidential race.
Rand Paul Plan Aims to Attract More High-Skilled Immigrants
Plus: Trump drops Census citizenship quest, veterans says wars weren't worth it, millennials make good nuns, and more...
Kamala Harris Is Reimagining Herself as a Progressive Prosecutor
Harris is pitching a carefully constructed narrative that seems to be at odds with her record in many ways.
Review: Stuber
Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista are well worth seeing, but not in this movie.
The End of the Free Internet Is Near
The idea that the internet should enjoy minimal government oversight precisely because it was a technology that enabled open and free speech for everyone has been turned on its head.
No Citizenship Question on 2020 Census as Trump Backs Down
Instead, the president signed an executive order directing government agencies to sift through documents and databases to determine Americans' citizenship status.
Relax, the Dominican Republic Hasn't Become Less Safe for Americans
Misleading media coverage took an immediate toll on the island's important tourism industry.
De Blasio's 'Hate' for Charter Schools Is Bad for America, Terrible for New York
Democrats repudiate their own recent past and seek to restrict educational choices for poorer kids.
Lawsuit Seeks Class Action Status for Students Whose Due Process Rights Were Violated During Title IX Investigations
The lawsuit alleges that MSU has denied due process rights to student defendants in order to placate critics of its sexual assault policies.
This Cop Is Getting $2,500 a Month Because Killing an Unarmed Man in a Hotel Hallway Gave Him PTSD
Phillip Brailsford was acquitted of murder for a shooting captured on video that subsequently drew national outrage. Now he's getting paid for it.
'Historic' Congressional Hearing on Marijuana Legalization Highlights Strategic Differences
Should federal marijuana reform be tied to a broader "racial justice" agenda?
Trump Tries On the Mantle of Environmental Leadership. Does He Deserve It?
"We're working hard, maybe harder than all previous administrations, maybe almost all of them."
New Numbers Show San Francisco's Homeless Population Has Grown by 30 Percent
This is nearly double the increase the city first reported in May.
Florida Sheriff Deputy Arrested After Planting Drugs on Innocent People
Reason uncovered body camera footage of the officer lying about a roadside field test for drugs.
The 5 Dumbest Laws Restricting the Sale of Booze
R Street's Jarrett Dieterle explains five of the most absurd alcohol laws still on the books today.
Trump Is Hosting a Very Weird Social Media Summit at the White House
Plus: Air-launched rockets, the GOP becomes the party of Trump, and Pelosi feuds with AOC.
Google Told Employees to Delete Politically Incorrect Language From Code
"The cost of not doing this is the harm done to other Googlers every time they encounter these terms," says the company's diversity and inclusion team.
School Choice Could Have Stopped Battle Over Holocaust-Denial at a Florida High School
We wouldn’t have to squabble over control of shared institutions if we were free to pick the right schools for our kids.
The Global Trade War Comes Full Circle
Economic reality is always more complex than politicians pretend it is.
The U.S. Soccer 'Pay Gap' Is About More Than Just Sexism
The U.S. women's soccer team deserves better, but mandating equal pay isn't the answer.
Trump To Convene 'Social Media Summit' Over Accusations of Anti-Conservative Bias
The president invited Republican lawmakers as well as social media stars who claim that tech giants are suppressing free speech.
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AOC Wants To Kill the Department of Homeland Security. Libertarians Have a Plan For That.
Libertarians have a lot of ideas about how to dismantle one of the most bloated, ineffective government departments ever.
Two Lawsuits Argue That Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Blocking of Twitter Critics, Like Trump's, Violates the First Amendment
The New York congresswoman's use of Twitter seems similar to the president's in constitutionally relevant ways.
