Milwaukee Pays $2 Million to Family of Man Who Died in Back of Cop Car
Derek Williams told police that he couldn't breath while sitting in the back of a police car.
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'Unbridled and Performative Student Activism Is a Disease of Affluence': Camille Paglia Edition
Some students at the University of the Arts want the firebrand feminist fired. Where did they get the idea they should be picking faculty?
No, 13 Reasons Why Is Not Making Tons of Teens Commit Suicide
Surprise: A viral study is junk science.
Cory Booker's Microstamping Mandate Would Amount to a Ban on New Handgun Models
The Democratic presidential candidate promises to fight for a design requirement that is not currently feasible.
Oakland's 'Pothole Vigilantes' Are the Batman and Robin of Road Repair
"We love the city, we hope they fill the potholes faster. And if they’re not going to do it, we’ll do it ourselves.”
Kamala Harris Wants to Be Your Online Censor-in-Chief
Resist when politicians declare that speech (even radical speech) is a “threat to our democracy.”
Kim Kardashian and the FIRST STEP Act Freed Another Person From Prison
Jeffrey Stringer was sentenced to life in prison for a drug offense.
Cellphone Video Provides Further Evidence That the Cop Who Arrested Sandra Bland Was Angry Rather Than Afraid
Trooper Brian Encinia could see that Bland, whom he stopped for failing to signal a lane change, was holding a cellphone, not a weapon.
Will Trump's Authoritarian Impulses Derail His Deregulatory Successes?
Tariffs, threats to use antitrust regulations against big tech firms, and an interest in social media regulation could overshadow one of the adminstration's big victories
New Jersey Politician Wants To Ban All Bags—Paper or Plastic
The Garden State's plan to ban all grocery store bags could have negative consequences for consumer convenience and the environment.
Stossel: The Rise of Citizen Journalists
A new wave of journalists, like Tim Pool, use "new media" to tell it like it is.
Tariffs Left His Distillery on the Rocks. Now He Wants To Know: What's Trump's Trade Endgame?
Is Trump using tariffs as a negotiating tactic? That's the most generous reading of his trade policy, but it's unsupported by the facts.
The Partisan Divide Is Turning Into an Age War by Proxy
Plus: A primer on street surveillance, new video from Sandra Bland's cellphone, and more...
Bitcoin Isn't Anonymous. Is That a Dealbreaker?
As the cryptocurrency continues use, issues of privacy and fungibility crop up.
U.N. Says 1 Million Species Will Go Extinct Without a 'Fundamental, System-wide Reorganization'
But predictions of the apocalypse are again likely overstated.
Poynter Institute's Retracted List of Fake News Sites Was Written by SPLC Podcast Producer
Media watchdogs should not outsource their fact-checking to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Why Aren't Democratic Presidential Candidates Criticizing Trump's Foreign Policy?
Perhaps the biggest compliment to Trump's foreign policy is his political opponents largely want to make the 2020 election about domestic issues.
Ron Paul Has a Favorite in the Democratic Presidential Primary
"If we had to pick one of them to be our president, I think she would be giving us the best chance for bringing about peace."
North Dakota Makes it Harder for Police to Take Property Without a Conviction
Police had wide authority to seize assets without having to prove a crime even happened, but now the state is tightening the rules.
Should Libertarians Care About Facebook Bans?
Private property rights, public squares, "dangerous" speech, and pre-regulatory suck-ups, all debated on the Reason Podcast.
Reason Snags 3 First-Place Wins at the 67th Annual Maggie Awards
“Zombie stats” just keep going and going.
Denver Votes on Decriminalizing Magic Mushrooms Tomorrow
A new frontier in rolling back drug prohibition
A Leftist Makes the Case for Originalism
What’s worse for the left, a conservative originalist or a conservative living constitutionalist?
Government Control Turns Schools into Partisan Battlegrounds
End the curriculum wars by letting families choose education options that work for them.
Houston Police Shot Man Killed in Fraudulent Drug Raid at Least Eight Times
Dennis Tuttle and his wife, Rhogena Nicholas, who was shot twice, were pronounced dead shortly after police invaded their home based on a "controlled buy" that never happened.
Cory Booker Wants Mandatory Federal Licenses for Prospective Gun Owners
And that's just one of the measures outlined in his new gun control proposal.
Market Crashes as Trump Threatens More Tariffs After China Trade Deal Flops
Is the president the only person left in America who doesn't understand that Americans are paying for his tariffs?
John Bolton Threatens Iran With 'Unrelenting Force'
Plus: Texas bartender charged for serving alcohol to shooter, Cory Booker proposes a federal gun-licensing scheme, and more...
The Cat in the Hat Is Right About Parenting
The most libertarian answer to the question of what it means to be a libertarian parent is that there is no answer.
Game of Thrones Makes Daenerys Into a Villain, Veers Suddenly Toward Libertarianism
"The Last of the Starks" suggests that "the best ruler might be someone who doesn't want to rule."
Don't Let the Woke Scolds Ruin Cinco de Mayo
Tacos, tequila, and sombreros are not the path to white supremacy.
New Research Shows the European Union's Anti-GMO Rules Are Ridiculously Bad
“Neither de facto [GMO] bans nor mandatory labeling can be justified.”
Oh, the Places They'll Go—If You Let Go
An economist's guide to happier, more relaxed parenting
Florida Men Screw Up Less Than Usual
The Florida Legislature had a heck of a week, passing everything from a major school choice program (yay!) to restricting the voting rights of felons (boo!).
Medical HIV Suppression Is Well Within Reach
More evidence that the treatment for HIV infection also stops its spread.
HBO's Chernobyl Presents Catastrophic History as Horror
A miniseries about the deadly nuclear disaster that marked the doom of the Soviet Union
Facebook Has Every Right To Ban Louis Farrakhan and Alex Jones. But It's Still a Bad Idea.
Even more worrying: New Zealand's leading media outlets are self-censoring coverage of the Christchurch mass shooting.
That Time Bernie Sanders Interviewed Some Punk-Rock Kids in a Mall
Friday A/V Club: Back in the '80s, Bernie Sanders had a public-access TV show. The archives are now online.
A Terminally Ill, Wheelchair-Bound Inmate Applied for Compassionate Release. The Justice Department Argued He Wasn't Dying Fast Enough To Qualify.
The FIRST STEP Act gives dying inmates the opportunity to appeal to a judge for compassionate release. This case shows why.
Judge Andrew Napolitano: President Trump Obstructed
The libertarian legal analyst says Trump, like his White House predecessors, has abused executive power in all sorts of ways.
Trump Obstructed Justice, Says Judge Andrew Napolitano
The Fox News legal analyst says the president is abusing executive power.
Did the Attorney General Commit a Crime by Lying to Congress?
Nancy Pelosi thinks so, but the relevant statutes suggest she is wrong.
It's Time for Charlottesville To Remove Its Confederate Monuments
They belong in the dustbin of history, but a state law stands in the way.
Florida's Health Care Deregulation Is a Win for Doctors, Patients, and Free Markets
Florida is on the brink of abolishing its Certificate of Need laws for health care faciltiies. It's about time.
