This Military Wife and Mom Is Part of the 65 Percent of ICE Detainees With No Criminal Record
The recent immigration-related arrest shows that ICE is more concerned with targeting all immigrants than with ensuring public safety.
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Vance Says Bombing Iran Is Different From Other 'Dumb' Presidents' Military Actions
On Sunday talk shows, the vice president made the case for bombing Iran—a notable shift from his previous anti-war rhetoric.
A Brief, Bloody History of All the Times the U.S. Caused Chaos in the Middle East
The conflict with Iran is the latest in a decadeslong series of regime change operations, long-term entanglements, and all-out wars that always seem to invite more problems.
The 9th Circuit Says California's One-Per-Month Limit on Gun Purchases Is Unconstitutional
The appeals court concluded that the restriction impinges on the right to arms and is not consistent with the historical tradition of firearm regulation.
North Carolina Lawmakers Are Trying To Kill the State's Booming Shrimp Industry
For some restaurants in the state, local shrimp sales account for 90 percent of their revenue.
Mass Deportations Are Putting America's Food Supply at Risk
From California to Florida, farmers face a shrinking domestic workforce, burdensome labor regulations, and a bureaucratic mess that makes hiring legally very difficult.
Abortion Rates Keep Rising After Dobbs
Strict abortion bans do not seem to be seriously stopping abortions.
Just Don't Call It a War
Plus: The Trump administration toys with regime change in Iran, our own constitutional regime takes another hit, a mystery driver joyrides on the National Mall, and more...
Political Violence Surges Because Politics Matter Too Much
We’ve made government so powerful that people will fight rather than surrender control to the enemy.
The Attack on Iran Is Unlawful
Trump's attack on Iran plainly violates the War Powers Act. Limits on executive power are most important when they are inconvenient.
Does Drug Use Lead to Addiction, or Are Some Brains More Prone To Use Drugs?
Researchers argue that "we may need to reevaluate the causal assumptions that underlie brain disease models of addiction."
An Empty Pool in Peru Is a Monument to the Drawbacks of Historic Preservation
Cusco earned a World Heritage Site designation from the United Nations. That's not always a good thing.
Trump Shreds the Constitution by Bombing Iran
The attack on Iranian nuclear sites is a risky gamble. And it was completely by choice.
Quebec's Dairy Farmers Are Blocking Free Trade in Canada
An outdated supply management system—designed to protect Quebec’s small dairy farms—is undermining Canada's global trade ambitions and hurting its own consumers.
The Criminal Justice System Was Found Guilty in the Karen Read Trial
No matter how John O'Keefe died, the government failed here on multiple levels.
Obama Adviser Jason Furman on Biden, Neoliberalism, and Keynesian Economics
"I would love an intellectual ecosystem in economics that was more ideologically balanced than what we have now," the Harvard professor tells Reason.
The Federal Government Owns Too Much Land. Selling It Helps Rural Communities.
Why Sen. Mike Lee's plan to sell public land doesn't go far enough
A Judge's Order Freeing Mahmoud Khalil Is Yet Another Loss for the Trump Administration's Immigration Agenda
A federal judge didn't buy the Trump administration's claims about why it was keeping Khalil in an federal immigration detention center.
War With Iran Could Create Millions of Refugees
Iranians are already beginning to flee to neighboring countries.
The 9th Circuit Rejects Trump's Audacious Claim That He Can Use the National Guard However He Likes
Although the appeals court said the president probably complied with the law he invoked to justify his California deployment, it emphasized that such decisions are subject to judicial review.
Florida Proposes 'Alligator Alcatraz' to House Detained Migrants and Speed Up Deportations
Florida's attorney general proposed using a 30-square-mile part of the Everglades to house, process, and deport detained migrants.
28 Years Later Is Terrifying and Life-Affirming
The film unfolds as a travelogue that culminates in a terrifying vision of a post-apocalyptic authoritarian society, man's true nature let loose by the collapse of civilization.
Militarized Response to California Riots Seeks To Expand Federal Power
Militarized riot approach sets the nation on a dangerous course.
War With Iran Should Be Determined by Congressional Debate, Not Presidential Whim
With lives on the line, whether to wage war shouldn’t be decided by one person.
Review: What the Hell Is a 'Libertarian Authoritarian'?
Offended Freedom categorizes perfectly understandable anger at government overreach as inherently "authoritarian."
Review: A Doctor Changes His Mind About Opioid Prescriptions
In Greed to Do Good, a former CDC physician calls the agency's war on opioids a disaster.
Was the Cold War a Deception?
The American Enterprise Institute's Hal Brands and investigative journalist Gareth Porter debate the necessity of the Cold War.
Florida Used a Nationwide Surveillance Camera Network 250 Times To Aid in Immigration Arrests
Flock Safety’s 40,000 cameras present in over 5,000 communities across the U.S. are being used to detain undocumented immigrants, many of whom have no criminal history.
Paul Pillar: America Should Not Fight Israel's War
A veteran CIA analyst says Israel's attack on Iran was unjustified and that America should not support its war on the latest Just Asking Questions episode.
ICE Insists That Congress Needs Its Permission To Conduct Oversight
But that's not what the law says.
We're 8 Years Away From an Automatic 23 Percent Cut in Social Security Payouts
Social Security’s board of trustees expects the program to be insolvent in eight years.
Texas Legislators Say They Are Protecting Free Speech on Campus by Banning 'Expressive Activities' at Night
A bill awaiting the governor's signature represents a stark reversal from a 2019 law aimed at promoting "uninhibited debate."
Los Angeles Is Beating Trump by Not Punching Back: Dispatch from L.A.
Trump intends to win in L.A., but to do so, he needs an adversary willing to step into the ring he has devised. Two weeks in, L.A. residents remain unwilling to do so.
A Popular Spanish-Language Journalist Is in ICE Custody After Being Arrested at an Atlanta Protest
Mario Guevara built a following covering immigration arrests around Atlanta. Press freedom groups say police frivolously arrested him while he was covering a "No Kings" protest.
Juneteenth Is the Most Libertarian Holiday
It is hard to think of something more pro-freedom than the abolition of slavery.
MAGA Bros Against World War III
Independent media is where regime-change apologia goes to die.
Trump's Immigration Crackdown Is Overwhelming ICE Facilities and Running Up Huge Bills
The cost of Trump's immigration crackdown keeps going up.
Will D.C. Repeal the Law That Has Cut Tipped Workers' Earnings by $1,800 a Year?
The law that was supposed to boost their wealth has left most of them poorer instead.
It Doesn't Matter If the Minnesota Shooter Is a Republican or a Democrat
After Vance Boelter allegedly targeted Democrats in an attack, some conservatives jumped to claim that he was actually on the left. Why?
Will He, Won't He
Plus: Iran strikes an Israeli hospital, Social Security and Medicare are still running out of money, Trump erects a giant flagpole, and more…
Why MAGA Turned on Amy Coney Barrett
Plus: The Supreme Court upholds a state ban on transgender care for minors.
Utah Passed a Religious Freedom Law. Then Cops Went After This Psychedelic Church.
A religious group using psilocybin mushrooms in ceremonies "put the State of Utah's commitment to religious freedom to the test," a federal judge wrote.
