America Has Plenty of Experience With Government-Run Stores, and It Isn't Pretty
New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants to open city-owned grocery stores. The U.S. already has a few, and they're a cautionary tale.
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Marcy Rheintgen was the first person to be arrested for trying to challenge Florida's bathroom bill. The case against her has been tossed out.
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Trump Plans To Dismiss Hundreds of Thousands of Asylum Claims To Boost Deportations
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Zohran Mamdani's Jewish Problem
The presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York has repeatedly missed opportunities to forthrightly condemn antisemitic violence.
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The player encounters various governmental figures and debates about the rights of various human and not-so-human creatures
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The deployment of National Guard soldiers on a DEA drug raid is a serious test of whether the Posse Comitatus Act means something or not.
Harvard Turns to the Private Sector To Finance Research After Losing Federal Funding
This pivot to privately funded research could reduce the burden on taxpayers and lead to more scientific breakthroughs.
Student Visa Applicants Will Now Be Forced To Make Their Social Media Accounts Public
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The Problem With Mike Lee's Public Lands Proposal Is That It Doesn't Sell Off Enough Land
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Mamdani's socialism is unacceptable, but the former governor is himself unacceptable.
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Any decisions made by U.S. Steel's executives and shareholders will require approval from Trump, his appointees, or his successors.
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Free speech, assembly, and protest—not government action—have powered LGBTQ+ progress in America.
Trump Is Shutting Off America's Talent Pipeline
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Sotomayor Is Right. Trump's 'Third Country Removals' Raise Serious Due Process Worries.
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Will Zohran Mamdani Kill the Best Thing About New York City Public Schools?
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Zohran Mamdani's Government-Run Grocery Stores Won't Lower Prices
The democratic socialist's proposed "public option" reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of the market.
On Housing, All New York Politicians Are Socialists
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Reason Earns 15 Southern California Journalism Awards
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Tariffs Are Keeping Interest Rates High
The Federal Reserve is unwilling to lower interest rates because "there will be some inflation from tariffs coming," Jerome Powell told a Senate committee.
The Biggest Impediment to Kathy Hochul's Pro-Nuclear Plan for New York Is the Government
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Those who pushed for Trump to attack Iran are now moving the goalposts for success.
Mike Johnson Thinks Trump Should Have Even More of Congress' Warmaking Power
Presidents have chafed against the War Powers Resolution since it was first signed.
State Regulations Make Wrestling Less Fun
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Despite What Robert F. Kennedy Wants You To Think, Cell Phones Do Not Cause Brain Cancer
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Advertising Companies Cave to the FTC. Media Matters Sues To Defend the First Amendment.
Omnicom Group and the Interpublic Group of Companies accepted the Federal Trade Commission's anti-boycott proviso to complete their merger. Instead of capitulating to the commission, Media Matters is suing.
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How LSD Helped Launch a Radical Libertarian Counterculture
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My City Just Voted for Socialism
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Crossing the U.S. Border? Keep Your Electronic Devices Safe from Searches.
Officials at the border have the power to paw through sensitive data on your phone.
The Rationale for Deporting Mahmoud Khalil Is Alarmingly Vague and Broad
Marco Rubio’s nebulous invocation of foreign policy interests is bound to have a chilling impact on freedom of speech, which is the whole point.
Did Bombing Iran Make America Safer?
Emma Ashford and Faisal Saeed Al Mutar join Nick Gillespie to discuss the conflict in Iran.
