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How the CIA Turned Us onto LSD and Heroin: Secrets of America's War on Drugs
New History Channel series explores the dark corners of prohibition and takes viewers on great, freaky trip.
Religious Objections to LGBT Issues in Mississippi Back in Play—for Now
Rather than advancing liberty, the controversial law establishes state-recognized beliefs.
Gawker Documentary Fails to Make Case for Publishing Sex Tape
Film favors martyrdom over careful analysis.
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Property Rights
Chief Justice Roberts: "Today's decision knocks the definition of 'private property' loose from its foundation."
Rural Senators and Private Jet Operators Threaten Air Traffic Control Reform
The Senate apparently wants to leave the current out-dated, needlessly expensive FAA system in place.
Rep. Thomas Massie: 'Obamacare 1.1' Will 'Cause a Quicker Death Spiral'
Libertarian-leaning congressman slams the Better Care Reconciliation Act on Kennedy
Supporting Laws Banning Hate Speech Means Supporting Police Raids on People's Homes
Germany violently enforces the law by busting into dozens of households to prevent a "climate of fear".
Cops Try to Shoot a Dog, Kill a Teenager Instead
Sheriff's deputies in LA kill a teen who was trying to restrain a dog they said charged at them "aggressively."
Police Roadblocks Are Rights-Free Zones In Madison County, Mississippi
For generations, poor, black residents of Canton, Mississippi have lived under siege from a heavy-handed sheriff's department.
Oregon Passes Hefty Insurance Tax to Prop Up Its Scandalous Medicaid System
The state is spending $37 million a month on recipients potentially not eligible for the program.
SCOTUS Says You Can't Lose Your Citizenship for Lying About Your Weight
The Court unanimously rejects the government's position that any misstatement by an applicant can justify denaturalization years later.
California Lawmakers Spend More, Avoid Reform
The latest budget has new spending but no attempts at serious reform.
What If Donald Trump Doesn't Sink the Republican Party?
Distaste for the president may not translate to distaste for other Republicans, as the special election in Georgia showed.
Movie Review: The Big Sick
Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan in a comedy not quite like any other.
3 Reasons Why Eric Holder Is the Perfect Presidential Candidate for the Democratic Party (Though Not America)
He's an intolerant deep-state hypocrite, for starters.
Carrier Will Move Jobs to Mexico, Despite Trump's Promise to Keep Them in Indiana
They must be sick of winning already.
The Silk Road Is Dead, But the Internet's Illicit Drug Economy Is Alive and Well
A new U.N. report finds cryptomarkets comprise a bigger chunk of the global drug trade than ever before.
Ron Johnson and Ted Cruz Join the Rand Paul/Mike Lee Opposition to Obamacare Lite
Tea Party senators claim to be "open to negotiation" yet insist on repealing Obamacare, which no version of the AHCA has come close to doing.
What You Didn't See in That Shocking Evergreen Segment: Michael Moynihan Dishes in The Fifth Column
Podcast also argues over the Philando Castile verdict and Otto Warmbier's critics
Philando Castile's 'Audacity To Smoke Marijuana' in Front of Child Doomed Him, Says Cop Who Killed Him
Welcome to one of the darkest corners of your War on Drugs, ladies and gentlemen.
Sen. Feinstein: Protecting College Free Speech from Violent Protests Is Too Much of a Burden
Also, she thinks the Kent State shootings are an argument for censorship.
Princeton-Trained Computer Scientists Are Building a New Internet That Brings Privacy and Property Rights to Cyberspace
Meet the developers behind Blockstack, who are using blockchain technology to reconfigure the web. It'll make NSA mass data collection impossible.
The Dalai Lama Is the Latest Speaker to Cause a Campus Freakout
Chinese UC San Diego students felt the Tibetan spiritual leader "contravened the spirit of respect, tolerance, equality, and earnestness"
Green Building Practices May Have Contributed to the Grenfell Fire
The local government put "sustainability" ahead of safety.
The Senate GOP's New Health Care Bill Is Just Obamacare, But Less Of It
The draft legislation represents a total failure of Republican policy imagination.
Frustrated with Secretive Health Care Bill, Rand Paul Proposes Giving Senators Time to Read It
Paul's "Read the Bills" resolution would change Senate rules to allow one day of transparency for every 20 pages of a bill's length.
More Evidence That Eric Holder's Charging Memo Helped Drug Offenders
It looks like the policy Jeff Sessions rescinded did have a significant impact on the sentences received by nonviolent, low-level defendants.
Should the Cop Who Killed Philando Castile Face Federal Charges?
Although SCOTUS says otherwise, trying Jeronimo Yanez again for the same shooting would effectively be double jeopardy.
Two Phony Excuses for Shooting Philando Castile
Jeronimo Yanez's defenders falsely portray Castile as a disobedient stoner.
When Cops Lie
After being falsely labeled a sexual predator, a man gets justice. But why is the officer still working?
Dropping the BAT Is Key to Passing Tax Reform This Year
Paul Ryan is needlessly holding up tax reform by pushing a harmful Border Adjustment Tax.
Milwaukee Jury Acquits Ex-Cop in Police Shooting Case
The cop was fired when charges in an unrelated sexual assault case were filed against him.
Powering U.S. Using 100 Percent Renewable Energy Is a Total Fantasy
New research debunks a study claiming there's a low-cost way to power America using only wind, solar, and hydropower.
New York City's Slowly Sinking Pensions Are Taking on More Water
Just because you haven't heard about New York City's pension problems doesn't mean they don't exist.
Heroin Conviction Vacated in Only Case Preet Bharara Went to Court for as U.S. Attorney
The conviction was secured in February.
