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Plastic Bag Bans Are in Retreat Across the Country
More and more states are rolling back their plastic bag bans, or preventing future ones from going into effect.
Why Government Schools Fail
A new PBS series, School Inc. by Cato's Andrew Coulson explores why American schools don't improve.
Trump's Travel Ban Is Legal but Dumb
Irrational, half-baked anti-terrorist policies are not necessarily unconstitutional.
To Save His Travel Ban at SCOTUS, Trump Is Citing This 1972 Precedent
Understanding the Supreme Court decision at the heart of the travel ban case.
Illinois Legislature Passes Asset Forfeiture Reform
State's Attorney urges governor to sign the bill after Reason story shows poor hit hardest by asset forfeiture in Chicago.
New York Lawmakers Back Unwarranted Phone Searches of Drivers
On the pretext of texting safety, they want to give cops free rein to suspend licenses and fine drivers without charges or conviction.
Philando Castile's Mother to Get $3 Million From City That Hired Cop Who Killed Him
Do settlement amounts reflect police culpability in deaths?
Connecticut's Liquor Pricing Scheme Is a Bad Law That Just Won't Die
Connecticut is the only state which essentially allows a cartel to set minimum prices for booze.
'Get Out or We Will Kill You': Jewish Students Allege Censorship and Harassment in Campus Lawsuit
But the same lawsuit at San Francisco State University seeks to censor opponents as well
Last Call! Fall Journalism Internship
The deadline to apply is this Saturday.
Seattle's Businesses Buckling Under Increased Minimum Wage
A new University of Washington study finds that workers are losing $125 a month in lost hours thanks to the city's minimum wage law.
How the FAA Killed Uber for Planes
Flight-sharing helped fill seats on small, private trips and cut costs. But regulators stopped it.
Seattle Surprise: When You Raise Prices by Gov't Diktat, People Usually Buy Less
A new "very credible" study on $15 minimum wage validates law of supply and demand.
Stalin Edges Out Putin in Russian Poll on Greatest Figure in World History
Coming to terms with one's own delusions is a difficult task.
Otto Warmbier's Deadly Ordeal Is No Reason to Restrict Travel to North Korea
The difference between adventure and stupid prank is often just the outcome-and that outcome is never a sure thing.
New CBO Report Says the Senate GOP Health Care Bill Would Make Obamacare's Problems Worse
The Republican health care plan wouldn't solve the problems Republicans say they want to solve.
D.C.'s Dysfunctional Metro System Is a National Embarrassment
The D.C. Metro has perfected the art of replicating the traffic woes above ground in the tunnels below.
Jake Tapper: 'We Are Not the Resistance, We Are Not the Opposition'
CNN anchor warns his fellow journalists that truth, not political positioning, is the best approach in the age of Trump
Democrats Accuse Republicans of Mass Murder
The argument carries a powerful emotional charge but it isn't a particularly constructive or clear-minded way to think or talk about writing laws.
More Americans Support Same-Sex Marriage Than Ever
Republicans nearly at majority approval.
LSD Microdosing: The New Silicon Valley Productivity Hack
George Burke says taking tiny hits of acid has changed his work, and his life, for the better.
Senate Republicans Add Individual Mandate Workaround to Health Care Bill
It's one more way the GOP repeal bill resembles Obamacare.
What Are The Benefits of Lyft Shuttle? Listen to Ed Krayewski on AirTalk
89.3 KPCC in Los Angeles at 2:30 p.m. ET
Trump's Travel Ban Is Headed to the Supreme Court
SCOTUS agrees to hear travel ban cases, will schedule oral arguments for October.
Reason Wins 5 Southern California Journalism Awards
Everything from best political/government reporting to best satire, plus 5 silver medals and 9 bronzes
Georgia's Health Care Regulations Limit Access to Women's Health
State Supreme Court will hear challenge to Certificate of Need laws on Monday.
