Documentaries
Oakland Joins the World's Biggest Pot Shop to Battle the Feds
Is this how the war on weed ends?
Stonewall 2015: The Night Marriage Equality Became The Law of the Land
Thousands celebrate around NYC dive bar where the American gay rights movement was born 46 years ago this weekend.
DC's First Cat Cafe Opens (No Thanks to Regulators)
How a cat-loving entrepreneur brought kittens and caffeine to the nation's capital
The Disposable Life of a 20-Year-Old Confidential Informant
Andrew Sadek was bullied into becoming an informant by an unaccountable drug task force. When he turned up dead, police washed their hands of him.
How To End Poverty in the South Bronx
Icahn charter schools are helping to change one of the poorest parts of America. Here's how.
Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Gets Life in Prison
Reporting from outside the courthouse, Kurt Loder caught up with Ross' mother, Lyn, and filmmaker Alex Winter.
A Swingers Club Is Rebranded a Church To Evade Local Busybodies
"It will have the same rules that many churches observe" except adultery is OK.
With Liberty and Drag For All! What We Saw at RuPaul's First Ever DragCon
Drag is finding a mainstream audience.
Bitcoin's Regulatory Nightmare Is About to Get More Frightening
New York's BitLicense will further complicate an already byzantine regulatory regime.
Bearing Witness to the Charter School Revolution
Reason Foundation's Lisa Snell and National School Choice Week President Andrew Campanella
How New York City's Landmarks Preservation Act Bulldozed the Future
The 50th anniversary of the Landmarks Act is an opportunity to mourn all the invisible buildings that will never exist because of a misguided law.
Top 5 Pointless Congressional Hearings on Baseball
Celebrate MLB's 2015 Opening Day with grandstanding federal legislators!
Sex Offender Brunch!
Josh Gravens went to prison when he was 12 for touching his sister's vagina. Now he's fighting to change the laws that destroyed his life.
The Battle for Death Penalty Transparency
Journalists and prisoners stage a First Amendment challenge to state secrecy regarding executions.
Protecting Marijuana's $2.7 Billion Cash Industry When Banks Won't
Delivering piles of (federally) illegal drug money directly to the IRS
How Germany Forgot the Horrors of Communism
25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the former East Germany is seen as a quirk of history, not a monstrous police state.
Vergara Plaintiff Talks Landmark Decision on Teacher Tenure
Landmark court decision puts students' needs above ineffective teachers and the unions that protect them.
America's Worst School System Will Soon Be Dead. Will What Replaces It Be Any Better?
The remaking of public education in Camden, New Jersey.
How a Great School is Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in America's Poorest City
An "army" of parents fought to avoid sending their kids to Camden's traditional public schools.
This Impoverished City Hiked Spending to $25,000 per Student to Fix Its Schools. And Nothing Changed.
"It's not all about money!"
No Asylum: Immigrants Locked Up in U.S. after Fleeing Violence
A look at America's expanding immigration detention system
What We Saw at the Eric Garner Protest
Demonstrators pack the streets of Midtown Manhattan.
Killer or Artist? Why Rap is on Trial.
Prosecutors' use of rap videos and lyrics as evidence is chilling artistic speech.
How Eva Moskowitz Outmuscled the Teachers Union
A charter school pioneer counters the political influence of organized labor.
