Liz Wolfe is a writer and editor who lives in Austin, Texas.
In Hong Kong, Police Shot a Man While Protesters Set Another on Fire
Escalating violence in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Protester Falls to His Death After Police Confrontation
The protester, Chow Tsz-lok, was only 22.
New York Might Compensate You for Your Kidney
But it's just health insurance, not cash
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Spreads Fake News About Austin Homelessness
The video Abbott shared was not of a homeless person—it was a mentally ill person having a serious episode. Whoops.
New Poll Asks Why People Support Socialism and Capitalism
Of those who reported a negative view of capitalism, 20 percent say it's exploitative or corrupt.
Elizabeth Warren's Labor Plan Would Be Terrible For Workers
Among other things, it would end Uber as we know it.
American Woman Tells Hongkongers 'Safety Is More Important Than Freedom'
Under Chinese authoritarianism, they'll have neither.
Why Does the Popular Social Media App TikTok Have Almost No Hong Kong Protest Footage?
The company's Chinese ownership may have something to do with it.
Hong Kong Dissidents Win 1 Demand—Now There's 4 More to Go
Today, Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam withdrew the controversial extradition bill that set off protests.
Pro-Democracy Activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow Arrested in Hong Kong
"Hong Kong is a place without basic political and economic freedom," Wong tells Reason.
China Escalates Hong Kong Conflict By Detaining Consulate Staffer
Simon Cheng Man-kit, a staffer at the British Consulate in Hong Kong, hasn't returned from a trip he took to mainland China nearly two weeks ago.
Hong Kong's Market Is Providing Gas Masks and Protest Gear Despite Government Crackdown
Despite police harassment and border confiscations, protest supplies continue to make their way to dissidents.
Hong Kong Protesters Attacked Two Chinese Men Tuesday As Demonstrations Against Extradition Treaty Escalate
Pro-democracy dissidents turned violent yesterday at Hong Kong's airport.
Hong Kong Cops Beat and Blind Protesters As PRC Sends Trucks and Tanks to the Border
Nine people were injured during the weekend's protests in Hong Kong, including one woman who might be permanently blind after a violent encounter with the police.
Hong Kong Protesters Use Umbrellas, Lasers, and Respirators to Evade Surveillance and Tear Gas
As Beijing develops a high-tech police state, Hongkongers develop ways to resist it.
No, Texas Did Not Respond to El Paso Shooting by Passing Lenient Gun Laws
It's foolish for media outlets to imply that laws which were signed in May and June were passed in relation to the tragic shooting in El Paso.
I Got Stoned and Did My Taxes
Being comfortably high makes the burden of taxes a bit less awful.
Is Gentrification Still Bad If Local Owners Profit from White Hipsters?
A tale of chicken and cultural appropriation in Austin.
Oakland's Weed Equity Program Not Helping Intended Recipients
Cannabis equity programs are growing in popularity, but do they actually work?
Wales Legalizes Take-Home Abortion Pills
Plus, what they might be like in a post-Roe world
Why Are Americans Adopting Fewer Foreign Children?
Global prosperity and government bureaucracy both play a role.
Trump Is Using the Border Crisis to Stoke Human Trafficking Hysteria
Misleading claims about people smuggling serve only to justify the government's already bloated surveillance and law enforcement powers.
Tattoos Shouldn't Be Cause for Deportation
ICE claimed tattoos are evidence of gang activity, grounds for deportation.
Congress Wants to Ban Sex Dolls That Look Like Kids
The bill is called the Curbing Realistic Exploitative Electronic Pedophilic Robots, or CREEPER, Act. Of course.
New Study Suggests College Rape Prevention Programs Don't Work
Good intentions may backfire on campus.
Prof Bumps Female Students' STEM Grades (Because They're Women)
Free extra credit to "encourage female students to go [in]to information sciences."
2 in 5 Top-Ranking Liberal Arts Schools Have No Full-Time Republican Professors
New study explores liberal bias of university faculty-it's worse than we thought
Texas Health Department Considers Cracking Down on CBD
The Lone Star state's drug laws are about to get even more restrictive.
Reed Students Say Humanities 110 Should Not Include White or European Authors
Students at an Oregon liberal arts college launch a self-defeating crusade for a more diverse curriculum.
College Republicans Get In Huge Trouble for Posting 'I.C.E. I.C.E. Baby' Signs
But dumb, offensive speech still isn't violence.
23 Cornell Professors Say Their School Violated Due Process
Faculty take a stand against an unfair investigation.
Would You Buy a Cocktail Napkin That Detects Date Rape Drugs?
It's a cool idea-but how common is the crime it's supposed to stop?
GW Students Organize to Fight Oppression By Oppressing Reading Choices
Obvious propaganda should be labeled propaganda, obviously.
Yale Held Transcript of Former Basketball Star in Title IX Lawsuit Hostage
Former student alleges the school screwed up its investigation.
Bias Response Teams Thwarted in Their Goal of a Sensitive Campus by the First Amendment
How can you re-program the thinking of boorish college students when their free speech guarantees get in the way?
How About a Little Free Speech Protection for Unprotected Adjunct Professors?
Students aren't the only ones on campus struggling with the First Amendment.
Questioning College Rape Epidemic Could Get You Fired
Resident assistants at Fordham University at Rose Hill want no part of a skeptical narrative.
Word Used By 'Pimp' in Improv Sketch Gets Him Banned From Community College
Student barred from Moraine Valley Community College for using an "unacceptable word" while playing the role of a pimp in an improvisational sketch class.
A Campus Sexual Assault Proceeding Gets Political and a Student Sues
A lawsuit alleges a university president intervenes on behalf of the daughter of a wealthy donor.
Claremont McKenna Disciplines Students in the Name of Free Speech
Blockading the doors to a Heather Mac Donald speech is a kind of censorship.
Judge: Campus Carry Doesn't Hurt Free Speech
University of Texas at Austin professors claiming guns on campus have a chilling effect.
Are Calls for Due Process Just Rape Culture Propaganda?
An article in the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities says "yes."
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"
