Greta Thunberg Isn't a Coronavirus Expert
Electing celebrities won't fix what's wrong with American politics, and encouraging their performative antics won't either. CNN should do better.
Activism
Liberal White Women Are Hiring Saira Rao to Tell Them They're Racist. The Cost? $2,500 Per Dinner.
Race to Dinner has come up with an impressive con, and the marks are paying up.
Sex Offender Laws Are Broken. These Women Are Working To Fix Them.
Standing up for the rights of a widely reviled group isn't for the faint of heart.
J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans Tweets Have Not Ruined Harry Potter. Please Calm Down.
It's OK to disagree with an author's politics and still like her work.
Activists Denounce Madrid Climate Change Conference Outcomes as 'Totally Unacceptable' and 'Deeply Flawed'
COP25 whimpers to its inconclusive close.
Here's What's Wrong with Time Declaring Greta Thunberg Person of the Year
Teen activists are righteously angry—but righteous anger does not produce sound public policy.
White Protester Steals Mic from Black Supporter of Pete Buttigieg
Activists disrupt a talk by Sharon McBride, a South Bend City Council member who is backing Buttigieg.
The Daily Northwestern's Apology Shows the Activist Threat to Student Journalism
A New York Times reporter says "the situation was way more complicated than it first appeared." No, it wasn't.
The Daily Northwestern Apologizes to Students for Reporting News That Triggered Them
A newspaper staffed by the country's most famous journalism school says it shouldn't have covered a Jeff Sessions event.
Radical Activists Hijacked Donald Trump Jr.'s Talk at UCLA. But They Weren't Leftists.
Campus conservatism must take the threat of the far right seriously.
Student Government Votes to Support Activists Who Think The Harvard Crimson Shouldn't Even Quote ICE in Stories
"The Undergraduate Council stands in solidarity with the concerns of Act on a Dream, undocumented students, and other marginalized individuals on campus."
Williams College Students Urge Boycott of the English Department, Claiming It Promotes Racist Violence
"The English Department has a long, well-documented, disturbing history of racism, sexism, transphobia, and other violences."
Activist Students Demand The Harvard Crimson Apologize for Asking ICE to Comment
"Getting both sides isn't always what is fair."
Climate Strike Disrupts D.C. Commutes
More than 1,000 activists march to protest the state of the environment.
Capitalism Is the Key to Fixing Climate Change
Slowing or stopping economic growth will only delay solving the problems caused by man-made warming.
At the Democratic Socialists of America Convention, Clapping, Chatter, and Gendered Language Are Considered Triggering
But it wasn't all woke one-upmanship—they also discussed public policy.
Activists Demand Firing of Feminist Grad Student for Criticizing the Transgender Movement
UC–Santa Barbara's Title IX office is "aware of this matter and actively engaged in a response."
Bayer to Waste $5.6 Billion Trying to Appease Anti-Pesticide Activists
This will fail and more pressing problems will be neglected
Marijuana Activist Who Live-Streamed Meeting With Congressional Staffer Charged With 'Illegal Wiretap'
Rep. Andy Harris's (R-Md.) office refuses to say whether the congressman supports prosecution of the young activist.
Sex Workers Around the World Demand Decriminalization: Reason Roundup
Plus: Obamacare unconstitutional?
Saudi Arabia Wants To Execute a Female Activist for Protesting the Government
Israa al-Ghomgham would be the first female activist to be executed in Saudi Arabia.
When the Political Became the Personal, Gay Rights Triumphed
How prosperity, AIDS, and pop culture changed people's minds
Duke Students Who Hijacked Alumni Event: Punishing Us Would Hurt Us Mentally
Activists who stormed the stage were shocked when alumni in the audience dared to heckle them.
High School Students Are Very Worried About Overpopulation. They Shouldn't Be.
New report claims U.S. overpopulation will blight their futures.
Prohibited Pony Protest at Clinton Event Spurs Vermin Supreme Speech Suit
"No pony has ever attacked an American politician," the lawsuit notes.
The Base Rhetoric of Mainstream Taxation Talk
From the discussion, you would never know the money in question actually belongs to particular individuals, who obtained it through voluntary exchange or gift.
Climate Change, Scientism, and the Politics of Certitude
New York Times columnist notes the uncertainties in climate science; progressives want him fired.
Scientists' March on Washington
Do researchers risk becoming just another leftwing interest group?
Relax: Gutting the EPA Won't Make Your Air Dirtier and Water More Polluted
There have been diminishing returns to federal pollution regulation for a long time
Yes, Porn Is Kinkier Than It Used to Be. It's Also More Feminist, Varied, and Inclusive
There may be "more rough sex" in today's pornography, but that's because the porn market is more diverse overall.
Facebook Tells Police to Stop Using Them to Spy on Folks
Coincidentally, a panel at SXSW today is about social media surveillance
A 'Safe Space' for Establishment Conservatism at CPAC 2017
Inside an alternate Republican reality where the alt-right never happened
The Successful Progressive Conspiracy to Burn a 'Climate Heretic'
Wikileaks reveals how activists orchestrated a campaign to silence climate researcher Roger Pielke Jr.
Trump Regulatory Rollback: Auto Fuel Efficiency Standards
Activists howl in outrage and frustration
ExxonMobil Climate 'Fraud' Investigation Follies Continue
New court ruling requires oil company to hand over accounting records
Climate Change Subpoenas Versus Free Speech
Constitutional rights threatened by the legal storms over global warming
Government-Sponsored Hacking of Activists Should Give Authorities Pause, Not Inspiration
How an oppressive Middle Eastern country led to everybody's iPhones getting a security update.
Solar and Wind Power Won't Work Without Natural Gas as a Back-Up, Says New Study
To be against fracking is to be against renewable energy.
Social Justice on Display: Protest Art at the Democratic Convention
Gun violence, police abuse, and feminism loom large in pop-up art exhibit at DNC
19 Democratic Senators Submit Climate Change "Web of Denial" Concurrent Resolution
The solons will be denouncing "climate change denial" from the floor of the Senate for the next two days.
Beyonce and Jay Z Take Musical Stands on Police Shootings
The superstar couple make separate musical statements in the wake of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile's deaths.
Free Speech and Climate Fraud Prosecution Follies
The First Amendment does not protect fraud, but it does protect public debate over climate change.
Anti-Fascists 'Very Proud' of White Nationalist Counter-Protest That Led to Multiple Stabbing Victims
"Beat the fascists. Beat them."
Trump Fans, Progressives, and Homeless Advocates Unite to Sue the City of Cleveland
Rules related to the upcoming Republican National Convention "have an absurdly wide reach and cannot be justified in any rational way," states their lawsuit.
New York Senator Moves to Defund Student Groups That Oppose Israel
Republican state Sen. Jacks Martins says "hate speech" such as calling for a boycott of Israel has no place on campus.
OSU Threatens to Expel Student Activists for Making Campus Staff Feel Unsafe
"The people in this building have a right to a safe environment ... where their jobs won't be interrupted," OSU officials say.
