Reason.com - Free Minds and Free Markets
Reason logo Reason logo
  • Home
  • Latest
  • Magazine
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Subscribe
  • Video
  • Podcasts
    • All Shows
    • The Reason Roundtable
    • The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
    • The Soho Forum Debates
  • Volokh
  • Newsletters
  • Donate
    • Donate Online
    • Ways To Give To Reason Foundation
    • Torchbearer Society
    • Planned Giving
  • Subscribe
    • Print/Digital Subscriptions
    • Gift Subscriptions

You are now logged in.

Forgot your password?

Create new account

Boston

freefood_1161x653

Regulation

Local Governments Play Scrooge To Stop People from Helping the Needy

Do you have a license for that refrigerator stocked with free food?

Scott Shackford | 12.28.2020 2:10 PM

dreamstime_xxl_44341120

Coronavirus

Boston Restaurants Want To Sell Groceries. Bureaucrats Say No Way.

The city said that food-packaging regulations stand in the way. That's not true.

Billy Binion | 4.14.2020 4:02 PM

straightpridearrests_1161x653

Protests

Boston Judge Smacked Down for Overruling D.A. Who Tried To Drop 'Straight Pride' Protest Charges

Top justice rules that trying to push a criminal case forward over prosecutors’ objections is a violation of separation of powers.

Scott Shackford | 9.9.2019 3:35 PM

I don't know how I was able to write this blog post given how much my eyes were rolling the entire time.

Protests

Boston Judge Turns Stupid Straight Pride Parade Fighting Into Bizarre Constitutional Drama

An attempt by the district attorney to drop charges against nonviolent protesters was overruled.

Scott Shackford | 9.5.2019 1:50 PM

bribes_1161x653

Brickbats

Brickbat: Look for the Union Label

Charles Oliver | 8.15.2019 4:00 AM

cityonahill_1160x653_1161x653

Television

City on a Hill Is Boston's Answer to The Wire

Crime, dysfunction, and corruption in Beantown

Glenn Garvin | 6.14.2019 3:00 PM

Large image on homepages

Brickbats

Brickbat: Keep It Holstered

Charles Oliver | 2.18.2019 4:00 AM

Large image on homepages

Police Abuse

Boston Cops Resist Body Camera Pilot Program; Have to Be Ordered to Participate

Police unions fight any and all efforts at transparency, accountability.

Scott Shackford | 8.17.2016 11:40 AM

Large image on homepages

Wages

Boston to Spend $1.5 Million Encouraging Ladies to 'Lean In' At Work

"America's largest civic experiment to close the gender wage gap" is launching in Boston. It won't work.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.19.2015 12:20 PM

Large image on homepages

Tobacco

Chew on This

Charles Oliver | 9.15.2015 6:00 AM

Large image on homepages

Olympics

Celebrate, Citizens of Boston! You Will Not Be Hosting the Olympics!

Mayor unwilling to sign contract due to potential cost overruns.

Scott Shackford | 7.27.2015 4:45 PM

Large image on homepages

Buses

Peter Pan's Revenge: Chinatown Bus Operator Fung Wah May Be Closed For Good Because the Government Won't Give it a Parking Spot

How a "big dog" bus company worked with regulators to crush a competitor.

Jim Epstein | 7.17.2015 11:48 AM

Large image on homepages

Boston

Patience (in Activism) Is a Virtue: Gay Groups Finally March in Boston St. Pat's Parade

Sometimes cultural shifts take 20 years.

Scott Shackford | 3.16.2015 2:45 PM

Large image on homepages

Olympics

Boston City Employees Banned From Criticizing Olympics

Boston hasn't even been awarded the 2024 Olympics yet, and many of its citizens are already having their civil liberties violated.

Jim Pagels | 1.22.2015 1:35 PM

Large image on homepages

Olympics

Boston Nabs U.S. Olympics Nomination. Sucks to Be Boston.

Jim Pagels | 1.9.2015 2:36 PM

Boston

Thomas M. Menino, Boston's Longest-Serving Mayor, Dead at 71

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 12:06 PM

Uber

Uber Sued for Allegedly Violating Massachusetts Labor Law

Brian Doherty | 6.26.2014 2:01 PM

Guns

Boston Boy Killed in Apparent Accidental Shooting by Brother

14-year-old kills 11-year-old

Reason Staff | 2.7.2014 3:00 PM

Criminal Justice

Boston Police Investigating Aaron Hernandez's Possible Role in 2012 Murders

Former New England Patriot is already awaiting trial on murder charges

Reason Staff | 1.16.2014 5:50 PM

Massachusetts

First New Boston Mayor in Over 20 Years Sworn In

Martin Walsh succeeding Thomas Menino

Reason Staff | 1.6.2014 1:20 PM

Boston

Boston Teachers Union Thanks AFT For PAC Ad Buy Supporting Marty Walsh for Mayor, Denies Knowing About it in Advance

Some say it could've helped his opponent if voters knew the national teachers union was pushing for Walsh

Reason Staff | 1.2.2014 2:30 PM

Massachusetts

Incoming Boston Mayor Clashing With Police Over AR-15 Proposal

Martin Walsh reportedly doesn't think cops needs the guns

Reason Staff | 12.30.2013 1:30 PM

Large image on homepages

Police

Having a Holiday Party with an Open Bar? Better Hope The Cops Don't Shut It Down.

Zenon Evans | 12.20.2013 2:50 PM

Crime

Whitey Bulger Ordered to Pay $6 Million to Slain Man's Family

Good luck collecting on that

Reason Staff | 12.17.2013 2:20 PM

Crime

Four Harvard University Buildings Evacuated Because of Reports of Explosives

No explosions reported

Reason Staff | 12.16.2013 10:20 AM

Boston

Boston Cop Arrested After Allegedly Pointing Pistol With Laser Sight at Two People

Facing criminal charges

Reason Staff | 12.13.2013 11:50 AM

Cigarettes

Boston to Ban All Smoking in Public Parks

Even e-cigarettes

Reason Staff | 11.22.2013 5:50 PM

Boston

Boston Cops Wary of Having GPS Tracking Devices in Their Cruisers

Don't like the idea of being monitored

Reason Staff | 11.19.2013 7:50 AM

Police

Boston PD Drops Complaints Against Photography Rights Group

Was getting bombarded with calls from supporters

Reason Staff | 11.15.2013 7:40 PM

Boston

Whitey Bulger Handed Two Life Sentences

Boston gangster was on the run for 16 years

Reason Staff | 11.14.2013 10:50 AM

Police Abuse

Boston Charges "Photography is Not a Crime" Activist with Felony Witness Intimidation for Publishing a Public Information Officers' Work Phone Number, Suggesting Maybe People Use It

Brian Doherty | 11.10.2013 11:09 AM

Sentencing

Prosecutors Ask for Two Life Terms for Whitey Bulger

Convicted of 11 murders

Reason Staff | 11.7.2013 4:20 PM

Boston

State Rep. Marty Walsh Elected Mayor of Boston

Will replace Menino

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 9:43 PM

Barack Obama

Barack Obama Giving Speech on Obamacare in Boston Same Day as World Series Game

This guy

Reason Staff | 10.28.2013 4:00 PM

Boston

Outgoing Boston Mayor Rails Against School Bus Strike, Threatens Federal Lawsuit

Still in charge till January

Reason Staff | 10.10.2013 9:40 AM

Labor

Boston School Bus Strike Ends

School, union, and bus company officials to meet

Reason Staff | 10.9.2013 12:10 PM

Labor

Boston Mayor, Union Blast Sudden School Bus Strike

Strike violated contract

Reason Staff | 10.8.2013 4:00 PM

Boston

Boston School Bus Drivers Begin Strike

City officials calling the move "illegal"

Reason Staff | 10.8.2013 10:40 AM

Sports

Deal Criticized for Giving Control of Nearby Streets to Boston Red Sox

Finance commission calls it "fiscally irresponsible"

Reason Staff | 9.25.2013 3:30 PM

Boston

Two Finalists Emerge in Boston Mayoral Race

Martin Walsh and John Connolly will face off in November

Reason Staff | 9.25.2013 1:50 PM

Boston Marathon Bombing

Boston Police Commissioner to Step Down

Was the face of the marathon bombing investigation

Reason Staff | 9.23.2013 4:30 PM

Boston

Boston Homeless Man Returns Backpack With $40,000+ in Traveler's Checks and Cash

Name not released

Reason Staff | 9.16.2013 11:50 AM

Boston Marathon Bombing

Boston Residents Prefer Life in Prison to Death Sentence for Boston Bumbing Suspect by 2 to 1 Margin

No "he's innocent until proven guilty" option?

Reason Staff | 9.16.2013 9:10 AM

9/11

Boston Travelers Upset About Fire Drill at Logan Airport on 9/11

Timing considered insensitive

Reason Staff | 9.12.2013 8:20 AM

9/11

Boston Airport Chooses 9/11 Anniversary to Hold Fire Drill

With smoke and flames and everything. Probably not a good idea.

Reason Staff | 9.11.2013 3:20 PM

Detroit

Detroit Mayor Responds to His Boston Counterpart's Comments on the Motor City

Mayor Menino said he would blow Detroit up "and start all over"

Reason Staff | 9.4.2013 12:20 PM

UFC

How a Labor Union Almost KO'd the UFC in Boston

A Las Vegas labor dispute nearly puts a stop to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in Boston.

Garrett Quinn | 8.21.2013 4:30 PM

Mass Transit

MBTA: The Slum Beneath Boston

Lanny Friedlander | 2.1.1969 12:33 PM

  • About
  • Events
  • Staff
  • Jobs
  • Donate
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
  • Media
  • Shop
  • Amazon

© 2020 Reason Foundation | Privacy Policy | Accessibility | Terms Of Use