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Lockdowns

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China

Shanghai Authorities Say Normal Life Might Resume in Mid-June. COVID Lockdown Started in March.

China's "COVID zero" policy looks a lot like house arrest for Shanghai's 25 million residents who are only just now beginning to experience glimmers of freedom.

Liz Wolfe | 5.19.2022 12:00 PM

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Law enforcement

Spring Break in Miami Brings a 'State of Emergency'

Curfews and alcohol rollbacks meant to mitigate danger actually hurt local businesses.

Alyssa Varas | 4.1.2022 1:00 PM

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Police in Schools

Kids Are Back in Schools. Cops Shouldn't Be.

Police are being asked to handle kids broken by failures of public schooling.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.16.2022 7:00 AM

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Coronavirus

New Zealand Joins the International Crackdown on COVID Mandate Protests

Disagreement over pandemic policy accelerates the slide toward authoritarianism in another country.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.7.2022 8:31 AM

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School Choice

Flexibility Gave Charter Schools an Edge During the Pandemic

Charter schools thrived on the freedom to make quick decisions and appeal to like-minded families.

J.D. Tuccille | 2.28.2022 8:40 AM

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Government mandates

Pandemic Restrictions Extra Painful for Businesses Owned by Minorities, Women, and Veterans

Limited resources create enormous vulnerability.

J.D. Tuccille | 2.22.2022 7:00 AM

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Coronavirus

The War on COVID Has Become a Quagmire. Americans Need an Exit Strategy.

Like the war on drugs and the war on terror before it, the war on COVID is a futile, deeply destructive campaign, and Americans want out.

Peter Suderman | 2.17.2022 9:57 AM

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Protests

Canada's Freedom Convoy Embodies Fatigue with Pandemic Authoritarianism

COVID-19 policies eroded liberty and many people want it back.

J.D. Tuccille | 2.14.2022 7:00 AM

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Pandemic

At High Cost, COVID-19 Lockdowns Saved Few Lives

“Lockdown policies are ill-founded and should be rejected as a pandemic policy instrument.”

J.D. Tuccille | 2.4.2022 7:00 AM

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Coronavirus

Japan's COVID-19 Strategy, Focused on Warnings Rather Than Mandates, Points the Way Forward

The country, which has a much lower fatality rate than the U.S., eschewed lockdowns in favor of information.

Jacob Sullum | 1.26.2022 1:25 PM

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2nd Amendment

9th Circuit Panel Says Pandemic-Inspired Shutdowns of Gun Stores Were Unconstitutional

Judge Lawrence VanDyke included a satirical opinion that his colleagues can use when they decide otherwise.

Jacob Sullum | 1.21.2022 5:05 PM

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Lockdowns

How Much Would You Pay To Escape Australia's COVID 'Ring of Steel'?

Australian researchers used changes in home prices and rents to tease out how much people were willing to spend to avoid the country's harshest lockdown.

Christian Britschgi | 1.19.2022 4:05 PM

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Anthony Fauci

What We Got Right and Wrong About 2021 (and What We Predict for 2022)

Plus, the CDC's amateur psychoanalyzing.

Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch | 1.3.2022 5:33 PM

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Coronavirus

The Lockdown Showdown

Alarmed by unilateral COVID-19 restrictions, states are imposing new limits on executive authority.

Eric Boehm | 1.2.2022 6:00 AM

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Reason Roundup

Germany Bans the Unvaccinated from Restaurants, Shops, and Public Venues

Plus: Texas' social media censorship law is blocked by a federal judge on First Amendment grounds, federal lawmakers avoid a government shutdown, and more...

Christian Britschgi | 12.3.2021 9:30 AM

Cyber Monday

Omicron and COVID-19 Groundhog Day

Let's get it right this time.

Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, and Peter Suderman | 11.29.2021 4:35 PM

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Democracy

COVID-19 Made Democracies More Authoritarian and Authoritarian Regimes Even Worse

A new report says many democracies have taken steps that are "disproportionate, unnecessary, or illegal" to curb COVID.

Eric Boehm | 11.23.2021 1:35 PM

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Coronavirus

Austrian Politicians Say Vaccines Are the Key to Ending the Pandemic. They're Also Ordering the Vaccinated Back Into Lockdown.

The latest restrictions come less than a week after the country ordered its unvaccinated population into lockdown.

Christian Britschgi | 11.19.2021 3:25 PM

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California

California Business Owners Sue Gov. Newsom Over the Lockdowns

How far do "emergency powers" really extend?

Zach Weissmueller | 10.1.2021 3:15 PM

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California

California's Recall Is a Revolt Against Gov. Gavin Newsom's Progressive Agenda

Leading candidates Larry Elder, Kevin Faulconer, and Kevin Kiley cite homelessness, crime, housing costs, and energy shortages as evidence that one-party rule is failing the Golden State.

Zach Weissmueller | 9.1.2021 12:15 PM

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Coronavirus

New Zealand Closes Restaurants, Schools, Vaccination Sites in Response to 1 COVID-19 Case

"Do not congregate. Don't talk to your neighbors. Please keep to your bubbles," said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern when announcing the new lockdown.

Christian Britschgi | 8.17.2021 1:35 PM

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Australia

Australia Is the Canary in the Coal Mine of Eroding Liberty

Without a Bill of Rights, the land down under quickly goes where America may eventually follow.

J.D. Tuccille | 7.28.2021 7:00 AM

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Biden Administration

Space Liberation!

Don't let naysayers fool you. Richard Branson's space flight is a boon for society.

Katherine Mangu-Ward, Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 7.12.2021 4:15 PM

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Fireworks

How To Snap Out of a Post-COVID Funk

And why the perspective on homeschooling shifted

Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, and Peter Suderman | 7.6.2021 4:11 PM

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