To Enforce Social Distancing Rules, Cops Fined a Pennsylvania Woman Who Was Driving Alone
Not every apparent violation of a quarantine order is a risk to other people, and not all need to be (or can be) enforced equally.
Not every apparent violation of a quarantine order is a risk to other people, and not all need to be (or can be) enforced equally.
Q&A with Duke's Michael C. Munger, who also believes that big cities will see rationing and that higher education will never be the same.
It's authoritarian—and unnecessary.
From masks to tests, suppression to stimulus, the Reason Roundtable podcast reviews the mistakes that got us to this precarious point.
Another 300 low-level offenders set to be released, but the city’s jails house more than 5,000.
A uniform national response risks doing more harm than good in a nation that’s not uniform.
Jail officials urge more and faster releases as the virus spreads between staff and inmates.
In a new collection of letters, the great Invisible Man author is further revealed.
Scientists, teachers, and parents are asking: Why is one of the most coronavirus-impacted cities keeping its schools open "at all cost"?
Despite the slow-growing anxieties and government incompetence, expect Americans to be resilient in fighting the pandemic.
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The presidential candidate's explanation of his sudden reversal on the issue is utterly implausible.
Under New York's rules, licensed pistol and revolver owners were not allowed to leave home with their handguns unless they were traveling to or from a shooting range.
Two non-profit groups argued that developers had been improperly awarded a building permit for a 112-unit condo building on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
City reports and industry find taxes, regulation, and permitting delays are often a bigger drag on small businesses than rising rents.
The former New York mayor is being called a racist for his former support of searching young minorities without cause.
The city's overzealous commission has ordered the company to stop selling dolls some said were racial caricatures.
Administrators are squeezing out charters in the name of desegregation. The results: Parents are upset, enrollment is declining, and the schools are no more integrated than before.
How can prosecuting a black woman for slapping Jews in 2020 be authorized by the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in 1865?
Police and prosecutors want to maintain a system that punishes poor people before they’re ever convicted.
New York told landlords they couldn't pass along renovation costs, so landlords stopped doing renovations
A new article argues unconvincingly that the sprawling Texas metro is less affordable than ultra-expensive New York City after accounting for higher transportation costs and lower incomes.
New York City has failed to zone for enough housing to keep pace with growth.
Hate crime data suggest that claim is overblown.
Jewish criminal justice groups are not having it.
Of the nearly 9,000 NYPD placard abuse complaints documented, over half have resulted in no action taken against violators.
Oren Levy nearly lost six years of hard work to the NYPD and muddled state law.
Many ideological extremes are responsible for anti-Jewish attacks.
More than half of cigarettes consumed in the state are smuggled from elsewhere, thanks to high taxes.
Tessa Majors may have been on way to buy illegal pot when she was stabbed to death. But if that's true, it's an argument against prohibition, not for it.
He reversed position only as he decided to run for president and now seems surprised he’s getting asked about it.
New York City’s successful defense of its arbitrary restrictions on transporting handguns highlights judicial disrespect for the Second Amendment.
But she's wrong about why it's bad.
Several justices seem skeptical of the claim that revising the rules after SCOTUS agreed to consider a challenge to them made the case moot.
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The former New York mayor wants us to believe he suddenly realized a program he defended for 17 years was unfair and unconstitutional.
Middle-school enrollment is down 7% after a trailblazing admissions overhaul; politicians declare victory while insulting those who left.
Do you feel safer now?
A report from the city's Department of Planning finds that housing construction has not kept pace with job growth.
Police unions are unhappy.
Voters won’t have to worry as much about having to choose between similar candidates or “throwing away” votes on third-party choices.
The NYPD's increased presence on the New York subway has many wondering about the resources dedicated to stop petty crimes.
Pantaleo's lawyer says it’s “arbitrary and capricious” to fire a cop for choking a guy over black market cigarettes.
But can the city commit to reducing its jail population—and will Rikers' infamous culture just be transplanted to the new jails?
How the Other Half Learns reveals how Success challenges supporters and opponents of education reform.
Robert Pondiscio's provocative new book, How the Other Half Learns, challenges supporters and opponents of education reform.
New York Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou is a plaintiff in a lawsuit to stop a Habitat for Humanity housing project.
Local regulators want to put a cap on Grubhub's commissions.