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Libertarian History/Philosophy
Libertarianism Isn't a 'Gateway Drug' to the Alt-Right
Those who migrate from libertarianism to the alt-right have rejected the essence of the freedom movement and its philosophy.
Ratifying the Heckler's Veto, and Getting the Boston Demonstration Wrong
Matt Welch talks Berkeley's quaking in front of Antifa, and Jacob Siegel explains who the original demonstrators the other week actually were
What the Alt-Right Gets Wrong
Libertarians should reject right-wing populism in all its forms.
Americans Can Fight Bigotry Without Trump's Help
The president's appalling equivocation on Charlottesville is strengthening private moral forces
Tribalism and Economic Nationalism Are Cut from the Same Cloth
Antiglobalism and anticosmopolitanism might flow purely from economic ignorance, but it is hard to believe that's all it is for many people.
White Supremacy Is a Dead End For White People
Courtesy will get you farther than tiki torches.
ACLU Blames Cops for Charlottesville Violence
"Law enforcement was standing passively by, seeming to be waiting for violence to take place, so that they would have grounds to declare an emergency, declare an 'unlawful assembly' and clear the area."
School Choice Can Heal the Division in Charlottesville
Studies show students in schools of choice have more respect for the rights of people they don't like.
Despite the President's Pandering, White Nationalists Are Still Losing
As Trump learned this week, pandering to white nationalists means alienating most other Americans.
Charlottesville, Race, and the Mishnory Road
Many of those who would recoil in horror at racist notions find similar notions strangely beguiling when they are dressed up in more genteel language.
Trump Denounces Racism in Charlottesville. Too Little, Too Late.
Did the president really need a teachable moment to denounce neo-Nazis?
Don't Let Fascists Steal Free Speech [Podcast]
Reason editors talk white supremacy in Virginia, free speech, the controversial Google memo, and more.
Violent Charlottesville Protester Claims 'Free Speech Does Not Protect Hate Speech'
That is not the law, and it shouldn't be.
Charlottesville's Legacy Shaping Up As Exact Opposite of What Alt-Right Wanted
After this weekend's white-supremacist rally in Virginia, more Southern cities announce plans to take down Confederate monuments.
White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville Shut Down Due to Violence
Car rams pedestrians on city's downtown mall; many injured.
Confederate Monuments Deserve to Go
Taking them down and putting up different statues is a reminder that in understanding the past, we shape the future.
What You Didn't See in That Shocking Evergreen Segment: Michael Moynihan Dishes in The Fifth Column
Podcast also argues over the Philando Castile verdict and Otto Warmbier's critics
How the Government Created Housing Segregation [Reason Podcast]
Richard Rothstein's The Color of Law documents how federal housing policy forced blacks and whites apart.
Paris Pullout, Russia Reboots, and LeBron Hate Crimes: The New Fifth Column
Also listen to the Sirius XM POTUS version Sunday at 3 pm ET
Are College Campuses Racist Environments? [Reason Podcast]
Lawrence Ross vs. Kmele Foster in a public debate at the Soho Forum
Old Times There Are Best Forgotten
Why government-funded agencies should display Confederate symbols only at historic sites or museums
30 Days a Black Man: How Ray Sprigle Exposed Jim Crow in 1940s America [Reason Podcast]
"I have such a deeper appreciation for the punishment that black people received from their government for so long and the crass politics that perpetuated it."
Are American Colleges Racist? Come To a Debate at the Soho Forum
Kmele Foster and Lawrence C. Ross, Jr. debate in New York on May 16.
What Uncle Sam and Jim Crow Taught Hitler
When Nazi lawyers went looking for racial legislation to emulate, they turned to the United States.
Death Panel for Ryancare in a Frantic News Week: The Fifth Column
Hate-crime hoaxes, Tony Blair's testicles, real estate racism, and more
The Southern Poverty Law Center Is Counting Extremists Again
Do its numbers tell a story?
Watch 84 Lumber's Pro-Immigration Commercial that Was Too Hot for Super Bowl
Donald Trump is fearful of the world, and that's a big problem for America.
Don't Like Militarized Police and Mass Incarceration? Blame Progressivism.
Talking about racism won't end these problems
Trump Bullies on NYC Subway Weren't Real
A young woman has been charged for filing a false report about men trying to tear off her hijab on the train.
Why It's a Mistake to Describe the Alt-Right as 'Neo-Nazis'
Backwards-looking attitudes about race, religion, and sex have been a hallmark of the Republican coalition for decades, and are hardly grounds for Hitler Youth comparisons.
Evan McMullin's Troop-less War Against Donald Trump's GOP
Independent candidate says Republican Party 'can no longer be considered the home for conservatives,' despite all voting evidence to the contrary. Meanwhile, did his ballot exclusion tip Florida away from Hillary Clinton?
Happy Broadway-Boycott Thanksgiving From The Fifth Column!
Three-headed podcast takes on New York bubble-politics, the objectionable Jeff Sessions, Kanye's breakdown, and more
Kanye West Would've Voted for Trump; Admired 'Futuristic' Style of Campaign
Says the country and world are racist so people need to stop focusing on it.
6 Fast Facts About the FBI's New Hate-Crime Report
Hate crimes against persons decreased in 2015 over the previous year. Anti-black, Jewish, and gay-male sentiment was most common.
There Is No Violent Hate-Crimewave in 'Trump's America'
Please stop spreading unsubstantiated stories of Trump-induced terror.
Weld's Bells and Other Late Campaign Hits: The New Fifth Column
Kmele talks race politics from Eastern Island, while Moynihan and Welch try to figure out what William Weld wrought
Black Votes Matter: The New Fifth Column
Comedian Andrew Schulz joins to talk race, Gary Johnson, and other unmentionables
Basket of Aleppos, Moynihan's Porn, and Uncle Tom's Yeezys: It's the Best Fifth Column Ever!
Your favorite podcast throws a half-year birthday party by rocking 90 minutes on Gary Johnson, Ayn Rand, sex regs, and so much more
Hillary Talks Police Brutality at Debate, Connects Reform to Black-on-Black Violence
Deploys bromides on police training and techniques, but not accountability or transparency.