Reason Is a Finalist for 8 Southern California Journalism Awards
Nominated stories cover minor league baseball, drug tests, and L.A.’s plan for ending homelessness
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Our Language Has Gotten More Emotional. Why?
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That Was Fast! We Met Our Second $50,000 Match!
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Reason Has 12 Podium Finishes at the Southern California Journalism Awards
Essay on Hollywood's war against developers and mini documentary on sex workers won top honors.
Steven Pinker: Rationality Saves Lives
The Harvard linguist says Enlightenment reasoning is central to both material and moral progress.
Reason Is a Finalist for 15 Southern California Journalism Awards
Judges selected stories about hacking medical technology, black gun rights, trans activists, Venezuelan immigrants, and the threat of nationalism.
Feds Seize CNN Reporter's Data, Then Gag CNN
If this doubly punitive anti-press maneuver sounds familiar, that's because it keeps happening, including to Reason.
Has Our Criminal Justice System Gotten Better Since George Floyd's Death?
Plus: critical race theory and ideal libertarian political appointees
Lanny Friedlander: The Eccentric Genius Who Created Reason Magazine
Reason was the anti-establishment brainchild of a brilliant but erratic 20-year-old student who lived with his mother and drove a delivery van for a living.
Thank You to Every Single Person Who Donated to Reason's 2019 Webathon!
We raised over $370,000 from more than 1,300 donors. Incredible.
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'Mattress Girl' Emma Sulkowicz Walked Into a Libertarian Happy Hour. No, This Is Not a Joke.
Mattress girl's unlikely friendship with Reason folks is the subject of a recent piece for The Cut.
Reason Brings Home 4 First-Place Wins at the Southern California Journalism Awards
Plus half a dozen second-place finishes and two third-place spots. Woot!
Reason Nominated for 19 Southern California Journalism Awards
Our nominated stories run the gamut from sanctuary cities to Gary Gygax and curling.
Reason Snags 3 First-Place Wins at the 67th Annual Maggie Awards
“Zombie stats” just keep going and going.
Reason.com Is Getting an Update
Expect some disruptions over the weekend and an improved site on Monday.
Watch Matt Welch (and Dave Barry!) Tonight on Real Time With Bill Maher
Live on HBO, 10 p.m. ET!
John McWhorter: America Has Never Been Less Racist
Columbia linguist John McWhorter on the Jussie Smollett hoax, Donald Trump, and "antiracism" as a new secular religion.
Attn, NY Reasonoids: Come To a Happy Hour on Tuesday, April 16!
Featuring Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, Jim Epstein, Joanna Andreasson, and special guest stars.
Selling Libertarianism in the Marketplace of Ideas: Podcast
Brian Nichols interviews Nick Gillespie about persuasion, the history of Reason, and whether the future looks libertarian.
Reason Once Tried To Predict the Future. How Did We Do?
A generation later, three major themes still resonate.
How I Became a Libertarian
On the magazine's 50th birthday, Reason staffers share their philosophical origin stories.
Tom Woods Interviews Matt Welch About Journalism, Libertarianism, and War
Talking about everything from Central Europe to interventionism to Bill Weld on The Tom Woods Show
Come to a Reason Happy Hour with Matt Welch in Austin on September 26!
Drinks and conversation from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at Swift's Attic
Reason Staffers Share Their Favorite Constitutional Amendments
The U.S. Constitution was signed on this day 231 years ago.
Matt Welch Interviews Zach Weismueller, Libertarian State Rep. Brandon Phinney & More on Sirius XM!
From the alt-right to Twitter deactivation, bands drinking booze to presidents crowing for cronyism, we'll hash it out on Sirius XM Insight channel 121 today from 9-12 ET
One Big Reason You're Better Off Today than in 1968: Reason Turns 50 in L.A. on Nov. 3!
Join Reason All-Stars and fellow travelers John Stossel, Mitch Daniels, Vernon Smith, and Kennedy to celebrate 50 years of "Free Minds and Free Markets."
Celebrate Reason's 50th Birthday in Los Angeles on November 3!
Join Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, Jacob Sullum, Robby Soave, John Stossel, Kennedy, a Nobel Prize winner, and more!
'It Became Normal, It Became Hot, to Be Alternative' — Reason 50th Anniversary: Podcast
Nick Gillespie talks about the end of the cultural mainstream, the rise of DIY everything, and the quaint, unacknowledged power of $6 DVD players.
'When I Encountered Libertarian Ideas, They Just Resonated With Me': Podcast
Marty Zupan talks about editing Reason in the 1980s, meeting Hayek before it was cool, moving to IHS, and life in the liberty movement.
Reason Brings Home 5 Southern California Journalism Awards
Recognition for everything from Florida's terrible drug sentencing laws, to the efforts to legalize ecstasy, to explanations of why Trump's wall won't work.
Here Are the Finalists for the 2018 Reason Video Prize!
Congrats to We The Internet, Institute for Justice, American Enterprise Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Pacific Legal Foundation!
'I Am Absolutely a Product of the Libertarian-Industrial Complex': Podcast
Katherine Mangu-Ward talks about politics, culture, and Reason's next 50 years.
Reason Nominated for a Record 30 Southern California Journalism Awards
From "Game of Thrones: Libertarian Edition" to depressing criminal-justice investigations to this here blog, Reason's eclectic 2017 work receives some industry recognition.
Enter the 2018 Reason Video Prize and Win $5,000!
We're honoring online videos that celebrate individual rights, limited government, and human possibilities.
Hey, Chicago, Come Out To Two Events with Nick Gillespie on Monday and Tuesday!
Help celebrate Reason's 50th anniversary and watch a debate on Net Neutrality!
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Reason TV's YouTube channel has more subscribers than Cincinnati, Buffalo, or Salt Lake City has people!
Students for Liberty's LibertyCon Starts Today. Come See Reason Panels!
Katherine Mangu-Ward, Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Peter Suderman, Meredith Bragg, Austin Bragg, and Andrew Heaton will be there. So will a VERY SPECIAL GIFT.