Did Ron DeSantis Really Just Change the A.P. African American Studies Curriculum?
The College Board says these changes were already in the works. But even if that's true, they may have just opened a new front in the culture wars.
The College Board says these changes were already in the works. But even if that's true, they may have just opened a new front in the culture wars.
The Florida governor unveiled some big new ideas -- not all of them good
Floridians will bear the cost of DeSantis currying favor with immigration restrictionists.
The flaws in the states' position are revealed by their own governors' statements about the evils of socialism and the crisis at the border.
Why is Gov. Ron DeSantis acting just like his opposition by attempting to dictate what students are permitted to learn?
"We can't be in a situation where one person can just derail this," DeSantis told a gathering of law enforcement officials.
"In short, the controlling motivations for the suspension were the interest in bringing down a reform prosecutor," the judge wrote.
Data show Florida and New York had similar death numbers despite vastly different approaches.
Florida threatens a venue for letting minors attend a sexualized holiday cabaret performance with their parents.
As free speech becomes an increasingly important part of the culture war, people won't stop misinterpreting—and outright violating—the First Amendment.
Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity is suing the city of Gainesville to block its legalization of small "missing middle" apartment buildings in single-family neighborhoods.
Lawmakers are reportedly planning to undo legislation that would have revoked Disney's special tax and governance status.
With his luster dimmed, former President Donald Trump is no longer the unchallenged party leader.
On Thursday, a federal court granted a preliminary injunction against the portion of the law applying to higher education, with one judge describing the law as "positively dystopian."
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People with money on the line try harder than pundits to be right, and they adjust quickly when they've made a mistake.
Big-government conservatives underperformed across the country.
Republican Governors Ron DeSantis and Brian Kemp made a name for themselves opposing COVID mandates.
A Texas sheriff has certified that the migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard were the victims of a crime, which helps clear the way for them to apply for U visas.
The state can't really banish ideas, and it's dangerous to try.
The best rebuke to the Biden administration's inhumane border policies is for Republican governors to welcome migrants into their states.
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Reason's Zach Weissmueller and the New York Post's Karol Markowicz talk about life under the most controversial governor in America.
Who cares if it’s legal if it generates politically advantageous outrage and attention?
Some states that do not border Mexico have sought to play a role in immigration policy.
GOP governors' ploy highlights the value of giving states the power to issue their own migration visas. It can simultaneously ease labor shortages, reduce disorder at the border, enable more migrants to escape poverty and oppression, and help restore the original meaning of the Constitution.
Critics of the Martha’s Vineyard flights are raising a bevy of questions about the finances and alleged deception behind the scheme.
A live Reason discussion about how libertarians should think about the country's most controversial governor.
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Plus: The editors have gripes with Biden’s recent interview on 60 Minutes.
Ron DeSantis paid for the Martha's Vineyard migrant flights through interest earned on American Rescue Plan money, which he's said was designed "to bail out the poorly governed states.”
What differentiates national conservatives from some other right-wing varietals is the desire to use government to destroy their enemies.
The governor flew dozens of Venezuelans to Martha's Vineyard at taxpayer expense, even though they fled a regime he says "is responsible for countless atrocities."
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The state's Republican administration comes out against property rights and local control.
The GOP has understandably cast Anthony Fauci as a villain, but there are few plans to overhaul public health bureaucracies.
Record numbers of Cubans are arriving in the United States as the communist nation struggles economically.
Florida’s governor claims unconstitutional powers that could be used to promote the "far-left" policies he decries.
The messy rollout of a constitutional amendment restoring voting rights to felons is now creating more felony crimes.
Plus: The editors examine proposed CDC reorganization and field a question on free trade.
The court ruled - correctly - that the law violates the First Amendment.
Ban on mandatory training of certain race topics “is a naked viewpoint-based regulation on speech.”
Former state attorney Andrew Warren says DeSantis unconstitutionally retaliated against him for his opinions, not any actions he had taken.
Tampa top prosecutor Andrew Warren pledged to not prosecute women seeking abortions and those pursuing gender-affirming health care.
For trips shorter than six days, vaccinated passengers will no longer need to obtain a negative test result before boarding.
If Newsom wants to pick a fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, he should try a different topic.
The streaming platform has said gun- and abortion-related ads submitted by Democrats are too controversial to be aired.