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Strippers

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Barely Legal Strippers Now Illegal in Texas

Under S.B. 315, it is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail, to employ 18- to 20-year-olds at any sexually oriented business.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.21.2021 6:00 AM

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Strippers

Barely Legal Strippers Now Fully Illegal in Texas

The penalty for employing 18- to 20-year-olds to work nude, topless, or "in a sexually oriented commercial activity" is now 2 to 20 years in prison.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.3.2021 4:20 PM

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Reason Roundup

Don't Believe the Hype About Georgia's Dramatic Drop in COVID-19 Cases

Plus: Justin Amash's quick reversal, Ronan Farrow's flaws, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.18.2020 9:42 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Keep It Holstered

Charles Oliver | 2.18.2019 4:00 AM

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Strippers

San Diego Police Creepily Forced Strippers to Pose for Photos. Now the City's Paying $1.5 Million.

A city ordinance let officers harass women as part of a licensing inspection process. A judge ruled it unconstitutional.

Scott Shackford | 10.31.2018 1:00 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Tough Job

Charles Oliver | 10.15.2018 4:00 AM

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Strippers

Strip Club Staffers Arrested With Stormy Daniels Sue, Claiming Cops Lied As Republican Retaliation

Police initially said the arrests were part of "a long-term investigation into...human trafficking" and prostitution.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.11.2018 4:44 PM

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Tattoos

Tattoo Parlors Aren't The Same As Strip Clubs

And neither will ruin your neighborhood.

Liz Wolfe | 7.26.2018 4:00 PM

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Stormy Daniels

Stormy Daniels Strips for Me and a Roomful of Journalists

...and reminds everyone that sometimes a strip show is just a strip show.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.10.2018 3:45 PM

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Strippers

New Orleans Nixes Plan for Strict Cap on French Quarter Strip Clubs

"There is nothing inherent" to strip clubs "that causes crime," say city planners.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.7.2018 1:15 PM

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Sex Work

'Keep Your Tyranny Off Our Titties,' Say New Orleans Strippers

In a series of protests, strip club workers and their allies are pushing back against abusive policing.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.6.2018 8:42 AM

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Sex Work

The Best Sex Work Writing of 2017

We rounded up the year's best writing, reporting, and research on erotic industries, those who work in them, and how they're getting screwed by U.S. authorities and laws.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.31.2017 7:30 AM

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Sex Work

Stripper Licensing Fees Pocketed by Palm Beach County Employee for Years

Investigators say an administrative assistant with the Public Safety Department pocketed cash payments from adult entertainers and fudged records to cover for it.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.4.2017 7:28 AM

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Sex Trafficking

Texas Dad Pushes for Parents of Adult Women to Be Able to Have Them Committed for Selling Sex

Reforms would also raise minimum-age threshold for Texas strippers from 18 to 21.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.12.2016 8:25 PM

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Strippers

Topless Dancing and Alcohol Sales May Meet Again in Chicago

"Put a G-string on" and let the topless, drunken good times roll suggest some on the Chicago City Council.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.12.2016 3:55 PM

Culture

Sex Workers of the World, Unite!

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.1.2015 12:00 PM

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Nanny State

'A World-Class City Like Chicago' Needs Topless Strippers, Says Alderman

Measure would allow licensed "cabarets" to offer both alcohol and topless dancing.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.16.2015 10:50 AM

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Nanny State

Georgia Lawmakers Say Strip Clubs Cause Men to Rape Children So Club Owners Must Pay for State's Fight Against Sex Trafficking

A stripper is a sex-trafficker is a source of state revenue right?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.2.2015 3:32 PM

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Nanny State

San Antonio Gets Tough on (Butt) Crack

Strippers could be jailed for revealing "the crevice of their buttocks"

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.12.2015 12:05 PM

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Civil Liberties

Georgia Supreme Court Considers Whether Nude Dancing at Strip Clubs Is a Protected Right

Damon Root | 1.7.2015 1:58 PM

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Politics

Reason TV Best of 2014: Strippers v. the Supreme Court!

Joshua Swain | 1.3.2015 4:19 PM

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Civil Liberties

Judge Blocks Public Records Request for Stripper Info, Temporarily Thwarting Man Who Wanted to Pray for Them by Name

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.24.2014 3:55 PM

Civil Liberties

Occupational Licensing of Strippers Isn't Just Unnecessary, It's Dangerous

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.17.2014 9:15 AM

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Civil Liberties

Mom Arrested for (Maybe) Hanging Up on Cop While Her 'Missing' 10-Year-Old Plays at Church

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.30.2014 10:20 AM

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Civil Liberties

San Diego Cops Say Detaining, Photographing Strippers Just Part of Their Job

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.18.2014 5:15 PM

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Nanny State

Texas Upholds $5-Per-Patron Strip Club Tax to Combat 'Social Ills Associated With This Type of Business'

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.12.2014 3:35 PM

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Civil Liberties

'Pole Tax' Still Causing Trouble for Texas Strip Clubs

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.6.2014 3:09 PM

Politics

Strippers v. the Supreme Court: Live Nude Theater!

Joshua Swain | 4.23.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

Strippers v. the Supreme Court: Live Nude Theater!

Joshua Swain | 4.23.2014 12:45 PM

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