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Washington

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Capitol Riot

Trump Returns to Twitter, Concedes Election

Condemns “violence, lawlessness, and mayhem” by his supporters at the Capitol.

Scott Shackford | 1.7.2021 7:51 PM

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Capitol Riot

Republicans, White House Aides Beg Trump To Call Off MAGA Occupation of Capitol

“This is banana republic crap we’re watching happen right now.”

Scott Shackford | 1.6.2021 4:15 PM

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Public transportation

The Head of D.C.'s Long-Troubled Metro System Says Another Federal Bailout Is Needed To Stave Off Apocalyptic Service Cuts

D.C.'s public transit agency has already received close to $1 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds.

Christian Britschgi | 12.1.2020 5:20 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: It's Essential When I'm the One Doing It

Charles Oliver | 11.23.2020 4:00 AM

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Drug War

America's Disastrous Drug War Is Finally Unravelling

Voters came out for legalizing marijuana, removing criminal penalties for psychedelic use, and treating drug addiction as a public health concern.

Regan Taylor | 11.5.2020 4:45 PM

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Psychedelics

D.C. Voters Tell Cops and Prosecutors to Leave Psychedelic Users Alone

The ballot measure applies to noncommercial production, distribution, and possession of "entheogenic plants and fungi."

Jacob Sullum | 11.3.2020 10:31 PM

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Shrooms Are on the D.C. Ballot  

The reformers who canvassed for signatures for the initiative say they're optimistic it will pass despite objections from Congress, which controls D.C. spending.

Max Dunat | 10.27.2020 6:00 AM

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Coronavirus

Seattle and Washington State Are Being Sued Over Their Eviction Moratoriums

A new lawsuit argues that the city and state's eviction bans are an unconstitutional impairment of contracts unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Christian Britschgi | 9.8.2020 3:55 PM

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Gun Control

D.C. Prosecutions Highlight the Connection Between Gun Control and Racial Disparities

Why do progressives who worry about unequal justice support policies that are bound to make that problem worse?

Jacob Sullum | 9.4.2020 3:15 PM

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Coronavirus

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Tells Retailers To Call the Cops on Customers Who Don't Wear Masks

Armed agents of the state shouldn't be enforcing mask mandates.

Billy Binion | 7.30.2020 12:15 PM

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Psychedelics

Washington, D.C., Might Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms

The Decriminalize Nature D.C. initiative has gathered enough signatures to land on the ballot this November.

Max Dunat | 7.9.2020 12:45 PM

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House of Representatives Votes to Give D.C. Statehood

The House voted to recognize the District of Columbia as a state, but many obstacles still lie ahead.

Max Dunat | 6.30.2020 2:35 PM

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Reason Roundup

Seattle Says It Will Ask Protesters To Voluntarily Leave 'Autonomous Zone.' What Happens If They Don't?

Plus: Trump tries to cancel skilled worker visas, Seattle repeals "prostitution loitering" law, Pennsylvania makes cosmetologists prove "good moral character," and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.23.2020 9:30 AM

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Public Unions

A Labor Council Has Expelled Seattle's Police Union. Good.

Police unions exist to protect cops at the expense of the public.

Billy Binion | 6.19.2020 4:30 PM

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Washington

'I'm Paying for My Own Suicide': Scenes From a Quieter Night of Protests in D.C.

A heavy but hands-off militarized police presence squared off with demonstrators in the nation's capital tonight.

Christian Britschgi | 6.2.2020 11:58 PM

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Reason Roundup

Those Curfews Sure Didn't Work

Plus: George Floyd's death ruled "homicide caused by asphyxia," and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.2.2020 10:10 AM

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George Floyd

Protesters Tear-Gassed, Arrested, Buzzed With Military Helicopters During Another Night of Protests in D.C.

Tonight's anti-police protests in the nation's capital saw fewer incidents of fires and vandalism, but also a heavy dose of aggressive police tactics.

Christian Britschgi | 6.2.2020 12:46 AM

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George Floyd

D.C. Cops Kept Herding Protesters Into Harm's Way

They still were a lot better-behaved than officers elsewhere.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.31.2020 2:45 PM

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Alcohol

Washington, D.C., May Permanently Legalize To-Go Cocktails

If there's a silver lining for the bars and restaurants that have been hit by the COVID-19 lockdowns, it's the widespread loosening of liquor laws. 

Peter Suderman | 5.20.2020 9:59 AM

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Coronavirus

The Reopen Debate Is a False Dichotomy

Staying inside forever and going back to normal today aren't the only choices.

Billy Binion | 5.15.2020 4:15 PM

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Food Freedom

A Woman Set Up a Little Free Pantry Without a Permit. The County Threatened Criminal Charges.

A civil rights lawsuit alleges that the government violated Kathy Hay's constitutional rights when it shuttered her free pantry.

Billy Binion | 5.1.2020 3:00 PM

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Coronavirus

Coronavirus Fears Mount in D.C. Jail After Quarantines

Lawyers, inmates' families, and correctional officers worry the jail is ill-prepared to handle an outbreak.

C.J. Ciaramella | 3.23.2020 5:00 PM

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Public transportation

Has D.C. Found the Right Way To Do 'Free' Public Transit?

Councilmember Charles Allen has proposed giving every D.C. resident a $100 monthly subsidy for bus and train rides.

Christian Britschgi | 3.3.2020 9:55 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Just Take a Car

Charles Oliver | 2.24.2020 4:00 AM

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Public transportation

D.C.'s Cash-strapped Public Transit Agency Didn't Know It Had Hundreds of $400 Gold Pins Sitting in Storage

A recent Inspector General's report found the agency had serious problems tracking and managing its inventory.

Christian Britschgi | 1.16.2020 3:05 PM

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Police Abuse

D.C.'s Police Department Is Being Sued (Again) for Sexually Violating Someone During a Search

D.C. cops appear to have a thing for illegally probing butts.

Zuri Davis | 1.14.2020 4:10 PM

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Police Abuse

'It's a Lie, but It's Fun': An Officer's Falsified Report Leads to a Man's Suicide

The officer was suspended for only six days.

Zuri Davis | 1.10.2020 5:00 PM

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Free Speech

A Christmas Miracle: Washington Court Overturns Marijuana Sign Rules That Banned String Lights Spelling 'Pot'

A judge concluded that the restrictions violate the state constitution's free speech guarantee.

Jacob Sullum | 12.24.2019 1:40 PM

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Transportation Policy

Standing-Only Metro Escalators Are Central Planners' Dream, but Riders' Nightmare

The argument for getting rid of walking on metro station escalators demonstrates the flaws of central planning logic.

Christian Britschgi | 12.17.2019 2:15 PM

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Electric Scooter

I Was in a Scooter Accident. I Still Don't Want to Ban Them.

What happened to me could have happened to a cyclist or pedestrian. Blame cars, not scooters.

Robby Soave | 11.26.2019 3:55 PM

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Decriminalization

'This Is a Culture War': Sex Work Decriminalization Bill in D.C. Draws 14 Hours of Passionate Public Testimony

From morning till past midnight, supporters and opponents of a bill to decriminalize prostitution offered starkly different visions of safety and rights.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.18.2019 3:35 PM

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School Choice

The Movie Miss Virginia Powerfully Dramatizes the Urgent Need for School Choice

Virginia Walden Ford talks about her role in integrating schools in the 1960s and leading a movement to escape failing public schools four decades later.

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 10.18.2019 12:45 PM

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Climate Change

Climate Strike Disrupts D.C. Commutes

More than 1,000 activists march to protest the state of the environment.

Noah Shepardson | 9.23.2019 3:30 PM

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Public transportation

D.C. Metro Spent $500,000 Maintaining a Self-Cleaning Toilet That Hasn't Flushed Since 2017

A new report from Metro's Office of the Inspector General details the agency's waste when dealing with riders' waste.

Christian Britschgi | 7.26.2019 4:30 PM

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4th of July

Trump's Militarized Fourth of July Parade Makes America Less Great

We're getting a military parade because Donald Trump wants one. The arguments for leaving our tanks at their bases are far more numerous, significant, and powerful.

Eric Boehm | 7.4.2019 6:46 AM

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Free Speech

Facing Legal Challenge, Washington Weed Regulators Lift Ban on Cannabusiness Signs at Seattle Hempfest

The state's Liquor and Cannabis Board changed its policy after Hempfest and two marijuana retailers challenged it on constitutional grounds.

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2019 5:15 PM

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Public transportation

D.C.'s Metro Is A Mess. Today the FBI Raided the Home of a Transit Board Member in Corruption Probe

The FBI raided the house of D.C. City Councilman and Metro board member Jack Evans as part of a federal grand jury investigation.

Christian Britschgi | 6.21.2019 2:55 PM

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Free Speech

Hempfest Sues Washington's Marijuana Regulators for Censoring Sponsors' Signs

The Seattle festival's organizers argue that banning signs referring to state-licensed cannabusinesses violates the state and federal constitutions.

Jacob Sullum | 6.5.2019 1:45 PM

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Decriminalization

D.C. Sex Workers Want Decriminalization—and City Council Members Agree

'We know what we want to do with our bodies, and we don't need government interference.'

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.4.2019 6:05 PM

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Fourth Amendment

The ACLU is Suing D.C. Police for Searching a Home Without a Warrant

The Metropolitan Police Department was in the middle of a legal battle with the family when the warrantless search was conducted.

Zuri Davis | 5.1.2019 12:00 PM

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Government failure

It Took Good Samaritans 2 Hours and $150 To Paint a Crosswalk That D.C. Ignored for 6 Months

Yet another example of private citizens taking it upon themselves to do what the government is incapable of.

Joe Setyon | 4.30.2019 10:30 AM

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Policy

Do You Really Need a Degree to Work in Day Care?

Eric Boehm | 5.1.2018 12:00 PM

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Drugs

Does Legalization Boost Teen Marijuana Use?

The only safe conclusion is that it's too early to draw any conclusions.

Jacob Sullum | 4.20.2017 6:00 AM

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Television

What HBO's Veep Gets Right About Politics

Politicians aren't special.

Zach Weissmueller | 4.14.2017 1:22 PM

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Washington

How Not to Build a Jail

The D.C. jail has been a disaster for more than 100 years. Can a new jail avoid the mistakes of the past?

C.J. Ciaramella | 11.16.2016 6:00 AM

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Republican Presidential Nomination

Fear, Feminism, and Freeing the Delegates: Inside a Last-Ditch #NeverTrump Fundraiser

Assembled over classical music and quinoa cups, a group of conservative allies aims to change the course of the presidential election. Or do they?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.14.2016 8:30 AM

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