What the Battle To Publish Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl' Means to Today's Free-Speech Struggles
The People v. Lawrence Ferlinghetti explains how America embraced free speech—and how we're ready to throw it away.
The People v. Lawrence Ferlinghetti explains how America embraced free speech—and how we're ready to throw it away.
The Seattle festival's organizers argue that banning signs referring to state-licensed cannabusinesses violates the state and federal constitutions.
The police conducted two searches in two days to track down who is leaking things leaders don’t want the public to know.
The Oakland City Council unanimously approved a city ordinance decriminalizing "entheogenic plants."
So far, the answer is "maybe."
In his new book, Fall, the author of Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon,and The Diamond Age, looks to the digital afterlife, and beyond.
Worst-case scenarios mislead far more than they enlighten.
Polis vetoed licensing requirements for HOA managers, sports agents, and genetic counselors. That's not sitting well with some members of his own party.
Plus: Oakland decriminalizes mushrooms, and the ethics of "doxxing"
The move violates the First Amendment, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
The number of people deemed to be living in extreme poverty was significantly inflated
"We must act now" is not a gun control policy, let alone an argument.
Let employers and employees work it out to meet individual needs.
Don't worry, a spokesman tells Congress, the agency has "strict policies" for using facial recognition technology.
Censorship inevitably ends up being used to protect the powerful from criticism.
'We know what we want to do with our bodies, and we don't need government interference.'
The two Democrats' climate action plans reveal a near limitless faith in the ability of government to reorganize the economy.
The move is an assault on the First Amendment.
The heroism of the still-unidentified "Tank Man" helped destroy authoritarian rule in so many countries, but not his own.
Even if Trump's tariffs go away, the debilitating economic effects are likely to linger for years.
Paul Manafort isn’t deserving of torture. Neither was Kalief Browder.
Why mandated paid family leave is bad for business and bad for most women.
Plus: intra-conservative culture war, Tulsi Gabbard on Snowden, and more…
Statists, both in and out of government, like to play Kafkaesque games with the idea of consent.
Paul's proposal to cut 2 percent from the federal budget for the next five years was predictably opposed by both Democrats and most Republicans
If the tariffs ramp-up all the way to 25 percent, as Trump has threatened, they would be the biggest tax increase since 1968.
New research shows that income surveys erroneously categorized some households as extremely poor actually had "net worth in the millions" of dollars.
Pondering the right-commentariat's populist-nationalist vs. classical liberal split, on the latest Reason Podcast
Both still see surveillance abuse that needs fixing. They’re pursuing different paths to get there.
By rejecting classical liberalism, Sohrab Ahmari and his ilk deny the dignity of the human person.
The Massachusetts senator is promising to pay for programs with a wealth tax, but simple math says otherwise.
Meanwhile, Ross Ulbricht has to spend life in prison without parole.
The sale of cannabidiol-infused food and drink is still against the law, even as entrepreneurs flout those restrictions across the country.
An ACLU brief bolsters the state's case, arguing that people reasonably expect information about the medications they take will be kept confidential.
Tanzania follows in the footsteps of Rwanda and Kenya.
The toy company allegedly failed to test its miracle cure for cranky baby syndrome.
Restrictionists once again discover that draconian rules aren’t enough to overcome people unwilling to obey.
Sanders no longer favors government takeover of "the major means of production." But his four-decade quest for political revolution continues.
What happens when you reclassify independent contractors as employees?
Plus: Spending bill includes pro-marijuana changes, State Department starts collecting social media accounts of visa applicants, and more...
The California senator and former prosecutor has a long record of pushing illiberal policies.
The HBO series is a powerful portrait of the political and social rot that occurs in authoritarian regimes.
If Kavanaugh is a committed originalist, you would never know it based on his complacent behavior in Timbs v. Indiana.
The #NeverTrump primary challenge to the president is nearly DOA.
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world