Reason Roundup Innocent Father or MS-13 Gang Member? Plus: Taibbi takes on the Truth Czar, a wild tale about Ayn Rand's estate, and more... Liz Wolfe | 4.2.2025 9:45 AM
Law & Government The Best of Reason: Rise of the Samurai Lawyers An economist explores how a stable and relatively just legal order emerged in medieval Japan. Stephen Davies | 4.1.2025 8:32 PM
Immigration ICE Denies Reason Access to Immigration Court In Miami Detention Center "It appears that access to this court was improperly denied," an attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press says. C.J. Ciaramella | 4.1.2025 3:24 PM
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Marijuana Mississippi Says Medical Marijuana Is Legal—Just Don't Talk About It The state legalized medical marijuana but banned dispensary owners from advertising. Now, one owner is taking the fight to the Supreme Court. Daryl James | 4.1.2025 12:55 PM
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Free Speech Brown University Targets Student Journalist for Emailing Administrators Brown is violating its code of conduct, which guarantees community members’ right to petition the university. Jack Nicastro | 4.1.2025 12:13 PM
Gold Gold Tops $3,000 Despite efforts to rein in government debt, gold prices keep rising—suggesting investors aren’t buying the promises of fiscal responsibility. Jared Dillian | 4.1.2025 11:40 AM
Sports March Madness Isn't Dead Plus: Fix the NIT, NFL kickoffs, and more. Jason Russell | 4.1.2025 10:30 AM
Immigration Trump's Use of the Alien Enemies Act Violates Madison's View of Presidential Power Alleged criminal aliens may face legal punishment. But only after receiving due process of law. Damon Root | 4.1.2025 10:00 AM
Consumption Cheap Stuff Is a Huge Part of the American Dream Plus: Polyamorous cannabis regulators (and a corruption scandal), deportation misses, and more... Liz Wolfe | 4.1.2025 9:33 AM
First Amendment Trump's War on the Press The president is arguing in court that journalism he doesn't like is "election interference" that constitutes consumer fraud. Jacob Sullum | 4.1.2025 7:00 AM
Culture In Defense of 'Luxury Beliefs' Historically, many ideas that once seemed to be elite fixations eventually became mainstream. Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.1.2025 6:00 AM
Wildlife Photo: California's Wildfire Recovery Many of the houses destroyed by the Pacific Palisades fires were not covered by private insurance due to state regulations. Eric Boehm | 4.1.2025 5:00 AM
Deportation Defending Student Deportations, Marco Rubio Equates Writing an Anti-Israel Op-Ed With Starting a Riot The detention of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk illustrates the startling breadth of the authority the secretary of state is invoking. Jacob Sullum | 3.31.2025 5:02 PM
DOGE Time for a DOGE Dance Party Plus: What is a DOGE dance party? Nick Gillespie | 3.31.2025 4:49 PM
Free Trade Peter Navarro Says Tariffs Will Be a $6 Trillion Tax Increase, but Also a Tax Cut If true, then these tariffs would be the biggest peacetime tax increase in American history. Eric Boehm | 3.31.2025 2:50 PM
Health Care The Best Thing About the Proposed California Initiative Named After Luigi Mangione Is the Title The ballot proposition would effectively require health insurers to cover all treatments at any price. Christian Britschgi | 3.31.2025 2:20 PM
War Who Is the 'Top Missile Guy' the U.S. Killed in Yemen? For an administration that likes to show off successful assassinations, the Trump team has been surprisingly tight-lipped about the Houthi commanders they targeted. Matthew Petti | 3.31.2025 12:05 PM
Social Media Don't Count on Quitting Social Media To Make Your Life Better A new meta-analysis finds “no significant effects of social media abstinence interventions on positive affect, negative affect, or life satisfaction.” Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.31.2025 11:30 AM
Water For the First Time in 80 Years, the U.S. Denies Mexico's Request for Water The escalating dispute threatens Mexican farmers—and American consumers. Rossana Pineyro | 3.31.2025 11:15 AM
Free Trade The Hidden Politics of Whiskey Prices Donald Trump is determined to make everything from Canadian whiskey to Mexican avocados more expensive. Can anyone stop him? Eric Boehm | 3.31.2025 11:00 AM Donald Trump Third Term Plus: Cannabis rules, people deported for tattoos, and more... Liz Wolfe | 3.31.2025 9:30 AM View All Latest
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