Politics
Politics investigates how governments, parties, and policymakers shape the landscape of free speech and censorship. From campaign regulations to state restrictions, this category examines the role of politics in defining the boundaries of expression and democratic debate.
Social media platforms. App stores. And next—computers and smartphones? If some lawmakers get their way, Americans could have to show…
This week, guest host Billy Binion is joined by Jennifer Doleac, an economist whose research focuses on crime and public…
The lobster triumphs. In a special election yesterday, 51 percent of Virginia voters approved a heavily gerrymandered congressional map that…
From Smiley v. Jenner, decided yesterday by Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Scudder, joined by Judges Candace Jackson-Akiwumi and Doris Pryor:…
I WANT FREE MINDS AND FREE MARKETS! Help Reason push back with more of the fact-based reporting we do best.…
California’s proposed “billionaire tax” is keeping the state in the news these days, as are government policies that hike the…
Mike Forbess, a 911 dispatcher in Watauga, Texas, was formally reprimanded after making an inappropriate joke during an emergency call.…
There have been troubling developments in both parties regarding antisemitism in the last few years, but I found this one…
Apropos the “cat out of the bag” objection to sealing or pseudonymity, I thought I’d note last month’s P.F. v.…
When the Declaration of Independence Was News, by Emily Sneff, Oxford University Press, 272 pages, $29.99 The men who drafted…
On Saturday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at “accelerating medical treatments for serious mental illness” by facilitating…
This week, Andrew Heaton is joined by Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman, who recently turned a police raid on his home and…
