Minnesota's Indefinite Detention of Sex Offenders Is Ineffective As Well As Unjust
A new report argues that the notorious program squanders taxpayer money while keeping people imprisoned without justification or recourse.
A new report argues that the notorious program squanders taxpayer money while keeping people imprisoned without justification or recourse.
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In data from over 200 cities, homicides are down a little over 19 percent when compared to a similar time frame in 2023.
With 54 out of 60 seats in Congress, President Nayib Bukele’s party holds significant influence over legislative decisions.
The college had a legal right to break up the pro-Palestine encampment. But does that mean it should?
The Show Me State has plenty of room to rein in laws on taking private property, but instead, lawmakers are focusing only on one very narrow use case.
It's the war on drugs all over again, folks...
The areas where you need FAA approval to fly a model plane or drone are surprisingly large.
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Instead of lobbying for age verification and youth social media bans, parents can simply restrict their kids' smartphone use.
Filming cops is a First Amendment right, and there are already plenty of laws against harassing them.
Biden has not delivered on his promise to decriminalize marijuana.
Historical teaching and research are being revamped by AI.
David Brin, Robin Hanson, Mike Godwin, and others describe the future of artificial intelligence.
Revolutionary AI technologies can't solve the 'wicked problems' facing policy makers.
How did an obviously fabricated article end up in a peer-reviewed journal?
Proposed AI legislation would enshrine tech-killing precautionary principle into law.
The pledge, while mostly legally illiterate, offers a reminder of the former president's outlook on government accountability.
To convert a hush money payment into 34 felonies, prosecutors are invoking an obscure state election law that experts say has never been used before.
Due to persistent glitches in the financial aid form, Gov. Jim Justice issued an executive order lifting the FAFSA requirement for several state grants.
With only a minority of support in Congress, the president had to make concessions to secure the passage of his sweeping reform bill.
And for good reason: Even at 3.5 percent, inflation is running higher than it did in almost every year for three decades before 2021.
Can artificial intelligence overhaul the regulatory system?
It's not a great movie. But it is a great time at the movies.
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Why work extra hard when you won't be able to get an A? Why try to improve when you won't get worse than a C?
Restricting the price of housing kills incentives to supply places to live.
According to Grok, Robert Heinlein's novel reminds us that even a supercomputer can have a heart—or at least a well-programmed sense of humor.
When does a sufficiently advanced algorithm start to mimic our conception of God?
While sanctions fail to change Iran's policies, they inflict severe hardships on civilians and rally support for the regime.
While the governor framed the legislation as necessary to protect Floridians from "the global elite," he's the real authoritarian.
In 2022, police received a tip that officers were getting paid to make DWI cases disappear—the same allegation that prompted FBI raids in January.
Jesse Singal questions the science of "gender-affirming care."
The protesters deserve criticism—but Congress is the real threat.
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Introducing Reason's artificial intelligence issue
No technology exists today to enable railroads to comply with the state's diktat, which villainizes a mode of transportation that is actually quite energy efficient.
Vincent Yakaitis is unfortunately not the first such defendant. He will also not be the last.
A New Jersey government watchdog said Street Cop Training instructors glorified violence, made discriminatory remarks, and offered unprofessional and unconstitutional advice to officers.
Victor Manuel Martinez Wario was jailed for a total of five days, spending three of those in special housing for sex offenders.
Moving marijuana to Schedule III, as the DEA plans to do, leaves federal pot prohibition essentially untouched.
Once again, DeSantis is a guy who claims to love freedom—until he disagrees with the choices some adults make.
One man’s overgrown yard became a six-year struggle against overzealous code enforcement.
"We will continue to fight for the right to access the internet without intrusive government oversight," says the group challenging the law.