This Elderly Man Was Arrested After Shooting a Burglar in Self-Defense—Because His Gun Was Unlicensed
Vincent Yakaitis is unfortunately not the first such defendant. He will also not be the last.
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.
The former Cheers producer talks faith, ayahuasca, and what it’ll take to bring back the blockbuster comedy.
Plus: Ceasefire negotiations, Chinese regulators, American crime, and more...
A FOIA request reveals what the FBI and Homeland Security had to say about anarchist activities on May Day 2015.
The government always has seemingly good reasons to sidestep people’s rights.
Even vile speech is protected, but violence and other rights violations are not.
If businesses don't serve customers well, they go out of business. Government, on the other hand, is a monopoly.
Julian Assange and Priscilla Villarreal were both arrested for publishing information that government officials wanted to conceal.
AI developer Andrew Mayne explains why technology could create more jobs and lead to unprecedented economic growth.
Alabama law doesn't let police demand individuals' government identification. But they keep arresting people anyway.
The change from Schedule I to Schedule III is welcome, but removing it from the schedules altogether is the best option.
David Knott helps clients retrieve unclaimed property from the government. The state has made it considerably harder for him to do that.
City gives journalist photos. Journalist publishes photos. City…sues journalist?
Plus: California's landmark law ending single-family-only zoning is struck down, Austin, Texas, moves forward with minimum lot size reform, and the pro-natalist case for pedestrian infrastructure.
The FAA imposes notoriously wide flight restrictions around stadiums. The consumer drone industry wants to change that.
Calls from the left and right to mimic European speech laws bring the U.S. to a crossroads between robust First Amendment protections and rising regulation.
Plus: College protest follow-up, AI and powerlifting, tools for evading internet censorship, and more...
This new school-to-parent pipeline allows parents to micromanage yet another aspect of their kids' lives.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about the magical thinking behind the economic ideas of Modern Monetary Theory.
Young people need independent play in order to become capable adults.
New red tape will result in fewer safe and effective diagnostic tests.
Kennedy’s plan for government-backed mortgage bonds will do to housing what federal student loans have done to college tuition.
Electric vehicles are not a bad thing, especially in heavily polluted China. But the market should drive demand, not central planners.
The bill would allow the Education Department to effectively force colleges to suppress a wide range of protected speech.
How the Backpage prosecution helped create a playbook for suppressing online speech, debanking disfavored groups, and using "conspiracy" charges to imprison the government's targets
Plus: NatalCon, Cuban economics, AI priest defrocked, and more...
Half the country says suppressing “false information” is more important than press freedom.
How lax intellectual property rules created a nerd culture phenomenon
AI developer Andrew Mayne explains why technology could create more jobs and lead to unprecedented economic growth.
Uncovering Big Beer’s crafty campaign to limit consumer access to canned cocktails.
"Today it is highly centralized, where a few people at the top control everything," the former five-term congressman tells Reason's Nick Gillespie.
Priscilla Villarreal is appealing a 5th Circuit decision that dismissed her First Amendment lawsuit against Laredo police and prosecutors.
The ruling has nothing to do with #MeToo. It is about ensuring a fair trial—a principle that applies no matter how unsympathetic the defendant.
"We should be building a wall around the welfare state, not the United States," Nick Gillespie argued at a recent immigration debate.
A report from Good Jobs First found that 80 percent of state development agency revenue comes from fees: The more tax money they give out, the more they get to keep.
The bill also attempts to ban drag performances at public libraries.
In lieu of the planned debate with Brent Orrell, Gene Epstein and Tom Woods discuss the prudence of COVID-related restrictions.
A newly-obtained intelligence memo shows that the feds took a keen interest in Trump-era campus speech controversies.
Plus: Campus echoes of Occupy Wall Street, Trump's presidential immunity claims, plans to undo the Fed's independence, and more...