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As American as Due Process
THE U.S. IS a nation of symbols: the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, baseball, apple pie. One symbol, however, has taken a beating lately, though it represents the core of the American project.
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July 2025
Reason magazine
ANTI-VAX AND PROTEIN-MAXX
THE HEALTH “FREEDOM” MOVEMENT TAKES POWER.
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July 2025
Reason magazine
UNESCO'S Blessing, Cusco's Burden
WHEN THE SPANISH colonized Peru in the 16th century, they tore down the Incan temples and palaces, leaving the base level of original stone masonry in place. On top of those they built European-style white stucco walls, ornate baroque stonework, and intricately carved wooden balconies.
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July 2025
Reason magazine
What Happens if the Department of Education Goes Away?
IN MARCH, PRESIDENT Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to essentially abolish the department she runs.
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July 2025
Reason magazine
FCC Free Speech Flip-Flop
BRENDAN CARR USED to talk a big game on free speech. In 2021, when members of Congress urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to block the sale of a Miami radio station over its perceived political slant, Carr—one of the agency's commissioners—called that move “a deeply troubling transgression of free speech and the FCC's status as an independent agency.”
3 min |
July 2025
Reason magazine
The Lonely Neoliberal
FORMER OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ECONOMIST JASON FURMAN ON TRUMP, BIDEN, AI, AND MORE
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July 2025
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'WE CAN'T LET THESE SHEEP GO'
A NEW DEAL-ERA PROGRAM NEARLY ERADICATED THE SACRED NAVAJO-CHURRO SHEEP—AND STILL REVERBERATES THROUGH THE NAVAJO NATION TODAY.
10+ min |
July 2025
Reason magazine
Why We Don't Fear Scarlet Fever
MY 1-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER recently got sick. She cried nonstop, she ran a fever, and her body broke out in a fiery red, spotty, measleslike rash.
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July 2025
Reason magazine
Judge Protects a Utah Church's Mushrooms
WHEN BRIDGER LEE Jensen opened a spiritual center in Provo, Utah, he contacted city officials to let them know the religious group he had founded, Singularism, would be conducting ceremonies involving a tea made from psilocybin mushrooms.
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July 2025
Reason magazine
MADE IN AMERICA, BROKEN BY TRUMP
A PLATTSBURGH FACTORY'S GROWTH GRINDS TO A HALT THANKS TO THE TRADE WAR.
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July 2025
Reason magazine
Refoul Play
REPORTERS AND ADVOCACY groups found it hard to catalogue the Trump administration’s chaotic and secretive mass deportation program when it launched this winter, beginning with what word best describes the unprecedented tactics.
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July 2025
Reason magazine
Put the Libertarians Back in Charge
A COMMON GRIPE in American politics is that for too long, libertarians have been in charge, wielding too much power.
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July 2025
Reason magazine
Don't Use the Alien Enemies Act on Alien Friends
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP claims that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 grants him the power to deport certain Venezuelan-born aliens without due process, based on the mere allegation of membership in a criminal street gang.
2 min |
July 2025
Reason magazine
Your Tribalism Is Dumb
NO, YOUR TRIBALISM IS DUMB!
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May 2025
Reason magazine
Postnatal Drug Tests Turn Mothers Into Felons
FIVE YEARS AFTER giving birth to a baby girl in 2019, Mississippi mother Brandy Moore was arrested for \"aggravated domestic violence\" based on a postnatal drug test.
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May 2025
Reason magazine
In Praise of Zeppo and Shemp
When you think of the Marx Brothers, you likely think of Groucho’s wisecracks, Harpo’s sight gags, and even Chico’s piano specialties. You don’t think about their brother Zeppo.
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May 2025
Reason magazine
O&A Rand Paul
SEN. RAND PAUL (R–Ky.) has opposed the TikTok ban since it caught on in Congress.
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May 2025
Reason magazine
The Trade War We're Losing to Ourselves
THE FIRST FEW weeks of the second Trump administration were a whirlwind of counter-productive, illogical trade policies.
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May 2025
Reason magazine
Supreme Court Takes Up WrongHouse Raids
ON AN EARLY morning in 2017, Trina Martin was shocked by a pyrotechnic exhibit she compares to the Fourth of July. Except it was October, and it was inside her home in Georgia.
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May 2025
Reason magazine
Lost Cities in the Jungle
In 2024, A Mayan megacity was discovered in Campeche, Mexico. Swallowed by the rainforest, this lost urban center contained pyramids, plazas, amphitheaters, and highways.
3 min |
May 2025
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The Present and Future of the Gerontocracy
POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF THE LONGEVITY TRANSITION
10+ min |
May 2025
Reason magazine
The New Prohibitionists
ANTI-ALCOHOL ACTIVISTS ARE IGNORING EVIDENCE AND HIJACKING FEDERAL DIETARY GUIDELINES.
10+ min |
May 2025
Reason magazine
Virtual Fences on the Range
“OH, GIVE ME a home, where the buffalo roam, where the deer and the antelope play,” goes the venerable Western folk song “Home on the Range.”
2 min |
May 2025
Reason magazine
How Far Will the U.S.Go Against Cartels?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP promised on the campaign trail that he’d go after Mexico’s drug cartels, which he claimed in January “essentially run” that country.
3 min |
May 2025
Reason magazine
Students Deserve Privacy Too
A MENTAL HEALTH survey administered to Seattle-area middle and high schoolers is putting their sensitive personal information at risk, according to a February investigation from The Seattle Times and the education-focused outlet The 74.
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May 2025
Reason magazine
Trump Is Wrong About McKinley's Tariff Legacy
ON HIS FIRST day back in office, Donald Trump praised his new presidential role model, William McKinley, for having \"made our country very rich through tariffs.\"
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May 2025
Reason magazine
THE ANARCHIST AND THE REPUBLICAN
HOW JOHN MCCLAUGHRY AND KARL HESS FOUGHT TO DECENTRALIZE POWER-ONE FROM INSIDE THE SYSTEM, ONE EVER FURTHER FROM IT
10+ min |
May 2025
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Not Guilty but Punished Anyway
SENTENCING DEFENDANTS BASED ON ACQUITTED CONDUCT VIOLATES BASIC NOTIONS OF JUSTICE.
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May 2025
Reason magazine
In Defense of 'Luxury Beliefs'
“LUXURY BELIEFS” ARE the ideological equivalent of an icy tray of Blue Point oysters— trendy, expensive, and often impractical for the average person, but deeply satisfying for those who can afford them. And, on rare occasions, sickening.
4 min |
May 2025
Reason magazine
Rise of the Samurai Lawyers
HOW A STABLE AND RELATIVELY JUST LEGAL ORDER EMERGED IN MEDIEVAL JAPAN
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