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MEAT BILLS ARE ON THE MENU IN CONGRESS
AMERICA’S MEAT SUPPLY has been hammered by COVID-19 outbreaks at many of the nation’s largest meat processing plants, and consumer meat prices have spiked as a result.
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November 2020
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Political Ignorance Is Bliss
COULD PAYING LESS ATTENTION TO POLITICS BE BETTER FOR YOU, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, AND SOCIETY?
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November 2020
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PLEASE STAND BY
BE PATIENT: WE MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO WON THE ELECTION RIGHT AWAY
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November 2020
Reason magazine
IS THE SENATE FILIBUSTER A ‘JIM CROW RELIC'?
DURING HIS JULY eulogy for Rep. JohnLewis (D–Ga.), a leading figure in the civil rights movement, former PresidentBarack Obama expressed support for eliminating the Senate filibuster, which he called a “Jim Crow relic.” That position contradicted the one Obama took as a senator in a chamber controlled by Republicans, and his historical framing was more than a little misleading.
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November 2020
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What It's Like to Be a Business Owner During Covid-19
Cheese shop owner Jill Erber on why she’s keeping her store open to take care of her customers and her community
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August/September 2020
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WHY HONG KONG'S PROTESTS TURNED VIOLENT
THE ESCALATION IS PART OF A STRATEGY TO UNMASK CHINA’S ABUSES BEFORE THE WORLD.
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October 2020
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AMERICAN IDOLATRY MEETS WOKE ICONOCLASM
WHY DO PEOPLE PULL DOWN STATUES?
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October 2020
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‘I Am More Optimistic Than I've Been in a Long Time'
The Washington Post ’s Radley Balko was a pioneer in reporting on the disastrous consequences of police militarization and the need for criminal justice reform. Now everyone else is catching up.
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October 2020
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Regulate Use of Force
“WHEN YOU’RE CONDITIONED TO BELIEVE THAT EVERY PERSON... POSES A THREAT TO YOUR EXISTENCE, YOU SIMPLY CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO BUILD OUT MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS.”
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October 2020
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GUN CONTROL PUTS YOUR LIFE AT RISK
In the 20th century, far more people were murdered by genocidal governments than by armed criminals.
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October 2020
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Rethink Crisis Response
PEOPLE WHO CALL 911 SHOULDN’T GET AN ILL-TRAINED POLICE OFFICER, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY’RE DEALING WITH A MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY.
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October 2020
Reason magazine
HOPE FOR FREE MARKET REFORM IN URUGUAY
ALTHOUGH THE GLOBAL media barely covered last year’s elections in Uruguay, President Luis Lacalle Pou’s victory was significant for ending 15 years of governance by the leftist Broad Front.
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October 2020
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End the War on Drugs
DRUG PROHIBITION TURNS POLICE OFFICERS INTO ENEMIES TO BE FEARED RATHER THAN ALLIES TO BE WELCOMED.
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October 2020
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Bust the Police Unions
THEY’RE A CONSISTENT FORCE OF ORGANIZED RESISTANCE TO CALMER, SAFER, LESS AGGRESSIVE POLICING.
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October 2020
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Wait, Wasn't Peter Thiel a Libertarian?
The Tech Billionaire and his contrarian circle are developing new nationalist visions for American's future.
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August/September 2020
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Capitalism Trumps Hate
CEOs have often been ahead of cops and politicians on gay rights.
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August/September 2020
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WHY DOES HOLLYWOOD HATE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS?
THE TYPECASTING OF BUILDERS AS VILLAINS MIGHT HELP EXPLAIN WHY NIMBYS SO OFTEN WIN THE POLICY BATTLES OVER URBAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
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August/September 2020
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Coronavirus Cuisine
IN THE FACE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGE IN GENERATIONS, AMERICA’S CHEFS, BARTENDERS, AND RESTAURANT OWNERS ARE REINVENTING THEIR FOOD, THEIR BUSINESSES, AND THEMSELVES.
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August/September 2020
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Indians and Aliens
Human beings’ disturbing capacity to manufacture history to serve our own ends
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August/September 2020
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TRUMP'S TRADE WAR MADE THE PANDEMIC WORSE, AND NATIONALISM WILL SLOW THE RECOVERY
PROTECTIONISM IS NOW INFECTING THE GOP TO A DEGREE THAT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO ERADICATE WHEN THE TRUMP ERA ENDS.
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August/September 2020
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Jo Jorgensen Is the 2020 Libertarian Party Presidential Nominee
Jo Jorgensen, a senior lecturer in psychology at Clemson University,
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August/September 2020
Reason magazine
I Don't Want To Be Anybody's Employee
THE PUSH TO RECLASSIFY INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS IS HARMING MANY OF THE WORKERS IT’S SUPPOSED TO HELP.
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August/September 2020
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FROM ANTIFA TO UFOS, ONE JOKE CAN SPAWN A THOUSAND CONSPIRACIES
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PRANK OR SPOOF SPARKS A REAL BELIEF?
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August/September 2020
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America Wasn't Ready for Coranavirus
Early takeaways from the country's response to a pandemic.
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June 2020
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Union Justice Confidence
Did Louisiana enact a bogus health law as a pretext for banning abortion?
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June 2020
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Vermin Supreme Says This Time, He's Serious
IN 2016, THE Libertarian Party’s presidential ticket, former Republican Govs. Gary Johnson and Bill Weld, had the most executive experience in the field.
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June 2020
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WOODROW WILSON'S LIBERTARIAN LACKEYS
Beware the temptation to collaborate with the state.
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June 2020
Reason magazine
Traffic Stops in Black and White
Supreme Court imposed new limits on police authority to grill drivers during routine traffic stops last year, Bobbin Singh of the Oregon Justice Resource Center called the decision “incredibly important for communities of color.”
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June 2020
Reason magazine
Joe Biden Won the Democratic Primary. But Bernie Sanders Won the Party.
TWO WEEKS BEFORE ordinary American life was completely upended by COVID-19, Joe Biden had effectively captured the Democratic primary nomination with a campaign that amounted to a single promise: a return to normalcy.
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June 2020
Reason magazine
In Zimbabwe, It's Crisis As Usual
A NEW ROUND OF HYPERINFLATION WAS TAKING A HEAVY TOLL ON DAILY LIFE, EVEN BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUS HIT.
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