How Pokémon Helps Explain DOGE Musk's fans and critics will keep debating whether DOGE is revolutionizing government or wrecking important institutions. Reason · Mar 14, 2025
New York's Weed Nightmare How pot bureaucrats used legal weed to push their social justice agenda Reason · Mar 11, 2025
I Left Florida To Try Lab-Grown Meat When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis banned cultivated meat, Reason's Zach Weissmueller visited California labs to try cultivated chicken and salmon and explore the future of this industry. Reason · Feb 13, 2025
Three Mile Island Nearly Killed Nuclear. Now It's Coming Back. Microsoft has agreed to purchase Three Mile Island's energy to power its AI data centers for the next 20 years. It's the first time a U.S. nuclear reactor will come out of retirement. Reason · Sep 26, 2024
The Real Economic Catastrophe Will Be Caused by the U.S. Debt Should we blame Biden and the politicians applauding him for their unwillingness to address our looming fiscal disaster? Reason · Aug 6, 2024
Have Republicans Abandoned Free Markets? Reason's Emma Camp attended the Republican National Convention to ask attendees if they still believe in the power of free markets. Reason · Jul 22, 2024
Does MAGA Want Unity and Peace—or Vengeance? Reason's Zach Weissmueller talked with Trump supporters at the Republican National Convention about heated rhetoric, the weaponization of government, and plans for unity. Reason · Jul 19, 2024
The Government Fears This Privacy Tool The Department of Justice indicted the creators of Samourai Wallet, an application that helps people spend their bitcoins anonymously. Reason · May 9, 2024
The Bad Science Behind Jonathan Haidt's Call to Regulate Social Media Only 22 of the 476 studies in The Anxious Generation contain data on either heavy social media use or serious mental issues among adolescents, and none have data on both. Reason · Apr 2, 2024
The Political Sabotage of Nuclear Power Abundant, emissions-free energy was once the promise of a nuclear-powered future. What happened? Reason · Mar 5, 2024
The Bukele Model Means Security Without Liberty El Salvador stands at a crossroads between popular sentiment and adherence to constitutional principles. Reason · Feb 27, 2024
Bjorn Lomborg: Why Do We Fixate on Climate Rather Helping the World's Poor? The 'Skeptical Environmentalist' offers 12 low-cost, proven policies that he says would save 4.2 million lives and generate $1.1 trillion in new wealth every year. Reason · Sep 27, 2023
Why Did Pandemic Authorities Treat Tattoo Shops Like Titty Bars? "Government restrictions came in, which literally shut us down," says Paul Smith, who co-owns Red Stag Tattoo in Austin, Texas. Reason · May 2, 2022
Don't Expect Unions To Make a Comeback Despite the recent win against Amazon and Joe Biden's full backing, Big Labor is fading because workers are making progress without unions. Reason · Apr 15, 2022
Reason · Apr 1, 2022 Biden Is Clueless About Inflation The president's $5.8 trillion budget shows he wants more of the same government spending that is already sending prices through the roof.
Reason · Mar 23, 2022 Artist Tom Sachs: 'Apple Could Never Make Anything as Shitty as the Things I Make' The Rocket Factory NFT project stands at the intersection of crypto, the metaverse, and persistent human longing for the new frontier.
Reason · Mar 18, 2022 Blame Biden for High Gas Prices The president is running from his own hefty contributions to record gas prices and inflation.
Reason · Mar 17, 2022 Risking Their Lives to Rescue Afghans Left Behind Inside the volunteer effort to save the stranded men and women who worked with the U.S. military
Reason · Mar 16, 2022 The Decomposition of Cuba's Communist Regime Martha Bueno's organization, People 4 Cuba, smuggles food and medicine directly into the hands of suffering Cubans to help undermine an oppressive dictatorship.
Reason · Mar 11, 2022 The Canadian Government Couldn't Stop Bitcoin Honk Honk HODL raised more than $1 million of bitcoin for the Canadian truckers. About two-thirds of it got to them.
Reason · Mar 10, 2022 Why Sanctioning Russia Will Fail The best way to de-escalate fighting in Ukraine is to give Putin a face-saving exit, not immiserating his people by cutting them off from the world.
Reason · Mar 5, 2022 Can Elon Musk's Starlink Keep Ukraine Online? There are technical and logistical hurdles, but satellite internet could one day offer an uncensored alternative for people living in war zones and authoritarian countries around the world.
Reason · Mar 4, 2022 Hot Takes Are Making the Ukraine Invasion Worse Our political and media elites should think twice before they swarm social media like Russian tanks driving deep into Ukraine.
Reason · Mar 3, 2022 The Right To Bear Arms Is Still a Check on Tyranny Ukrainians have taken to the streets with arms to defend their country and their freedom.
Reason · Feb 23, 2022 Forget the Great Reset. The Great Escape is Here. The authors of COVID-19: The Great Reset and their most conspiratorial critics share an unfounded faith in the competence of central planners.