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How Vexatious Government Demands Can Lead Your Bank To Refuse To Do Business with You

The government treats its endless appetite for information about citizens as more important than people's ability to conduct business in a normal fashion.

Reason · Nov 6, 2023

The Wildly Misleading Statistic at the Center of the FTC's Antitrust Case Against Amazon

Lina Khan says this number is crucial to understanding Amazon's monopoly power, but she's either confused or lying about what it means.

Reason · Nov 6, 2023

A Missouri Cop Shot a Family's Dog and Threw Its Body in a Ditch

A 9-year-old lab mix wandered away from home during a storm. When a neighbor called the police to help find the dog's family, cops shot the pup instead.

Reason · Nov 2, 2023

Defamation Lawsuit Against Afroman Filed by Ohio Cops Will Partially Proceed

A judge tossed two of the claims against Afroman, finding that "the issue appears to be the humiliation and outrage that the officers feel at having their likenesses displayed and mocked."

Reason · Oct 18, 2023

Can America Help 'De-escalate' in the Middle East?

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook at 1 p.m. Eastern this Thursday for a discussion with Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute about the Israel-Hamas war.

Reason · Oct 18, 2023

Hostage Video and Humanitarian Aid

Plus: Trump gets gagged, DeSantis spends big, techno-optimists get a manifesto, and more...

Reason · Oct 17, 2023

California Attorney General Announces Settlement To Stop Civil Rights Abuses by Vallejo Police Department

A 2019 Reason investigation detailed a long string of police abuses in Vallejo. Things have only gotten worse since then.

Reason · Oct 16, 2023

Mike Rowe Wants More Philosopher-Welders

The Dirty Jobs host on “essential” work, college, and the skills gap

Reason · Oct 15, 2023

Max Abrahms: Historic Escalation in the Israel-Hamas War

Abrahms holds that Hamas' brutal attack on Israeli civilians is not only immoral but "a major strategic mistake" for the Palestinian cause.

Reason · Oct 13, 2023

Iowa Man Files Lawsuit After Being Arrested Twice for Criticizing the Police at a Public Meeting

"Ironically, the actions of the police department have only proven my point," Noah Petersen said after being handcuffed, arrested, and jailed for his speech.

Reason · Oct 13, 2023