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Johan Norberg: How Sweden Defied Dire COVID Predictions

The attacks on Sweden's laissez faire approach were shortsighted, says the Cato Institute senior fellow.

Reason · Sep 22, 2023

Kansas City Made a Barbie-Themed Streetcar. It Cost Taxpayers $25,000.

Officials say that the "Dream Streetcar" is intended to boost ridership, even though the streetcar is free.

Reason · Sep 22, 2023

Erika Dyck: Are We Living in a Psychedelic Renaissance?

Historian Erika Dyck contextualizes the deep roots of and battles over LSD, psilocybin, and other psychoactive substances.

Reason · Sep 20, 2023

The Return of COVID Mandates?

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook at 1 p.m. Eastern this Thursday for a discussion with Aaron Kheriaty, author of The New Abnormal about the persistent COVID mandates for K-12 schools, college campuses and health care settings.

Reason · Sep 13, 2023

Ilya Somin: Should Libertarians Support the Prosecutions of Trump?

"If anything is a reprehensible act for a high official in a democracy that deserves retribution, this is a good example," says professor Ilya Somin.

Reason · Sep 8, 2023

Critics Sue Over Hawaii's Housing Deregulation, Calling It Attempted 'Genocide'

A coalition including the state ACLU, Sierra Club, and Native Hawaiian cultural groups argue Gov. Josh Green vastly exceeded his emergency powers when he waived most regulations on homebuilding.

Reason · Sep 8, 2023

Rick Doblin: The Man Behind the 'Psychedelic '20s'

The founder of MAPS talks about FDA approval for MDMA-assisted therapy and the "psychedelic renaissance" he has helped create.

Reason · Sep 6, 2023

Justice or Persecution? The Trump Dilemma

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook at 12 p.m. Eastern for a discussion of the Trump indictments with Ilya Somin of the Volokh Conspiracy.

Reason · Sep 6, 2023

Comedian Shane Mauss: Shrooms, DMT, Joe Rogan, and the 'Psychedelic Renaissance'

Reason's Nick Gillespie talked with Mauss, a comedian who tours the country discussing his psychedelic experiences, at the Psychedelic Science 2023 conference.

Reason · Sep 6, 2023

Federal Prison Guards Confessed to Rape and Got Away With It

"I knew they were scumbags," a former Bureau of Prisons officer tells Reason.

Reason · Sep 3, 2023