Montana Becomes the 15th State to Legalize Marijuana
Montana voters, who approved medical marijuana by a wide margin in 2004, have passed a ballot measure that takes the further step of allowing recreational use. With 75 percent of …
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California Voters Embrace Uber and Lyft While Rejecting Rent Control and Affirmative Action
California may consistently rate as one of the country’s bluest, most progressive, most union-dominated states, but Tuesday’s ballot initiative results show the state’s voters are much more complex. Voters appear …
South Dakota Voters Legalize Medical and Recreational Marijuana
Voters in South Dakota today said yes to legalizing both medical and recreational marijuana. With 80 percent of precincts reporting, more than two-thirds of voters favored Initiated Measure 26, which …
Why Electing Biden (or Trump) Won’t Settle Anything for Long
You’re kidding yourself if you think our long, national, electoral nightmare will be over on Nov. 3—and not just because it might take days or even weeks before we know …
Under a New Law, People Charged With Hate Crimes Are Disproportionately Black and Homeless
South Carolina is one of just a few states lacking a hate crime law, so in 2019, Columbia’s city council passed an ordinance to establish one locally. A year later, …
Major Cities Spend Weekend Prepping for Possible Election Night Riots
With questions lingering over whether President Donald Trump will declare victory before all ballots are counted, an already tense election could be taking an especially dark turn. Whether justified or …
How do you pronounce the “v.” in a case name: like the letter “V” or like “versus”?
When Randy and I were recording the videos for our book, we came across an unexpected problem: how do you pronounce the “v.” in the case name. There are two …
Today in Supreme Court History: November 2, 2010
11/2/2010: Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association argued. Governor Jerry Brown ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil …
The Dangerous Lure of Political Violence
Just down the street from the Reason offices in D.C., protesters recently built a guillotine. No necks were harmed that night; it wasn’t fully functional. But they did it in front of …
Brickbat: Hard Work
The furniture was sitting on the lawn, his work van was parked outside, and Roy Stucker was inside a Louisville, Kentucky, home, painting it for a new tenant. That’s when …