Reason The new Mulan movie is facing a barrage of criticism—and promises to boycott—for filming near Chinese concentration camps and then thanking the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the privilege. The …
9/8/1953: Chief Justice Fred Vinson dies. Chief Justice Fred Vinson ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil …
In the last few years, a major fault line has opened up on the American political right: Call it the Great Liberalism Schism. On one side are those of us …
Rio Wotjecki, 15, got caught stealing motorized bicycles in 2018, the only crime he’s ever been accused of. He was given probation, and a probation officer regularly checks on him. …
An anonymous reader sent me what appears to be a copy of the letter mentioned in the L.A. Times article a few days ago. Here is the substance; for more …
Isaiah Elliott, a 12-year-old boy who lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is fond of his neon green Nerf gun—which has the words “ZOMBIE HUNTER” written on it. Last week, during …
The Republican National Convention last month highlighted Donald Trump’s support for the FIRST STEP Act, a 2018 law that Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter, called “the most significant criminal justice …
Labor Day is a celebration of the labor movement and its representation of the interests of workers in American society. Unions have historically been a force for good as workers …
9/7/1958: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas denied the Little Rock School Board’s petition to suspend its integration program. In Cooper v. Aaron (1958), the Supreme Court …
In this month’s issue, we draw on decades of Reason journalism about policing and criminal justice to make practical suggestions about how to use the momentum of this summer’s tumultuous …