Latest: The Trump war room tweeted that Kamala Harris supported a bail fund that freed a Minneapolis "rioter who shot at police." What they didn't mention is that he was acquitted by a jury and won a $1.5 million lawsuit settlement because cops kicked the shit out of him reason.com/2024/07/22/t...
Jaleel Stallings became an attack ad for Republicans. What they don't mention is that he was acquitted, and a police officer pleaded guilty to assaulting him.
"Yoga school or sex trafficking cult?" is a weird question, but here we are reason.com/2024/06/12/t...
Argentinian prosecutors say the Buenos Aires Yoga School was a sex trafficking cult, but the women they've labeled as victims say this isn't true.
"Immigration is America's superpower. Being one of the world's freest and most prosperous places means talented people from all over the world want to live and work here," writes @ericboehm87.bsky.socialreason.com/2024/06/10/i...
There's an obvious lesson here.
Wow, now would be a great time for Donald Trump to read the feature I co-wrote last year about how probation has turned into a quagmire and shadow carceral system reason.com/2023/01/26/t...
Latest: Federal prosecutors invited an incarcerated woman to give a victim impact statement at a sentencing hearing of a prison guard. She later filed a compassionate release motion based on abuse by the same guard, but now prosecutors say she's not credible or eligible reason.com/2024/06/10/a...
The Justice Department announced last year that it would grant compassionate relief to federal inmates who've been sexually assaulted by staff.
"Justin Pulliam's arrest and lawsuit once again demand we ask if 'real' journalists are entitled to a different set of rights," writes @billybinion.bsky.socialreason.com/2024/05/29/t...
Justin Pulliam's arrest and lawsuit once again demand we ask if "real" journalists are entitled to a different set of rights.
San Diego revised its code to prevent groups of four or more people from engaging in commercial recreational activities in public spaces without a permit. Yet park rangers are also busting groups who meet with no cost of admission, writes @billybinion.bsky.socialreason.com/2024/05/20/s...
A revision to the municipal code made it illegal for groups bigger than four to convene in public spaces for commercial recreational activities without a government stamp of approval.
Pardoning Daniel Perry—who murdered a man after fantasizing for months about doing just that—makes a complete mockery of the right to self-defense. I wrote about why: reason.com/2024/05/17/d...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott took a tactic from the progressive prosecutors he claims to fight against.
Latest: I wrote about Roger Fortson, and the incoherence between America's 2nd Amendment culture and a police force that is allowed to use deadly force when startled by the sight of a gun reason.com/2024/05/20/t...
For years, the U.S. government has bought information on private citizens from commercial data brokers. Now, for the first time ever, American spymasters are admitting that this data is sensitive—but they're leaving it up to the spy agencies on how to use it. reason.com/2024/05/15/h...
The intelligence community is admitting that info from data brokers is sensitive but isn’t accepting hard limits on how to use it.