How to Talk to Congress
As this year begins with a new president and new Congress taking power, more people than ever want to know how to make their voices heard in Congress. As the Legislative Counsel at EFF, my job is to...
View ArticleDid Chuck Schumer Dog-Whistle an Assassination?
In a recent interview with Rachel Maddow on the MSNBC network, Sen. Charles Schumer, who is the Minority Leader in the U.S. Senate, recently hinted darkly that the federal intelligence agencies could...
View ArticleThe Future of International Food Safety: New at Reason
“China’s top leadership has called for more efforts to ensure food safety,” a China-based news service reported last week, “noting there are still many problems despite an improving food safety...
View ArticleForcing Apple to Shut Down Drivers' Phones Is a Terrible Idea
Pretty soon, driverless cars will make the rather fierce debate over distracted driving a moot point. But the debate over outsourcing decision making to technology isn’t going away. Over at The New...
View ArticleHow Obama Helped Sell Guns: New at Reason
President Barack Obama repeatedly called for “common-sense gun control” measures throughout his two terms as president, frequently in response to a mass shooting. But throughout Obama’s presidency,...
View ArticleThe Case Against Hamilton: New at Reason
The hit Broadway musical Hamilton was all that was wrong with 2016, and will likely be wrong with 2017, too. Nicholas Pell writes: We have Lin-Manuel Miranda to blame for this cultural atrocity, a...
View ArticleFlorida Could Repeal Nonsensical Rule Limiting Sales By Small Distilleries
Small-scale manufacturers of gin, rum, whiskey, and other spirits could soon be freed from a nonsensical Florida law limiting how many sales they are allowed to make in a single year. Craft...
View ArticleObama's Belated Drug War Retreat (New at Reason)
Prior to becoming president, Barack Obama was vocally against the drug war and candid about his own youthful drug experimentation. Obama disappointed many supporters by doing very little to reform...
View ArticleRep. John Lewis Says Trump Is Not a "Legitimate President" Due To Russian...
Few members of Congress have served longer and with more esteem that John Lewis, the Democrat from Georgia. Well-known and universally respected for his civil rights activism (for which he was...
View ArticleTexas Prison Guard Leaks Video of Improper Tear Gassing. Guess Who Gets...
A former Texas corrections officer is facing two to 10 years in prison for leaking video of inmates being tear gassed to a local news outlet in what his lawyer says is an attempt at retaliation,...
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