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The Mayor Talks a Good Game

Can Eric Adams get by on bluster alone?

What Is Justice for You?

After police violence, the state protects cops. Survivors have to protect each other.

Presidential Timbre

I watched Hillary Clinton get within steps of the White House. Gretchen Whitmer could go all the way

The Florida Project

Strongman Governor Ron DeSantis transformed the Sunshine State. Can he sell his blueprint to the nation?

Looking for Unity to Fight Loneliness

Senator Christopher Murphy wants a national discussion about social isolation and says it is an issue Democrats and Republicans can agree on

'The Whiteboard Lady' Makes Her Move

Rep. Katie Porter is making a bid for the Senate seat Dianne Feinstein will be leaving. To win, she'll have to stand out in a crowded progressive field

Can Imran Khan Make a Comeback?

Pakistan's most popular politician is under attack-and vying for power once more

The Inside Game: Gabriel Debenedetti

Gavin newsom isn’t supposed to be doing this the Feinstein dilemma looms over the wannabe face of Democrats.

TikTok Goes From Silly to Serious

“Most sectors of the economy are a conspiracy between the big incumbents and their punitive regulators,” venture capitalist and software engineer Marc Andreessen tells Reason this month (page 48). Asked to identify pockets of relative freedom and competition, he offers what he calls “the cynical answer”: There’s still innovation “in the spaces that don’t matter. Anybody can bring a new toy to market. Anybody can open a restaurant.”

Adrienne Harris

When Harris took over the New York Department of Financial Services, she inherited an agency known for its groundbreaking crypto regulation. She oversaw crypto's meltdown with an even hand, cracking down on alleged bad actors while granting firms new licenses. It's all part of a complex juggling act: She must make sure her tactics-including recent actions to avert a banking crisis-also grow the state economy.

A Successful Challenge to a Ban on 'aiding and Abetting' Abortion

When the city of Lebanon banned abortion in 2021, it initially seemed like a pointless stunt.

Gen Z in the House

A week with Maxwell Frost, the youngest new member of Congress

America's Future is at Sea

The nation is ceding the seas to its enemies. It's not too late to avoid catastrophe.

The New Anarchy

America faces a type of extremist violence it does not know how to stop.

The French Are in a Panic Over Le Wokisme

The nation's vehement rejection of identity politics made me recalibrate my own views about woke ideology.

A Different Drum

Maxwell Frost, the youngest member of Congress, is marching to his own beat.

'Praying for a Miracle'

The flap over a Chinese spy balloon has derailed the hopes of families of Americans detained by Beijing on dubious charges

A Social Media Case Tests The High Court's Tech Chops

Justices aren’t known for their digital savvy, but they have their ways of getting up to speed

A reporter at large- Lula's Restoration

After prison, a fraught election, and a near-coup, Brazil's President wants to remake the country again.

American Coyote

When people cross the US-Mexico border hoping to immigrate, they encounter a smuggling network whose operators are often highly vulnerable themselves

Aiming for Moral Authority

Senator Elizabeth Warren weighs in on the importance of a values-driven military and her efforts to reduce defense spending

Don't Underestimate Clarence Thomas

Critics of the enigmatic Supreme Court Justice have overlooked his influence for too long.

Biden's Antitrust Crusade

In summer 2021, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on "Promoting Competition in the American Economy." A White House fact sheet declared that the economy was "booming under President Biden's leadership," saying the order was "building on this economic momentum" by pushing back against corporate consolidation, primarily through aggressive antitrust enforcement.

Bodies Against the State

In China, crowds of people line the streets. They are holding blank sheets of paper. There's nothing special about the paper; it's ordinary A4 letter size. The police nonetheless know what they mean. The leaders of the Chinese Communist Party know what they mean. The world knows what they mean.

Biden's 'Marijuana Reform' Leaves Prohibition Untouched

According to the New York Times, the "marijuana reform" that President Joe Biden announced in October represented "a fundamental change in America's response to a drug that has been at the center of a clash between culture and policing for more than a half-century." If only.

The Education of X González

After the Parkland shooting, I became an activist, a celebrity, a "survivor"and the pressure almost killed me.

The Final Campaign

Inside Donald Trump's sad, lonely, thirsty, broken, basically pretend run for reelection. (Which isn't to say he can't win.)

Jervis Middleton – Black and Blue

Torn between community and badge, Officer Jervis Middleton had to make a choice. It didn’t go well.

The Police Lawyer's Trial

For 11 years, Karl Ashanti defended the NYPD in civil-rights cases. Then he was arrested for a crime he didn't commit.

Can Joe Biden Save America's Soul?

The president has made historic strides in the face of Republican intransigence, but the real test may be how he grapples with the nation's inner demons