Another City Bans Straws
Article from Reason by Christian Britschgi. Portland, Oregon, is the latest city to crack down on plastic straws, voting unanimously Wednesday to introduce a straw-on-request law. It’s not the worst…
Department of Education Prioritizes Due Process
Article from Reason by Robby Soave. The Education Department has officially released new rules on how to enforce Title IX, the federal statute that forbids sex and gender-based discrimination in public schools….
The Economic Cost of War Revealed
Article from The Daily Wire by Joseph Curl. The United States is in debt. Big time. And some wonder how the richest country in the world got so deep into…
The Postal Service is Losing an Incredible Amount of Money
Article from Reason by Eric Boehm. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) finished fiscal year 2018 nearly $4 billion in the red—a whopping 44 percent increase in losses from the previous…
Trump Clears Big Hurdle on Criminal Justice Reform
Article from Axios by Stef W. Kight and Jonathan Swan. Legislation designed to reduce federal prison sentences for some non-violent crimes and to help prisoners prepare for freedom is inching…
Amazon Takes Full Advantage of Crony-Capitalism
Article from Reason by Eric Boehm. In exchange for more than $2 billion in economic incentives, the online shopping giant will locate a pair of new corporate headquarters just across…
An Unlikely Enemy of Capitalism
Article from Reason by John Stossel and Maxim Lott. Sen. Bernie Sanders recently came up with a new business to attack: Amazon. Sanders said Amazon didn’t pay its workers enough and…
Cops Kill Security Guard Who Used Gun to Protect Innocent People
Article from Reason by Robby Soave. Jemel Roberson was working as a security guard at Manny’s Blue Room Lounge in Robbins, Chicago, last weekend when a fight broke out. He…
Obama is Still Costing Taxpayers Money
Article from The Daily Caller by Tim Pearce. A federal board tasked with investigating chemical accidents is “hemorrhaging” taxpayer money on a years-long personnel case that has not yet gone…
California Teachers Union Doesn’t Want to Raise Teachers Pay
Article from Reason by Reason Staff. If you’re looking for a stellar example of teachers’ unions ongoing commitment to mediocrity or worse, then you need only look at their reaction…