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Constitutional Refuseniks
Stewart Rhodes on his controversial group the Oath Keepers and the orders they won't obey
Radley Balko
April 11, 2011
Failing Upward in Criminal Justice
The prosecutor who wrongly put a paraplegic in prison wants to be a judge.
Radley Balko
March 22, 2011
How Drug Cops Go Bad
We shouldn't be surprised when the police officers we ask to break the laws they enforce turn corrupt.
Radley Balko
March 21, 2011
End the Drug War, Save Black America
Why drug legalization is a civil rights issue
John Stossel
March 17, 2011
Mitch Daniels' Pot Luck
The Indiana governor's escape from prison taught him the importance of being tough on drug users.
Jacob Sullum
March 2, 2011
The Mind of a Police Dog
How misconceptions about dogs can lead to abuse of humans
Radley Balko
February 21, 2011
The Man’s Best Friend
Drug dogs sniff at the Fourth Amendment
Greg Beato
February 17, 2011
What’s the Matter with Provincetown?
The Democrats’ two years of control delivered zero social liberalism.
Tim Cavanaugh
February 1, 2011
Government Pills
I'm from the government and I'm here to help with new drug discovery
Ronald Bailey
January 25, 2011
A Beating in Pittsburgh
A year after three cops beat an unarmed music student, they are still getting paid to do nothing.
Radley Balko
January 24, 2011
Just a Matter of When?
Legalizing marijuana has failed in California. But even in defeat, Proposition 19 might mark the beginning of the end for prohibition.
Brian Doherty
January 18, 2011
Justice for Sal
After five years, the family of a Virginia optometrist killed by a SWAT team finally gets some closure.
Radley Balko
January 17, 2011
When Booze Was Banned but Pot Was Not
What can today’s antiprohibitionists learn from their predecessors?
Jacob Sullum
January 13, 2011
Follow the Bouncing Buck
The year's highlights in blame shifting
Jacob Sullum
December 29, 2010
Beyond Bars
A new project has conservatives thinking more seriously about crime.
Radley Balko
December 20, 2010
The SWAT Team Would Like to See Your Alcohol Permit
How police use regulatory inspections to conduct warrantless searches
Radley Balko
December 13, 2010
Chilling Her Softly
The secret silencing of a pain treatment activist
Jacob Sullum
November 17, 2010
“It’s No Longer a Matter of If, It’s a Matter of When”
Staying high on marijuana legalization after the defeat of Proposition 19
Brian Doherty
November 5, 2010
The Media Aren't Liberal
Prop. 19 highlights the authoritarian tendencies of the mainstream press.
Radley Balko
November 1, 2010
More Democracy, More Incarceration
The devastating mix of politics and crime policy
Radley Balko
October 25, 2010
The Amazing Elastic Commerce Clause
The individual health insurance mandate tugs on an overstretched federal power.
Jacob Sullum
October 20, 2010
America's Most Successful Stop Snitchin' Campaign
The failure to protect whistle-blowing cops is inexcusable.
Radley Balko
October 18, 2010
Are Sin Taxes on Marijuana a Price Worth Paying for Reform?
David Godow
October 13, 2010, 9:00am
How to Profit by Expanding Freedom
The case for drug legalization
Steve Chapman
October 11, 2010
The Politics of Proposition 19
Marijuana legalization hits the big time
Brian Doherty
October 7, 2010
Pot Prohibitionist Prevarications
Five whoppers told by opponents of California's marijuana legalization initiative
Jacob Sullum
October 6, 2010
How to Slash the State
14 ways to dismantle a monstrous government, one program at a time
October 5, 2010
Waiting for the Man
The long road to marijuana legalization
David Harsanyi
September 29, 2010
Federalism and Medical Marijuana
Let the states serve as experimental laboratories.
Patri Friedman
September 24, 2010
Needs More RAM
Another drug raid gone bad
Radley Balko
August 31, 2010
The Government's License To Steal
Indiana's laws prohibiting police departments from enriching themselves via asset forfeiture would be much more effective if they weren't ignored.
Radley Balko
August 16, 2010
Why Buy the Cow?
Legal weed, jokes about communists, and the perils of purchasing your own milk maker.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
August 13, 2010
These Buds Are for You
Legal marijuana would be a boon for California consumers.
Jacob Sullum
July 28, 2010
Police Blackout
Law enforcement agencies in Northern Virginia say you have no right to know what they’re doing.
Radley Balko
June 29, 2010
Confirmation Theater
Elena Kagan is set to participate in a confirmation process she once dismissed as a charade
Radley Balko
June 28, 2010
Another Marylander Arrested for Recording the Police
According to state officials, only on-duty cops have a privacy right in public spaces.
Radley Balko
June 21, 2010
End the Drug War
Government goes astray when it tries to protect us from ourselves.
John Stossel
June 17, 2010
Lessons from the Death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones
How aggressive SWAT tactics contributed to the death of a 7-year-old Detroit girl.
Radley Balko
May 24, 2010
Pre-Crime Policing
Allegedly “disgruntled” man has his guns seized, and “voluntarily” surrenders to two SWAT teams and dozens of police officers for a crime that hadn’t been committed
Radley Balko
May 19, 2010
A Drug Raid Goes Viral
A violent drug raid posted to YouTube catches fire online. But the only thing unusual about the raid is that it was caught on video.
Radley Balko
May 11, 2010
Gin, Girls, and Governance
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman on personal freedom, free speech, and the state
Radley Balko
May 10, 2010
Los Angeles Destroys Functioning Businesses in a Recession
But that’s OK with the city—those businesses are selling medical marijuana
Brian Doherty
May 6, 2010
Watching the Detectives
A nebulous "right" to videotape on-duty cops isn't enough. The right needs to be enforced.
Radley Balko
April 26, 2010
Hash Bash
Scenes from the 2010 International Cannabis and Hemp Expo
Greg Beato
April 20, 2010
L.A.’s Pot Revolution
How Los Angeles became the “wild West” of medical marijuana—and lived to tell the tale
Brian Doherty
April 12, 2010
Smoke a Joint, Lose Your Country
Rigid deportation rules make a mockery of justice.
Jacob Sullum
April 7, 2010
In the Drug War, Drugs Are Winning
The case for legalizing marijuana
Steve Chapman
March 29, 2010
CA Will Vote on Legalizing Marijuana
Adrian Moore
March 27, 2010, 4:41pm
Another Senseless Drug War Death
Stunning developments in the 2009 police shooting of Georgia pastor Jonathan Ayers
Radley Balko
March 23, 2010
Death in Juarez
The bloody consequences of America's pharmacological intolerance
Jacob Sullum
March 17, 2010