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Show Us Your Votes, Cowards!
News organizations lack the courage and "moral clarity" to be transparent about their political leanings.
Matt Welch | 10.24.2024 3:09 PM
Reason Wins 7 Southern California Journalism Awards
First-place finishes include an investigative piece on egregious misconduct in federal prison, a documentary on homelessness, best magazine columnist, and more.
Billy Binion | 6.24.2024 1:51 PM
Super Size Me Was Not Groundbreaking Journalism
Morgan Spurlock's death and legacy are a reminder that skepticism is a necessary part of any balanced diet.
Billy Binion | 5.24.2024 5:30 PM
Reason Is a Finalist for 14 Southern California Journalism Awards
Nominated stories include journalism on messy nutrition research, pickleball, government theft, homelessness, and more.
Billy Binion | 5.9.2024 5:09 PM
We Can't Imagine the Future of AI
Introducing Reason's artificial intelligence issue
Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.2.2024 6:00 AM
We're Rolling Out Reason Plus!
Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.29.2024 7:37 AM
Thank You, Reason Donors, for a Huge Webathon Success
The webathon is technically over, but if there's one thing journalists understand, it's procrastination.
Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.6.2023 8:00 AM
You Woodchipped Right Through Reason's $600,000 Webathon Goal!
Still a good 11 hours left to hit our all-time record; do it for our expanding roster of newsletters!
Matt Welch | 12.5.2023 1:01 PM
Help Fight Disinformation About Disinformation: Donate to Reason
Your support makes some of the "riskiest" journalism on the internet possible.
Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.4.2023 8:00 AM
Wow—You People Just Helped Us Blast Through Our Webathon Goal of $400,000!
Your support for Free Minds and Free Markets is nearing record territory.
Matt Welch | 12.2.2023 7:19 PM
Give to Reason and Help Create the Next Generation of Libertarians!
Or: WILL SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!
Nick Gillespie | 12.2.2023 8:00 AM
How Reason Changes Minds, Lives, and Laws by Covering Criminal Injustice
Yet another reason to donate to Reason's annual webathon!
Matt Welch | 12.1.2023 8:01 AM
Reason and Nick Gillespie Need Your Support
Reason's annual webathon is the one time each year we ask our online readers, viewers, and listeners to support our libertarian journalism.
Nick Gillespie | 11.30.2023 1:45 PM
'You Have the Best Videos Anywhere Online': A Reason To Support Reason
Your tax-deductible donations help to make our next Remy video, powerhouse interview, and mind-blowing documentary possible.
Nick Gillespie | 11.30.2023 8:00 AM
Reason Can Do More Good With Your Money Than Government Can: Contribute to Our Annual Webathon
Get the warm, fuzzy feeling of dodging the taxman while supporting our journalism. Plus, cool swag!
Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.28.2023 8:50 AM
Reason Is a Finalist in 9 Categories at the Southern California Journalism Awards
From COVID censorship to sex work and Afghani refugees, Reason's coverage is recognized by the Los Angeles Press Club.
Mike Riggs | 5.15.2023 10:15 AM
Happy Earth Day! Reason Recycles 5 Decades of Environmental Coverage
A selection of Reason's most incisive articles on population, pollution, resource depletion, biodiversity, energy, climate change, and the ideological environmentalists' penchant for peddling doom.
Ronald Bailey | 4.21.2023 1:30 PM
Introducing Reason's 2023 Debate Issue
Where libertarians debate democracy, open borders, cats and dogs, and more
Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.4.2023 6:00 AM
Where Do We Go To Get Our Mask Apology?
Plus: The editors reveal their favorite issues and articles from the Reason magazine catalog.
Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Emma Camp | 2.27.2023 4:30 PM
Reason Files FOIA Lawsuit Against Bureau of Prisons for Inmate Death Records
Reason reported in 2020 on allegations of fatal medical neglect inside two federal women's prisons. The Bureau of Prisons heavily redacted reports that would show if women died of inadequate care.
C.J. Ciaramella | 2.17.2023 3:26 PM
The Perils of Trying To Curtail Hazily Defined 'Disinformation'
A government-supported organization's controversial ratings of online news sources illustrate the challenge of deciding what qualifies as disinformation.
Jacob Sullum | 2.15.2023 12:01 AM
U.S. State Department Funds a Disinformation Index That Warns Advertisers To Avoid Reason
Reason is listed among the "ten riskiest online news outlets" by a government-funded disinfo tracker.
Robby Soave | 2.14.2023 10:03 AM
Martin Morse Wooster's Front Row Seat
RIP to a prolific and colorful Reason contributor and author.
Thomas W. Hazlett | 12.21.2022 12:15 PM
Thanks for Your Epic Support of Reason's Libertarian Journalism!
This year's webathon brought in $586,000 to fund our magazine, website, videos, and podcasts!
Nick Gillespie | 12.7.2022 10:00 AM
Support Reason and Create the Next Generation of Libertarians!
Your tax-deductible contributions are vital to one of the greatest recruitment tools for "free minds and free markets."
Nick Gillespie | 12.2.2022 10:00 AM
Donate Today To Kick Off Reason's Annual Webathon
Your support makes our journalism possible. This week it also gets you some cool swag.
Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.29.2022 9:00 AM
A Seattle Cop Gets Fired for Bad Tweets Instead of His Terrible Conduct
An officer used an anonymous account to lash out at police protesters (and a Reason post). He was uncovered and fired.
Scott Shackford | 10.6.2022 1:45 PM
Reason Is a Finalist for 8 Southern California Journalism Awards
Nominated stories cover minor league baseball, drug tests, and L.A.’s plan for ending homelessness
Mike Riggs | 5.25.2022 3:30 PM
Our Language Has Gotten More Emotional. Why?
Plus: Biden’s dubious arrest record, Supreme Court rules on vaccine mandate, and more...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.14.2022 9:30 AM
Thank You for Supporting Reason's Record-Setting 2021 Webathon
You make it possible for us to make cool stuff every day. We're beyond grateful for your donations.
Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.8.2021 8:30 AM
Donate to Reason Today To Help Create the Future You Want!
Your tax-deductible gifts will help make 2022 and beyond more free, more fair, and, as important, more fun.
Nick Gillespie | 12.7.2021 9:00 AM
Donate Now To Take Advantage of a Last-Minute $100,000 Match!
Reason's annual webathon is almost over. Have you already contributed to the magazine of free minds and free markets?
Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.6.2021 1:25 PM
Read Why Reason Consumers Have Donated to Our Almost-Over Webathon!
We apparently kept you sane, tickled your earholes, and led you to agree to disagree with us.
Matt Welch | 12.6.2021 9:10 AM
That Was Fast! We Met Our Second $50,000 Match!
The Reason webathon is sooooo close to $420,000! Just a couple more tokes over the line, pals!
Matt Welch | 12.3.2021 3:07 PM
Reason Has 12 Podium Finishes at the Southern California Journalism Awards
Essay on Hollywood's war against developers and mini documentary on sex workers won top honors.
Mike Riggs | 10.19.2021 8:00 AM
Steven Pinker: Rationality Saves Lives
The Harvard linguist says Enlightenment reasoning is central to both material and moral progress.
Nick Gillespie | 10.15.2021 5:00 PM
Reason Is a Finalist for 15 Southern California Journalism Awards
Judges selected stories about hacking medical technology, black gun rights, trans activists, Venezuelan immigrants, and the threat of nationalism.
Mike Riggs | 8.11.2021 5:20 PM
Feds Seize CNN Reporter's Data, Then Gag CNN
If this doubly punitive anti-press maneuver sounds familiar, that's because it keeps happening, including to Reason.
Matt Welch | 6.11.2021 5:35 PM
Has Our Criminal Justice System Gotten Better Since George Floyd's Death?
Plus: critical race theory and ideal libertarian political appointees
Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch | 5.24.2021 5:12 PM
Lanny Friedlander: The Eccentric Genius Who Created Reason Magazine
Reason was the anti-establishment brainchild of a brilliant but erratic 20-year-old student who lived with his mother and drove a delivery van for a living.
Matt Welch | 3.12.2021 3:15 PM
Remy: FAP (WAP Parody)
Fed Asst'd Printing
Remy | 8.27.2020 10:02 AM
Thank You to Every Single Person Who Donated to Reason's 2019 Webathon!
We raised over $370,000 from more than 1,300 donors. Incredible.
Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.11.2019 8:00 AM
On the Last Day of Reason's Annual Webathon, Donate To Join Our Awesome Crew of Supporters and Friends
We're in the home stretch, and 1,100 of you have made this fundraiser a huge success!
Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.10.2019 8:00 AM
Donate Today To Support Reason's Investigative Journalism!
It's our annual webathon. Will you help pay for the plane tickets and lawyers and records fees (and coffee) that make our work possible?
Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.3.2019 8:44 AM
'Mattress Girl' Emma Sulkowicz Walked Into a Libertarian Happy Hour. No, This Is Not a Joke.
Mattress girl's unlikely friendship with Reason folks is the subject of a recent piece for The Cut.
Robby Soave | 10.30.2019 5:00 PM
Reason Brings Home 4 First-Place Wins at the Southern California Journalism Awards
Plus half a dozen second-place finishes and two third-place spots. Woot!
Mike Riggs | 7.1.2019 4:05 PM
Reason Nominated for 19 Southern California Journalism Awards
Our nominated stories run the gamut from sanctuary cities to Gary Gygax and curling.
Mike Riggs | 5.15.2019 12:55 PM
Reason Snags 3 First-Place Wins at the 67th Annual Maggie Awards
“Zombie stats” just keep going and going.
Mike Riggs | 5.6.2019 2:20 PM