Reason

Reason is the monthly print magazine of "free minds and free markets." It covers politics, culture, and ideas through a provocative mix of news, analysis, commentary, and reviews. Reason provides a refreshing alternative to right-wing and left-wing opinion magazines by making a principled case for liberty and individual choice in all areas of human activity.

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The Reason Prison Essay Experiment

Art and Government Don’t Mix

Your Car Is Watching You

RIP Lou Koller, Punk Hero and Free Speech Champion

SCOTUS Takes Up ‘Assault Weapon’ Bans

7 Cool Advances in Biosciences

Feds Hike Fees for Court Records

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Who Owns California’s Gold?

Moving Made Easier

Robot Hands Need Robot Eyes

Q&A • Marjorie Taylor Greene

Pundits Got the Iran War Wrong

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THE AMERICAN PRISON EXPERIMENT • A 250-year hisory of good intentions and bad results

BOOK ONE: PROTO-PRISONS AND THE JACKSONIAN ERA (1790–1870)

BOOK TWO: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA AND DECLINE (1870–1955)

BOOK THREE: THE SOUTH (1870–1970)

BOOK FOUR: RESISTANCE AND MASS INCARCERATION (1971–2009)

BOOK FIVE: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM (2009–THE PRESENT)

ALL OF REASON. NONE OF THE CLUTTER.

The Conservative Anarchism of Dwight Macdonald

Reading: The Quietest Way To Disobey

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ARCHIVES • Excerpts from Reason’s vaults

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