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Cambridge Brothel Case: What's the Point?

Cambridge Brothel Case: What's the Point?
09.04.2025 2

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Study: Kids With Smartphones Are Less Depressed, Anxious, Bullied Than Peers Without Them

Study: Kids With Smartphones Are Less Depressed, Anxious, Bullied Than Peers Without Them
07.04.2025 3

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Can Trump Broker a TikTok Sale Before the April 5 Deadline?

Can Trump Broker a TikTok Sale Before the April 5 Deadline?
02.04.2025 2

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Don't Count on Quitting Social Media To Make Your Life Better

Don't Count on Quitting Social Media To Make Your Life Better
31.03.2025 10

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How Backpage Became MILFS.com 

28.03.2025 2

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These States Are Moving in the Wrong Direction on Prostitution Laws

These States Are Moving in the Wrong Direction on Prostitution Laws
27.03.2025 5

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Everyone Is Wrong About RFK Jr. and Cellphones

Everyone Is Wrong About RFK Jr. and Cellphones
24.03.2025 2

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Pesky Judges

21.03.2025 2

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Review: A Novel About Pronatalist Government Programs

21.03.2025 3

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Bad Education

20.03.2025 10

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FBI Failed To Spot Faked Evidence in Case Against Alleged Orgasm Cult

19.03.2025 6

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AI Isn't Destabilizing Elections

18.03.2025 2

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Virginia Courts Won't Split Ownership of Divorced Couple's Embryos

17.03.2025 2

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Study: Age-Verification Laws Don't Work

12.03.2025 6

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A Sex Worker Called 911 In Distress. Cops Came to Her Hotel Room and Shot Her.

10.03.2025 4

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Trump's Trans Kid Story Doesn't Add Up

05.03.2025 6

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The Oscars Loved Anora. Did Sex Workers?

03.03.2025 2

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Montana 'Abortion Trafficking' Bill Could Criminalize Crossing State Lines for an Abortion

26.02.2025 4

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Florida Sues Target Over Trans Merchandise

LGBT Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.24.2025 10:00 AM Florida is suing Target for selling LGBTQ-friendly merchandise, something the state is misleadingly...

24.02.2025 3

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When Yoga Sparked a Sex Panic

19.02.2025 3

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The Weak, Weird Case Against a Supposed 'Orgasm Cult'

19.02.2025 10

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Affirmative Consent Is Back

13.02.2025 10

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How Antitrust Crusaders Brought a Porn App to iPhones

10.02.2025 4

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'Human Trafficking' Sting Yields 547 Arrests, but Only 1 for Human Trafficking

05.02.2025 4

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No, Elon: It Isn't Illegal To Boycott X

03.02.2025 8

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4 States Consider Bills To Treat Women Who Get Abortions as Murderers

29.01.2025 5

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Rand Paul: Banning TikTok Is 'Group Hysteria'

25.01.2025 5

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Study Finds Almost No Good Evidence on Gender Dysphoria Drugs for Young People

24.01.2025 10

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Trump's Tech Love Affair Won't Last

22.01.2025 4

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State-Run TikTok Coming Soon?

21.01.2025 4

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The Future of Online Porn Is At Stake Today

15.01.2025 4

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Massachusetts Court Weighs Whether All Prostitution Is Sex Trafficking

13.01.2025 10

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Texas Cop Chases Prostitution Suspect, Causes Car Accident, Gets Immunity

Police Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.8.2025 11:15 AM Houston police officer Ricardo Corral is not legally liable for crashing his police cruiser into...

08.01.2025 5

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Stop Overprotecting the Children, Say Courts in Tennessee and California

Civil Liberties Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.6.2025 11:30 AM The courts have blocked two bad tech laws, just in the nick of time. Both measures—in...

06.01.2025 6

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New Year's Terror

Violence Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.2.2025 9:30 AM More than a dozen people were killed and many others wounded in senseless vehicular attacks on...

02.01.2025 10

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Pay Up, Trump

Donald Trump Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.31.2024 9:53 AM Trump can't dodge damages payment. Donald Trump is still on the hook for a $5 million...

31.12.2024 10

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Bible Back in Texas Schools After Being Pulled for Sexual Content

Education Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.31.2024 10:30 AM Is the Bible too "sexually explicit" for minors? The Canyon Independent School District in...

31.12.2024 10

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25 Tech Laws Slated To Take Effect in 2025

Law & Government Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.30.2024 11:50 AM When it comes to technology, free speech, and new laws, the big question going into...

30.12.2024 7

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Glucose Monitors Are Finally Available Over the Counter

Health Elizabeth Nolan Brown | From the January 2025 issue The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the first continuous glucose...

25.12.2024 20

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Disrupting IVF? Baby Born From Egg Matured Outside of Mother's Body.

Assisted Reproduction Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.23.2024 11:30 AM A company called Gameto claims to have successfully matured eggs outside of the...

23.12.2024 8

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Joe Biden Tried To Use the Regulatory State To Micromanage Everything

Regulation Elizabeth Nolan Brown | From the January 2025 issue In the January 2025 issue of Reason, we're giving performance reviews of Joe Biden's...

21.12.2024 5

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'Child Trafficking' Sting Video Turns Out To Be Toy Drive

Human Trafficking Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.19.2024 5:45 PM Human trafficking panic gets a holiday twist in the latest faux trafficking scare to...

20.12.2024 6

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The SAFE SEX Workers Study Act, a Bill Aimed at Ultimately Repealing FOSTA, Is Back 

Sex Work Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.18.2024 11:45 AM Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) have reintroduced the SAFE SEX...

18.12.2024 7

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7 Ways To Mark the International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers

Sex Work Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.16.2024 11:00 AM For two decades, activists have marked December 17 with demonstrations meant to mourn sex...

16.12.2024 5

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Review: Arena Magazine Is Embracing Capitalism and the Future

Capitalism Elizabeth Nolan Brown | From the January 2025 issue "The new needs friends," says food critic Anton Ego in the Disney movie...

13.12.2024 5

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Mike Lee's App Store Accountability Act Would Make Google and Apple Check IDs

Apps Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.11.2024 11:30 AM Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee has introduced a bill to keep porn out of app stores. There might...

11.12.2024 3

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Trump Is Coming for Tech Companies

Antitrust Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.9.2024 10:30 AM President Joe Biden's administration has been horrible for tech companies. The incoming Trump...

09.12.2024 6

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North Carolina Goes Drug War on Prostitution

Sex Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.4.2024 11:40 AM North Carolina has made it a felony crime to patronize a sex worker. Under a law that took effect...

04.12.2024 10

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Belgian Sex Workers Gain Access to Paid Leave, Right To Refuse Sex Acts

Sex Work Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.2.2024 12:50 PM In Belgium, sex workers can now sign formal employment contracts. That grants them access to...

02.12.2024 5

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Why Kamala Harris Lost

Politics Elizabeth Nolan Brown | From the January 2025 issue Few realistic political observers expected a blowout for Kamala Harris. But Donald...

01.12.2024 8

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