Home - Reason Foundation

Protecting teens online shouldn’t require mandatory facial scans for digital users

Protecting teens online shouldn’t require mandatory facial scans for digital users

By Richard Sill

While facial age estimation offers a convenient way to respond to youth online safety demands, the tool comes with serious privacy costs.

Reducing barriers to manufactured homes

Reducing barriers to manufactured homes

By Eliza Terziev

The third-party doctrine is dying. Government surveillance is not

The third-party doctrine is dying. Government surveillance is not

By Nicole Shekhovtsova

ADS-B has many uses; it is not just a ‘safety system’

ADS-B has many uses; it is not just a ‘safety system’

By Robert Poole

California’s gas taxes keep climbing. Highway performance doesn’t.

California’s gas taxes keep climbing. Highway performance doesn’t.

By Baruch Feigenbaum

Medical cannabis access under probation and parole: Removing barriers to doctor-recommended treatment

Policy Brief by Sephria Reynolds-Tanner

Why K-12 public school enrollments dropped in 40 states

Funding Education Opportunity Newsletter by Jude Schwalbach

The ROAD to Housing Act gets some things right. The hard work is still local.

Commentary by Christina Mojica

California bill could add $14 billion in new costs for local governments and taxpayers

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

Cities’ pension dollars are not for building affordable housing

Commentary by Mariana Trujillo

New Mexico shouldn’t abandon its 2020 cost-of-living adjustment reform

Commentary by Brayden Myers

California Assembly Bill 1383 would drive up costs for local governments

Backgrounder by Zachary Christensen and Steven Gassenberger

Loopholes in Florida laws allow law enforcement to collect excessive fines

Commentary by Vittorio Nastasi and Adrian Moore

The U.S. loan to Argentina is a bet on Javier Milei’s reforms

Commentary by Geoffrey Lawrence

All latest from Reason Foundation

Pension Integrity Project

California bill could add $14 billion in new costs for local governments and taxpayers

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

Cities’ pension dollars are not for building affordable housing

Commentary by Mariana Trujillo

New Mexico shouldn’t abandon its 2020 cost-of-living adjustment reform

Commentary by Brayden Myers

Education

Why K-12 public school enrollments dropped in 40 states

Funding Education Opportunity Newsletter by Jude Schwalbach

Louisianians were right to reject a constitutional amendment to raise teacher pay. Now, a new state task force should finish the job.

Commentary by Steven Gassenberger

While losing 34% of its students, LAUSD’s spending on compensation increased by $1.7 billion

Commentary by Aaron Garth Smith and Jordan Campbell

Transportation

ADS-B has many uses; it is not just a ‘safety system’

Aviation Policy Newsletter by Robert Poole

California’s gas taxes keep climbing. Highway performance doesn’t.

Commentary by Baruch Feigenbaum

D.C.’s Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Authorization Amendment Act of 2026 has room for improvement

Testimony by Marc Scribner

Drug Policy

Medical cannabis access under probation and parole: Removing barriers to doctor-recommended treatment

Policy Brief by Sephria Reynolds-Tanner

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s arbitrary 7-OH ban is not rooted in science

Commentary by Michelle Minton

‘United States v. Hemani’: Firearm possession among marijuana users is a protected right

Commentary by Jacob James Rich

Individual Freedom

Southern California’s total tobacco bans aren’t helping public health

Commentary by Guy Bentley

‘United States v. Hemani’: Firearm possession among marijuana users is a protected right

Commentary by Jacob James Rich

A ‘compute tax’ is the wrong answer for the future of artificial intelligence and work

Commentary by Max Gulker

Reason Foundation Newsletters

ADS-B has many uses; it is not just a ‘safety system’

Aviation Policy Newsletter by Robert Poole

Why K-12 public school enrollments dropped in 40 states

Funding Education Opportunity Newsletter by Jude Schwalbach

California bill could add $14 billion in new costs for local governments and taxpayers

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

The case against concession fees for greenfield projects

Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole

Webinar on public pensions investing in crypto, plus effort to bring back pensions fails in Alaska

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

View all Reason Foundation newsletters

Policy Studies

Medical cannabis access under probation and parole: Removing barriers to doctor-recommended treatment

Policy Brief by Sephria Reynolds-Tanner

Changing America’s air traffic control model: Learning from Canada

Policy Brief by John Kefaliotis

The value of managed lanes networks

Policy Brief by Baruch Feigenbaum

Data Visualization

Study: Illinois, Connecticut, Alaska, Hawaii, New Jersey and Mississippi have the most per capita pension debt

Data Visualization by Ryan Frost, Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell

The public pension plans with the most debt, best and worst investment return rates

Data Visualization by Ryan Frost, Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell

Debtor Nation 2025

Data Visualization by Jordan Campbell and Mariana Trujillo

Events

The Soho Forum Debate: Aaron Brown vs. Robert Spitzer

Event by Lukas Grund

Winds of Change: Advancing Liberty in Argentina and the Americas

Event by Deirdre Schumacher

The Soho Forum Debate: Stephen Moore vs. Scott Lincicome

Event by Lukas Grund