A lot of water has poured over the dam since Judge Roger Benitez of the Southern District of California issued a preliminary injunction in 2017 against enforcement of California’s ban on possession of a magazine holding over ten rounds.  Since then, Duncan v. Becerra has been up and down the ladder from the district court to the Ninth Circuit for multiple panel and en banc decisions and then to the Supreme Court, which sent it back for reconsideration […]

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When wildfires devastated Pacific Palisades in early January, many of the houses destroyed were not covered by private insurance due to California’s
Proposition 103, which gave the state the power to aggressively limit homeowners insurance rates. Insurers, in turn, have limited which properties they will cover or have exited the state entirely. Many of the rebuilding costs will fall on a state-run backup insurance system, but analysts believe it could be overwhelmed by billions of dollars in damage, potentially […]

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Immigration courts are supposed to be open to the public, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) refused to allow a Reason reporter to enter a federal detention center in Miami where hearings take place. And afterward the government more or less admitted we should have been let inside. Yesterday, I drove up to the gate of the Krome Detention Center, an ICE facility on the western edge of Miami, and identified myself as a reporter who wanted to […]

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When President Donald Trump reentered office in January, he immediately set about removing all traces of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives from the federal government. He signed one executive order “ending radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing” and another “ending illegal discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity.” More recently, anti-DEI efforts have moved from the government into the private sector. Last week, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr threatened Disney—which owns the ABC broadcast network—with […]

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Alex Shieh, a student reporter for The Brown Spectator, is being investigated by Brown University. His alleged crime? Asking administrators about their jobs. On March 18, Shieh emailed each of Brown’s 3,805 non-instructional full-time staff members, asking them to describe the tasks they performed in the past week. The university began its investigation two days later. With Brown running on a $46 million deficit and annual tuition and fees set to increase to a combined $93,064 this July, […]

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⁠A distância é grande  A saudade maior ainda  Mas mesmo assim a conexão  Fica cada vez mais forte As lembranças são o que alegrar  O coração! Mãe minha fortaleza  Minha maior riqueza  Seu amor e carinho infinito por mim! Sempre me ensinando a continuar  Acreditado que um dia vou chegar lá  Mãe você é minha força, minha maior alegria! O único motivo do meu sorriso e da minha alegria ! Ah, minha rainha queria eu poder  Desmontar todo […]

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