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If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can view it in a browser here.     The latest news and analysis from Reason.com Monday, March 1, 2021     How Congress Could Send Bigger Stimulus Checks, Fund School Reopening, and Save $1 Trillion Rep. Peter Meijer has a plan to provide bigger stimulus checks to needy Americans while cutting extraneous elements from the Biden relief bill. By Eric Boehm   Thomas Sowell's Maverick Insights on Race, Economics, and Society The peerless 90-year-old scholar is the subject of a new documentary and biography. By Nick Gillespie   sponsor content     Andrew Cuomo Asks America To Hold Off on Believing Women This Time The New York Democrat has asked people not to rush to judgments before the investigation is concluded—a courtesy he has seldom shown when it comes to sexual harassment claims against folks other than him. By Elizabeth Nolan Brown   Donald Trump on School Reopening Failures: Joe Biden and Teachers Unions Have Betrayed America's Youth The former president's wild CPAC speech was full of misleading claims, but he made a valid point about schools. By Robby Soave   Public Schools Are the Best Advertisements for Homeschooling Abusive teachers’ unions and floundering bureaucrats make do-it-yourself education pretty attractive. By J.D. Tuccille   Facebook Restores News Links in Australia After Getting Some Concessions Big outlets get subsidies. The government still gets to pick winners and losers. By Scott Shackford   Ayanna Pressley Revives Justin Amash's Bill To End Qualified Immunity The Ending Qualified Immunity Act of 2021 would no longer let state actors violate your rights without consequence. By Billy Binion   The Washington Supreme Court Just Decriminalized Simple Drug Possession. Legislators Shouldn't 'Fix' the Overturned Law. The court said criminalizing unknowing possession violates the right to due process. By Jacob Sullum   What It's Like To Treat Opioid Addiction in Appalachia Psychiatrist Sally Satel on her eye-opening year at a clinic in Ironton, Ohio. By Nick Gillespie   Local Health Departments Have To Start Learning From Local Farmers and Markets A promising new law will give agricultural communities in Massachusetts more say in local public-health rules that apply to them and impact their property and livelihoods. By Baylen Linnekin   sponsor content     Donate Reason Foundation 5737 Mesmer Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90230, USA Privacy Policy   Manage Your Preferences Unsubscribe