Guns Aren't a Public Health Issue

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can view it in a browser here. The latest news and analysis from Reason.com Friday, September 30, 2022   Guns Aren't a Public Health Issue A deeply flawed documentary by The New York Times unwittingly makes the case for why the CDC shouldn't be studying gun violence. By John Osterhoudt and Aaron Brown Mandated Diversity Statement Drives Jonathan Haidt To Quit Academic Society Prominent social psychologist and NYU professor calls the requirement “explicitly ideological.” By J.D. Tuccille Don't Use Immigrants as Political Pawns The best rebuke to the Biden administration's inhumane border policies is for Republican governors to welcome migrants into their states. By Steven Greenhut Federal Judge Decides Safe Deposit Boxes Aren't Safe From FBI Judge Gary Klausner admits that the FBI probably hid their true motives in rifling through the contents of hundreds of safe deposit boxes, but says that's fine. By Eric Boehm Teenage Girl Killed in Police Shootout With Her Dad in California Desert Media outlets repeated police speculation that she might have been involved, but investigators now say she was likely unarmed. By Scott Shackford Bill Introduced To Bring Independent Oversight to Federal Prison System The Federal Prison Oversight Act would create an independent ombudsman to investigate complaints about the Bureau of Prisons, something prison advocacy groups have long called for. By C.J. Ciaramella An Iowa Jury Awards $12 Million in Damages to a Man Who Was Wrongly Imprisoned for Sexual Abuse A former guidance counselor served six years of a 25-year sentence thanks to a public defender's incompetence. By Jacob Sullum California's Housing Crisis Hasn't Spared the State's College Students A new law would make it harder for NIMBY neighbors to obstruct new dorms with bogus environmental complaints. By Christian Britschgi Italy's Return to Fascism? A discussion with Jonah Goldberg about the recent election in Italy, which saw the ascendance of the Brothers of Italy party to power as the governing majority and likely paves the way for Italy's first female prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.  By Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller The Woman King Rewrites History for a Feminist Twist on the Slave Trade Hollywood often takes liberties. But there's a distinction to be made between poetic license and historical revisionism. By Billy Binion Netflix's Athena Is a Masterpiece About Police Violence and Social Unrest A technically astounding film that turns a French housing block into a political warzone. By Peter Suderman Image credit: Lex Villena Donate Reason Foundation 5737 Mesmer Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90230, USA Privacy Policy   Manage Your Preferences Unsubscribe