Two Immigrants Debate Immigration
A conversation about who wins and who loses when America opens its golden door.
December 2016
Cover Story
How Not to Build a Jail
The D.C. jail has been a disaster for more than 100 years. Can a new jail avoid the mistakes of the past?
Features
Seeing Trump on the Silver Screen
What A Face in the Crowd and Meet John Doe tell us about populism, pop culture, and fear.
Culture & Reviews
Will OpenBazaar Succeed Where Silk Road Failed?
A new company looks to erase the limits on what can be bought and sold online.
Hogwarts in America
In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, J.K. Rowling crosses the Atlantic and makes a hash of North American history and culture.
Books
Death from Above
Whistleblowers reveal the truth about the drone war to a nation that struggles to listen.
Editor's Note
Columns
The Collectivist Election
From Mexicans to deplorables, campaign 2016 was a race to the bottom.
Putin's Biggest Fan
The GOP nominee can't stop praising the Russian leader's authoritarianism.
Citings
Over the Line
Venezuelan socialism
Bathroom Foofaraw
Transgender rules
California Carry
Second Amendment lawsuit
Voucher Program OKed
Tax credit scholarships
Trigger Warning Time
UChicago hits back
High-Speed Waste
Amtrak spending
No Jail Over Bail
City sued
ICANN't
Internet "giveaway"
Why Buy Sex?
Conscientious clients
Mass. Attacks Uber
Taxi subsidies
Briefly Noted
Contributors
Brickbats
Follow-Up
Interview
Meet Johannesburg's New Libertarian Mayor
Herman Mashaba is something new in South Africa. But can a black pro-market politician make real changes?
