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Katherine Mangu-Ward

reason

Washington, DC, United States

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Past:
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  • The New York Times

Past articles by Katherine:

Marc Andreessen: What the World Needs Most Is More Elon Musks

The Netscape co-founder and legendary venture capitalist talks about the future, innovation, and your next beach read. → Read More

In Naomi Novik's 'The Golden Enclaves,' Magic Math Actually Makes Sense

'The Golden Enclaves' is the third installment of Novik's bestselling Scholomance trilogy. → Read More

Podcast: President Joe Biden's Classified Document Stash

Reason editors discuss the revelation that, like former President Trump, President Biden had a stash of classified documents in his private office and residence. → Read More

Our Biggest Stories of 2022 (and What We Predict for 2023)

This special year-end episode of The Reason Roundtable podcast looks back on the biggest stories of the year and contains 2023 predictions. → Read More

Thank you for donating and everything you do for

Today is the final day of our annual webathon, where we ask you—our beloved readers, listeners, and viewers—to donate to support Reason's journalism. → Read More

Gen Z and Baby Boomers Are Dropping Out of the Labor Market

Employment is an ultimatum game, where playing along might get workers less than employers, but refusing to play gets everyone zero. → Read More

Donate Today To Kick Off ‘Reason’ Magazine’s Annual Webathon

Your support makes our journalism possible. This week it also gets you some cool swag. → Read More

Review: The Libertarianism of Joss Whedon's 'Firefly'

What if our interplanetary future involved train heists, legal sex work, and a lot of running from the feds? → Read More

It’s Been 50 Years Since Humans Walked on the Moon

The last time there was a manned mission to the moon, 'Pong' had just been released on Atari. → Read More

Review: Neil Gaiman's Comic 'The Sandman' Comes to Netflix

The series deals with themes of fate, freedom, and choice. → Read More

Throwing money at the IRS won't fix its problems

Can the government turn $80 billion into $204 billion? Probably not. → Read More

After 'Dobbs,' America Is Entering a New Abortion Prohibition Era

We already know what happens when governments try to impose prohibitions: messy, deadly black markets. → Read More

There's Nothing Legacy-Defining About the Inflation Reduction Act

Plus: The editors consider the state of freedom in the U.S. compared with other developed nations. → Read More

Dav Pilkey's 'The Adventures of Ook and Gluk' Is Charming, Not Racist

Pilkey's whole gag is that the censorial impulse is ridiculous and kids instinctively know it should be mocked. → Read More

Return of Summer Security Theater? Also, Abolish the FDA.

Plus: The editors select their most influential post-war libertarian thinkers. → Read More

Is America Heading for a National Divorce?

In this week's Fourth of July edition of The Reason Roundtable, editors ruminate on the so-called Disunited States. → Read More

Who Controls What Books You Can Read?

Welcome to Reason's summer banned books issue. → Read More

Repulsive Replacement Theory and Economic Delusions

In the latest Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie debunk the "great replacement theory"... → Read More

Alito, Abortion, and Autonomy

Plus: ruminations on public health, misinformation, and media literacy → Read More

Review: Justice Is…

Preet Bharara's new children's book, Justice Is... purports to be "a guide for young truth seekers." → Read More