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Scott Shackford | 5.18.2023 12:52 PM Education THE FUTURE OF MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION Media literacy education invites a slew of nonprofit organizations and consultancies into the public school system, many of whom may have their own political agendas. Neetu Arnold | 5.18.2023 11:15 AM Art 'NOW IS BETTER,' SAYS LEGENDARY DESIGNER STEFAN SAGMEISTER His bold new exhibition draws on the work of Steven Pinker, Our World in Data, and Human Progress to document how much life has improved since the good old days. Nick Gillespie | 5.18.2023 10:50 AM GET REASON IN YOUR INBOX Subscribe to Reason Roundup, a wrap up of the last 24 hours of news, delivered fresh each morning. Email Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Submit Δ VIDEO 'NOW IS BETTER,' SAYS LEGENDARY DESIGNER STEFAN SAGMEISTER His bold new exhibition draws on the work of Steven Pinker, Our World in Data, and Human Progress to document how much life has improved since the good old days. 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On Monday, the Supreme Court sided with an Alabama death-row inmate who, after surviving a botched lethal injection attempt last year, says he wants to die by gas chamber instead. Emma Camp | 5.17.2023 3:05 PM Media Criticism DID FOX REALLY FIRE TUCKER CARLSON FOR CROSSING THE 'RED LINE' OF CRITICIZING BIG PHARMA, AS RFK JR. CLAIMS? If so, the network failed to enforce the supposed rule before and after cancelling its top-rated host. Matt Welch | 5.17.2023 2:30 PM Second Amendment NEW JERSEY'S RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC GUN POSSESSION ARE 'PLAINLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL,' A FEDERAL JUDGE SAYS The state defied a Supreme Court ruling by banning guns from myriad "sensitive places." Jacob Sullum | 5.17.2023 2:15 PM Fertility rates CAN GOVERNMENTS INCREASE BIRTHRATES? SHOULD THEY? Join Reason on YouTube Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion about the limits of population control with Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Scott Winship. 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