What’s the state of freedom in the Muslim world? Mustafa Akyol looks at data in the Human Freedom Index measure freedom in Muslim‐​majority countries across the world.

What’s the difference between sitting with your hands up and laying face down when surrendering to the police? Apparently, there’s a big enough difference that in order to find out if his rights were legally violated, Alexander Baxter has to go all the way to the Supreme Court. The Cato Institute’s Jay Schweikert discusses Baxter’s case and just how bad Qualified Immunity can be.

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was intended to give lawmakers and communities necessary information on the environmental impact of government decisions, such as whether to approve new construction. Over the 50 years that the law has been in effect, however, it has become a roadblock to new housing construction in California.

As families try to balance work and childcare, a popular answer is to have government mandate paid family leave. Will mandating paid leave help families or could a law hurt the very workers it is meant to help?