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The Supreme Court will decide whether to turn teachers into informants against their students

The Supreme Court is currently considering whether the Constitution requires public schools to out transgender students to their parents, even when those students inform the school that they do not want their family to be informed of their gender identity. The case, which is currently pending on the Court’s shadow docket, is known as Mirabelli […]

The killing of Alex Pretti is a grim turning point

By this point, you’ve probably seen the videos — or at least heard about what’s in them. They show a man named Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who is filming ICE activity in Minneapolis, intervening when federal agents assault a woman. In response, the agents grab Pretti, force him to the ground, beat him, and […]

The world just passed a surprisingly positive milestone on nuclear weapons

The post-war international order may be tearing apart at the seams and international law is increasingly looking like a polite fiction, but we did just pass one notable milestone of global peace and stability: As of this month, the world has gone the longest time without a nuclear explosion since the atomic era began more […]

How the prenup became mainstream

Prenuptial agreements, long exclusive to celebrities and the ultra-rich, have trickled down to the rest of us. A 2023 Axios/Harris poll found that half of US adults say they’re open to signing a prenup, and that younger people are driving the trend.  Forty-one percent of Gen Z and 47 percent of millennials who are engaged […]

The Trump administration’s unchecked abuses in Minnesota

On Saturday, a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti at close range after Pretti had been pepper-sprayed, beaten, and forced onto his knees by other agents.  Pretti, 37, was a US citizen and reportedly in the area to observe agents’ actions. He was also a registered nurse and a legal […]