Claude has an 80-page “soul document.” Is that enough to make it good?
Chatbots don’t have mothers, but if they did, Claude’s would be Amanda Askell. She’s an in-house philosopher at the AI...
Why DHS is investigating its own killings, briefly explained
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Your friends are still acting like everything is normal in America. What do you do?
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How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyond
In recent weeks, Minnesota has borne the brunt of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration strategy, with federal officials detaining thousands...
7 ways to rein in ICE
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Trump’s plan to extort Minnesota, briefly explained
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ICE in Minnesota: Latest stories and updates
Since early January, a massive surge of federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis has provoked national outrage. There have been two...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Can Minnesota prosecute the federal officers who just killed a man?
The video of the latest killing in Minneapolis is truly horrific. In it, about half a dozen men in military...
Minnesota officials want to find out the truth about Renee Good’s death. The federal government won’t let them.
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The strategy Europe used to save Greenland from Trump
And just like, the Greenland crisis seems to have been defused. It was a crisis of President Donald Trump’s own...
The week the US and Canada broke up
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