Tiny Country Week
Tuvalu: Trust Fund Nation

Tuvalu: Trust Fund Nation

Though it has attempted to take advantage of unusual assets—including its .tv domain name—Tuvalu continues to lean most heavily on a trust…
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Elena Gooray21 hrs ago
Nauru: A ‘Human Dumping Ground’

Nauru: A ‘Human Dumping Ground’

Once powered by the riches of a phosphate mine, the former jewel of the Oceania is currently not much more than the blighted home of the…
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Julie Morse2 days ago
Cook Islands: The Tiny Island Nation Developing a Huge New Marine Park

Cook Islands: The Tiny Island Nation Developing a Huge New Marine Park

The Cook Islands’ planned marine park is part of a larger trend of ocean protection in the South Pacific.
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Francie Diep3 days ago
Conservation In 2016
‘If the Government Is Not Bringing Us Rice, We Have to Slash and Burn’

‘If the Government Is Not Bringing Us Rice, We Have to Slash and Burn’

A conversation with Julie Hanta Razafimanahaka, conservationist and director of Madagasikara Voakajy.
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‘Clean Energy Is Going to Be Able to Scale and Power This Country Affordably’

‘Clean Energy Is Going to Be Able to Scale and Power This Country Affordably’

A conversation with Abigail Dillen, vice president of litigation for climate and energy at Earthjustice.
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Pacific Standard2 days ago
Saving the Cows — and Grasslands — of Rural Zimbabwe

Saving the Cows — and Grasslands — of Rural Zimbabwe

Inside a seven-year effort to restore a landscape beset by desertification and drought.
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Pacific Standard2 days ago
A Tour of Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve

A Tour of Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve

The “green island” just outside of Shanghai is a model for environmentally sustainable development.
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Pacific Standard3 days ago
Features
Oh, You’re Moving Abroad If So-and-So Gets Elected? Good Luck

Oh, You’re Moving Abroad If So-and-So Gets Elected? Good Luck

Frustrated American voters are always threatening to move to another country. Most of them don’t realize just how difficult such a move…
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Pacific Standard2 days ago
How Do We Decide When a Chemical Is Deadly?

How Do We Decide When a Chemical Is Deadly?

When state and federal regulations for contamination differ, the responsibility falls on citizens to navigate the risks.
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Pacific Standard3 days ago
What Happened to the American Dream?

What Happened to the American Dream?

Here’s what you need to know about wage stagnation in America.
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Dwyer GunnApr 7
Meet PRIME, the New App That Wants to Help End Schizophrenia

Meet PRIME, the New App That Wants to Help End Schizophrenia

Researchers from the University of California-San Francisco are turning to an unlikely source to combat schizophrenia: the very people…
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Pacific StandardApr 6
Introducing the New PSmag.com

Introducing the New PSmag.com

We want to bring the kinds of stories we tell — stories that matter — to the widest possible audience. Medium is going to help us do that.
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Nicholas JacksonApr 5
News
Putting the Sick in Homesickness

Putting the Sick in Homesickness

We tend to see homesickness today as a sign of weakness or immaturity, but it wasn’t always that way.
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Pacific Standard9 hrs ago
North Carolina’s New Anti-LGBT Law Is an Attack Against All People

North Carolina’s New Anti-LGBT Law Is an Attack Against All People

It’s not just bathrooms. Lawmakers also took away the right to sue under state law for all kinds of employment discrimination.
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Pacific Standard11 hrs ago
Population Growth Is a Negative Economic Indicator

Population Growth Is a Negative Economic Indicator

Everyone knows too much of a good thing can kill you. Even in moderation.
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James M. Russell13 hrs ago
The Psychological Mechanism That Might Explain the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Plagiarism Case

The Psychological Mechanism That Might Explain the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Plagiarism Case

Only Jimmy Page and Robert Plant can know whether they intentionally lifted material from another artist, but research shows it’s not…
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Francie Diep14 hrs ago
What’s Behind the Rich-Poor Life Expectancy Gap?

What’s Behind the Rich-Poor Life Expectancy Gap?

A new paper finds that the gap between the life expectancies of the rich and poor increased in recent years.
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Dwyer Gunn17 hrs ago
The Trouble With What the People Want

The Trouble With What the People Want

No political judgments here. It’s just really hard to define.
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Nathan Collinsyesterday
Maybe Hillary Clinton Is More Progressive Than She’s Letting on

Maybe Hillary Clinton Is More Progressive Than She’s Letting on

And Bernie Sanders is allowing her to shift her policy positions without looking like a radical.
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Quick Studies
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Robs Players of Compassion

‘Grand Theft Auto’ Robs Players of Compassion

Playing sexist, violent video games can decrease empathy for female victims of violence.
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Tom Jacobs14 hrs ago
How to See Gentrification Coming

How to See Gentrification Coming

Researchers use social networks to find the harbingers of new restaurants and higher rents.
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Nathan Collinsyesterday
How Cities Can Help Improve the Health of Their Low-Income Citizens

How Cities Can Help Improve the Health of Their Low-Income Citizens

Across America, poor folks tend to live shorter lives than rich ones, but towns and cities can reduce the gap.
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Francie Diep2 days ago
The Dance Between War and Religion

The Dance Between War and Religion

Violent conflicts produce more religious citizens.
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Tom Jacobs2 days ago
Getting Fired Changes the Way You Look at Your Rich Friends

Getting Fired Changes the Way You Look at Your Rich Friends

After losing a job, people are less likely to think the wealthy deserve what they’ve got.
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Nathan Collins3 days ago
How Birth Control Could Save Lives

How Birth Control Could Save Lives

Relatively simple health programs can make a big difference to mothers and children.
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Francie Diep3 days ago
Assigning Blame for Our Economic Pain

Assigning Blame for Our Economic Pain

Exploring the psychological reasons we scapegoat certain groups for the economic downturn.
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Tom Jacobs3 days ago
We’re Not Very Good at Predicting Outbreaks

We’re Not Very Good at Predicting Outbreaks

By randomly sampling outwardly healthy people for a disease like Ebola, public-health officials can substantially improve their estimates…
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Nathan CollinsApr 8
The Trouble With Retweeting

The Trouble With Retweeting

Chinese researchers report doing so reduces our comprehension of the very post we’re sharing.
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Tom JacobsApr 8
The Fix
Are Antitrust Laws Standing in the Way of Climate Action?

Are Antitrust Laws Standing in the Way of Climate Action?

Corporations could lead the fight against climate change, a new paper argues. But it’s starting to look like the government is standing in…
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Pacific Standard20 hrs ago
American Doctors Are Failing Their LGBT Patients

American Doctors Are Failing Their LGBT Patients

Gaps in medical school curricula can lead to subpar care for LGBT Americans. Here’s how doctors can fill in those gaps.
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Pacific Standard2 days ago
Why the National Institutes of Health Should Replace Peer Review With a Lottery

Why the National Institutes of Health Should Replace Peer Review With a Lottery

A new study shows that peer-review scores for grant proposals are random anyway.
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Mike WhiteApr 8
Here’s How We Can Improve Weight-Loss Research

Here’s How We Can Improve Weight-Loss Research

It’s nutrition science’s turn for an accuracy and reproducibility crisis.
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Francie DiepApr 7
How About a Universal Basic Income?

How About a Universal Basic Income?

The idea of a universal basic income is gaining popularity in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Dwyer GunnApr 7
When Political Parties Won’t Stay Dead

When Political Parties Won’t Stay Dead

Minnesota and Nebraska have both attempted non-partisanship in their statehouses. Those experiences show the enduring strength of parties.
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Seth MasketApr 5
The Problem With Title I Education Funding

The Problem With Title I Education Funding

A new report on America’s education system highlights problems with Title I funding formulas.
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Field Notes
‘If There Is Peace, It Will Look Like This’

‘If There Is Peace, It Will Look Like This’

Thanks to Australian rules football, some Israeli and Palestinian youths have begun to view one another for their personalities—and not…
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Pacific StandardApr 7
The Culture Pages
Why You Should Really Start Caring About Seeds

Why You Should Really Start Caring About Seeds

Two books remind us just how deeply human culture depends on nature’s tiniest offerings.
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Pacific StandardApr 7
Magazine
Prison Girlfriends and Wives

Prison Girlfriends and Wives

The latest entry in a series of interviews about subculture in America.
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Pacific StandardMar 30
The Youngest Casualties in the War on Obesity

The Youngest Casualties in the War on Obesity

School-based nutrition and BMI screenings are meant to improve the health of students, but emerging evidence shows that, not only aren’t…
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Pacific StandardMar 14
The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: Kim Scott

The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: Kim Scott

The top young thinkers in economics, education, political science, and more.
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Pacific StandardMar 29
The Disappearing Soldier

The Disappearing Soldier

The story of the Australian serviceman with PTSD who flew halfway around the world to die alone on the side of a mountain.
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Pacific StandardMar 7
Stacked Deck

Stacked Deck

The effects of race on eBay auction pricing.
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Pacific StandardMar 31
Snapshots From Our Instagram

Snapshots From Our Instagram

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Latest
Will Lethal Injection Survive Drug Shortages?

Will Lethal Injection Survive Drug Shortages?

Virginia’s governor has a new plan to preserve lethal injection, but the end of capital punishment in the state may be imminent.
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Kate Wheeling15 hrs ago
What Chimpanzee Poop Tells Us About Society’s Effect on Our Guts

What Chimpanzee Poop Tells Us About Society’s Effect on Our Guts

By Nathan Collins We are riddled with bacteria.
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Pacific StandardJan 15
Obama’s Former Pardons Attorney: The President Isn’t Following Through on His Promises

Obama’s Former Pardons Attorney: The President Isn’t Following Through on His Promises

Since his announcement two years ago that he would consider thousands of petitions, the president has granted early release to just 187…
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A Pacific Standard Event

Join actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. for an afternoon discussion with a panel of distinguished experts on declining sources…
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Pacific StandardMar 29
The Future Of Work
The Future of Work: This Is Your Job in 20 Years

The Future of Work: This Is Your Job in 20 Years

Editor’s Note: This special collection from our Future of Work and Workers series was published as a four-page spread in our November…
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Pacific StandardDec 3, 2015
The Future of Work: The Digital Hustle

The Future of Work: The Digital Hustle

When I spot her outside the Dunkin’ Donuts in Washington where we agreed to meet for our interview, Tiana is glaring at her phone with…
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Pacific StandardNov 19, 2015
The Future of Work: Which Seeds We Plant

The Future of Work: Which Seeds We Plant

Google “future of work”: there is a dense thicket of writing and thinking on the topic by management consultants and economic futurists…
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Pacific StandardNov 18, 2015
The Future of Work: Why Wage Work Can’t Solve the Poverty Problem

The Future of Work: Why Wage Work Can’t Solve the Poverty Problem

For a very long time, the left and the right have converged on the belief that the preferred cure for poverty is wage work.
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Pacific StandardNov 17, 2015
The Future of Work: Having Our Pie and Eating It Too

The Future of Work: Having Our Pie and Eating It Too

“Labor wants more!” Samuel Gompers famously thundered over a hundred years ago.
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Pacific StandardNov 16, 2015
The Future of Work: Re-Engaging the Beleaguered Worker

The Future of Work: Re-Engaging the Beleaguered Worker

It started in the late 1950s but few people noticed because it just seemed to be happening to African Americans.
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Pacific StandardNov 12, 2015
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