DHS Ends 200,000 Salvadorans’ Protected Resident Status
Immigrant advocates worry that terminating Salvadorans' Temporary Protected Status will break up families.
Fifty Years After a Blowout, This Natural-Gas Reservoir Is Still Contaminating the Local Groundwater
A study of a blowout site in the Netherlands offers safety lessons for natural gas fields around the world.
A ‘Pacific Standard’ Guide to Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions
Find your purpose, forgive yourself for slip-ups, and have someone gently prod you.
Our Best Social Justice Stories of 2017
The best stories include adversity and injustice, but also triumph.
Life Expectancy Fell in the United States Again, Mostly Because of Drug Overdoses
Spanish flu, HIV/AIDS, drug overdoses: Epidemics that affect the young often show up dramatically in the data.
The FDA’s Proposed Crackdown on Homeopathy Takes Aim at Risky Remedies
Homeopathic products include everything from the radically alternative to certain over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines.
Could All That Ash From the Thomas Fire Be Making Temperatures Drop?
A reminder that wildfires have wide-ranging and surprising effects.
Trump Reportedly Watches Four-Plus Hours of TV a Day. Science Says That’s Not a Great Idea.
Pacific Standard checks out the studies.
Where Did All the Money Come From in the Alabama Senate Race?
Super PACs dedicated to the country's top national politicians are spending the most in the Alabama special election.
White House Calls for Immigration Reform After New York City Bombing
Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called for Congress to work with President Trump to change immigration laws.