Max Ufberg is the digital director at Pacific Standard, where he oversees the magazine's daily news coverage. Previously, he worked as a reporting fellow at Wired, and a reporter at Philadelphia Weekly and the Virgin Islands Daily News. Ufberg has also written for The New Yorker, Outside, Maxim, and many other outlets. His essay on American diners was anthologized in the 2016 edition of Best Food Writing. He is a graduate of Temple University.
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
The EPA administrator is currently embroiled in a series of controversies.
Over 63,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2016.
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
At the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, readers and writers celebrate the lyrical beauty of rural existence.
The total cost of $306 billion was mostly attributed to hurricanes and wildfires.
There was never any credible evidence of fraud. The White House cited a lack of state cooperation in its decision.
The most important reads from our coverage of black markets, tech surveillance, and more.
Jack Latvala was a Republican candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial election.
To much of the outside world, gambling is a vice not worthy of mercy: It is a symptom of recklessness, of compulsiveness, of greed. But compulsive gambling is also an addiction—one that affects some three to four million people in the United States alone.
With the very humanness of its sound, vinyl offers a sense of sentimentality—of mortality, even—that only imperfection allows.
At Sunday's anti-immigration rally, counter-protestors greatly outnumbered the America First! protestors. Here's what both sides had to say.
Spicer cited his disagreement with Trump's pick of Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear North Carolina's appeal to reinstate voting restrictions.
A music list, compiled by our (mostly non-expert) panel.
The most important reads from our coverage of health care, manufacturing, prison systems, and more.
As protests erupt around California, a group of teenagers stand up for equality.
From Muhammad Ali to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, athletes have a long history of protesting inequality—and making their audience very uncomfortable.
A conversation with Joan Cole Duffell on social-emotional development.
Our top stories for the week of March 13 to March 19, as curated by our editors.
Our top stories for the week of March 6 to March 12, as curated by our editors.
Monday's shooting in Ohio is only the latest extreme incident in an already violent year.
His push toward right-wing extremism didn't begin with the election.
Our top stories for the week of February 21 to February 27, as curated by our editors.
Data shows Hillary Clinton supporters boast a significantly higher average income than Sanders supporters.
They can be a big hindrance on hospitals' reputations—and their wallets.
Out top stories for the week of January 31 to February 6, as curated by our editors.
Contraception use fell and Medicaid births rose after Texas defunded Planned Parenthood.
Children in 11 municipalities and two counties in New Jersey have higher levels of lead in their blood than children in Flint, Michigan.
Out top stories for the week of January 17 to January 23, as curated by our editors.
Out top stories for the week of January 10 to January 16, as curated by our editors.
Out top stories for the week of January 3 to January 8, as curated by our editors.
How the songwriter's classic Pancho & Lefty mirrors his own tragic life.
Former football coach Steve Sarkisian is suing the university over discrimination. Is there any merit to his claims?
But it's still a big victory.
The Doctors Without Borders report sheds terrifying light on last month's airstrike.
Considering America's ambivalent fascination with pop-mysticism.
Now that a New York City restaurant group has decided to nix tipping, we take a look at the research.
The comedian talks about the state of our media and the role of satire.