Nicholas Jackson, Author at Pacific Standard

The Last Major Earthquake to Shake Nepal

This wasn't the first earthquake to cause considerable damage to the South Asian country—and it won't be the last.

Even if they're not vile and psychologically damaging, most of them aren't worth your time. And we already have a better system in place.

Years of reporting in Pacific Standard have led us to one conclusion: Decriminalizing drug use will save money—and lives.

This morning's landmark Supreme Court decisions put an end to a flawed argument DOMA supporters have been making for 16 years.

ESPN’s Chris Broussard’s attack on homosexuality, sparked by the first coming out of a major American athlete, should not be condoned as free speech.

The Sunlight Foundation is on to you.

Struggling to understand the Boston Marathon explosions.

The comics industry recently accused Apple of homophobia, but their history with the LGBT community is much darker than that of the tech giant.