News in Brief Here’s Why Trump’s Military Spending Goals Will Be Tough to Meet Trump says he’ll call for a 10 percent increase in military spending, but making budget cuts elsewhere could… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why Meaningful Diversity in Government Matters From senior staffers to cabinet picks, the lack of meaningful diversity in Trump’s administration runs through, and runs… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Humans Are Igniting the Vast Majority of Wildfires in the U.S. And as climate change leaves vast swaths of the country warmer and more arid, human-created blazes will only… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Will Golden Parachutes Ever Pop? Over-the-top executive exit packages are bad for business, but they’ll continue to balloon unless shareholders and consumers decide… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Presidency Does Not Moderate the President History suggests Trump will never reach out to people who didn’t support him. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: Joe… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump’s Approval Ratings Have Finally Stabilized, but What Does That Mean? It’s possible that Trump is operating close to his ceiling right now—and it’s a very low ceiling. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The True Cost of Mass Deportations Is Worse Than You Think It’s American taxpayers who will bear the economic burdens of Trump’s immigration enforcement plans. By Jared Keller People… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Geoengineering: A Dangerous Tool or Climate Control of the Future? Despite use by at least 52 countries around the world, both the National Academy of Sciences and the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The ACA Just Keeps Getting More and More Popular A new poll concludes the law’s favorability ratings are at record highs. By Dwyer Gunn Earlier today, the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Committing to Local Civic Action Is Something We Should All Be Doing In an era of increasing distrust for governance institutions, we should return to the local level and rebuild… Pacific Standard Staff