News in Brief Former Intelligence Official: Donald Trump’s Conflict With Spy Agencies Creates ‘Dangerous Moment’ Matthew Olsen, a senior national security official in both Democratic and Republican administrations, says the ongoing conflict between… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Steven Mnuchin Is Right—the IRS Is Under-Funded And under-staffed, for that matter. By Dwyer Gunn Steven Mnuchin. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Earlier this week, at… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Once More: What Was Marine Le Pen Doing Getting Coffee at Trump Tower? The objective of last week’s coffee chat is as unclear as Marine Le Pen’s stance on Donald Trump… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Celine Dion, Kiss, and the Totally Epic Soundscape That Trump Won’t Be Hearing at His Inauguration If every artist who was invited to entertain at Trump’s inauguration had accepted, what notes would be ringing… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Which Colleges Deliver True Upward Mobility? It’s not necessarily the schools you’d expect. By Dwyer Gunn (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) On Wednesday, economist Raj Chetty’s… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Searching for Time-Travelers on the Eve of the Trump Inauguration From the National Mall to the DeploraBall, an investigation into whether anyone from the future has come back… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why We Expect the Girl Scouts to Be Progressive A good portion of the Girl Scouts’ history reflects an embrace of a diversity of opinions. By Francie… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Eric Garner’s Killer Will Probably Never Be Indicted And Loretta Lynch’s inaction will have played at least as big a role as Jeff Sessions’ stringent support… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief ‘The Last Frontiers of Wilderness’: Intact Forest Plummets Around the World Intact forest landscapes — large mosaics of ecosystems anchored by forests and unaffected by humans — are on the decline worldwide, according… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Donald Trump’s FDA Could Be Bad for Your Health President-elect Trump’s leading candidates to head the Food and Drug Administration oppose regulations that require drugs to be… Pacific Standard Staff