News in Brief Our Best Social Justice Stories From This Past Year The most important reads from our coverage of human to housing rights and everything in between. By Kate… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Twenty-Four Pieces That We Wish We Had Published in 2016 Stories from the past year that we admired or coveted, chosen by the Pacific Standard staff. By Ted… Pacific Standard Staff
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News in Brief Can a Cat Make a Community? Animals bring people together—and more sociologists should study them. By Lisa Wade Minou. (Photo: Lisa Wade) Last month my… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief It All Starts With a Doodle: Behind the Scenes With Our Creative Director Pacific Standard’s art director reflects on some of her favorite graphics from the print magazine in 2016. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Rise of the Euroskeptic To survive, the European Union may need to listen to its own naysayers. By Luis Martin-Estudillo A Vote… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Inside New York City’s Unique Police Task Force Dedicated to Hate Crimes For decades, a hate crimes task force has been on the case in New York. But even that… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief It’s Time for California to Compensate Sterilization Patients As many as 20,000 people were sterilized in California under eugenics laws that remained on the books until… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Will Donald Trump Put an End to NASA’s Climate Research Mission? NASA does more than explore other planets; it studies our own. Agency scientists worry Donald Trump will abort… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Our Best Education Stories From This Past Year The most important reads from our coverage of K-12, collegiate, and international education. By Elena Gooray (Photo: Joe… Pacific Standard Staff