New America, Old America, and Holding the Ground for Multilingual Learners
Even in difficult political times, dual language learners are making progress in some states. By Janie T. Carnock…
What the World Needs Now Is Climate-Conscious Cohorts
Germany, Canada, and California need to act together to combat climate change. By Deborah Gordon Angela Merkel and…
Extracting Signal From the Noise
It’s the key to getting through college (and life). By Emily Weiss (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) As if…
How Many Americans Are Behind Bars for No Good Reason?
Lots, according to a new report. By Jared Keller (Photo: Thomas Hawk/Flickr) It’s an undisputed fact that the…
How Perez Hilton Set the Stage for Kanye West’s Medical-Records Breach
Electronic medical records made it easy to both peep and catch peepers at confidential patient information. By Francie…
Where People Don’t Believe in Global Warming
Americans seem to conflate local temperatures with global trends, researchers find. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Khuroshvili Ilya/Flickr) The…
Beyond the Helpless Victim: How the Media Portrays Women in Conflict Zones
Prominent media outlets represent the scale of a conflict’s violence through the injury and death of women, but…
A New Review, Funded by Food Companies, Calls Recommended Sugar Limits Untrustworthy
This isn’t the first time a company has paid for university scientists to write a review, which are…
African Americans Are Three Times More Likely to Be Killed by Police
One more dive into the statistics on race and police killings. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Yana Paskova/Getty Images)…
A Conversation With the Researcher Behind the Latest Study on Racial Disparities in Police Killings
Pacific Standard spoke with James Buehler about his research, which shows black and Hispanic men are indeed more…