News in Brief Hurricane Matthew Is Florida’s Worst-Case Scenario Fueled by a record-warm ocean, Matthew is a storm unlike any yet seen in some parts of the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief When News Really Does Happen to an Editor How ProPublica’s top editor failed to recognize that his personal experience with a mysterious bank fee was part… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Hacking Democracy The voting system we have in place now does not inspire a great deal of confidence in the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Californians Stopped Saving So Much Water This Summer … even though the state is still in drought. It’s just not in a record-busting drought like it… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief There’s an Upside to the Recklessness of Youth Nothing ventured, nothing gained, according to the teenage brain. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images) Teenagers:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Global Extreme Poverty Rates Continue to Decline But the World Bank thinks more needs to be done to address inequality. By Dwyer Gunn (Chart: World Bank)… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Climate Change Is Threatening to Exterminate the Wayúu People In northeastern Colombia, corruption, climate change, and coal mining have collided to unleash a fatal drought. By Daniel… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Are Technology Companies Really Driving the Gig Economy? Silicon Valley takes credit for transforming the U.S. economy. New research paints a more complicated picture. By Jared… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Is Trump’s Ostentatious Lifestyle Part of His Appeal? A political scientist compares the Donald to the Great Gatsby. By Tom Jacobs From left: Leonardo DiCaprio as… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief ‘Loan Repayment Should Not Be a Life Sentence’ A New Jersey commission is making moves to reform the state’s student loan agency, one small step toward… Pacific Standard Staff