News in Brief The Funniest (and Most Confusing?) Anti-Trump Ad of the 2016 Campaign A small liberal PAC is hoping to woo disaffected Millennial voters with a new advertisement—starring ISIS, Miley Cyrus,… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Dreams That Haunt Afghans Around the World A story from inside an attack in Kabul shows us how Afghans are forced to remember what Americans… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Nature of Human Violence A new study looks at the question of how much our branch of the evolutionary tree contributes to… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Ingrained Sexism Helps Explain Why Evangelicals Support Trump New research finds evangelical Protestants — especially Republicans — are highly biased against female political leaders. By Tom Jacobs Liberty University students… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The First Presidential Debate: A War of Pretty Much Anything But Words Policies and facial contortions aside, an overnight analysis of debate transcripts shows surprisingly few differences in the words… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Presidential Movies: A Flattery Scale Last month’s Southside With You joins a long line of fawning narratives about American presidents — a list that offers… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Things Are (Sort of) Getting Better for LGBT Students Despite historically high acceptance of LGBT Americans, schools are still slow to adapt. By Jared Keller (Photo: Ozan… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Which Voters Show Up When States Allow Early Voting? One-third of voters took advantage of early voting options in 2012. But does so-called convenience voting increase turnout… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Can Plant Blindness Be Cured? In a new review study, researchers examine why people, including conservationists, tend to be biased against plants, and… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Since We Last Spoke: Bailing Out Granny New twists on past stories. By Michael Fitzgerald (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) For years, the Obama administration seemed… Pacific Standard Staff