News in Brief Irrigation Nation How an esoteric piece of farm equipment created America’s breadbasket—and threatens to destroy it. By Ted Genoways (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief One Way to Improve Eyewitness Identification: Use the American System Police in the United States might be doing something right, at least compared to their peers in United… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Americans on Both Sides of the Political Spectrum Agree: The Opioid Crisis Is Real The opioid epidemic has cut across income, geography, and other characteristics that often divide Americans. By Francie Diep… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief DNA Dragnet: When Stop-and-Frisk Turns Into Stop-and-Spit Police in Florida and other states are building up private DNA databases, in part by collecting voluntary samples… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Return to Common Conservation Ground How did the Grand Canyon become a partisan issue? By Emily Gallagher Visitors are seen at the Grand… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Field Notes: Kokkrebellur, India A flock of birds takes morning flight over a wheat field in the Indian state of Karnataka. Photograph… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Here’s the Lowdown on Trump’s New Childcare Proposals It’s quite the boon for high-income Americans. By Dwyer Gunn (Photo: Darren McCollester/Getty Images) Earlier this week, at… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Camera Lies—Even When Cops Wear It New research suggests recordings of violent incidents don’t help to clarify whether a police officer’s use of force… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Well-Meaning Bots Duke It Out on Wikipedia Just like Wikipedia’s human editors, automated computer programs designed to combat vandalism and create new pages sometimes end… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief ‘A Small Window of Consciousness’: An Interview With Anuk Arudpragasam Chatting with the Sri Lankan novelist about civil war, art, and memory. By Jeffrey Zuckerman The Temple of… Pacific Standard Staff