News in Brief Aetna Just Cut Most of Its Obamacare Plans. How Do We Keep Other Insurers From Bailing? We asked four researchers who study the Affordable Care Act’s public marketplaces. By Francie Diep (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Department of Justice Will End the Use of Private Prisons in America But it won’t solve our country’s incarceration problem. By Jared Keller (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images) The United States… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What the Decriminalization of All Forms of Work Could Mean for Women in Sri Lanka — and Around the… We need to validate the legitimate reasons why individuals, in some cases, consent to what some may regard… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Political Extremism Is No Big Deal to Voters A new study tests the idea that candidates like Cruz, Sanders, Goldwater, and McGovern were too extreme for… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Biking Toward Freedom With the Afghan Women’s National Cycling Team How the bicycle has become a tool for radical activism in Afghanistan. By Deni Ellis Béchard Members of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Could the Answer to Zika Already Be Sitting Behind the Counter at Your CVS? Some FDA-approved drugs, including the anti-depressant Zoloft, might be useful for treating Zika infections. By Michael White (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Universal Basic Income and the New Corporatist Democrats One of the boldest ideas for making Americans more economically secure may finally have a champion. By Alexander… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief California’s Explosive Fires Aren’t Slowing Down The state’s unusually aggressive wildfire forecast remains indefinitely grim. By Madeleine Thomas A firefighter battles the Blue Cut… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The New Election Laws and the Suits Challenging Them Courts are scrambling to rule on state election laws in time for the elections being held later this… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief When We Criminalize Students, It’s African-American Kids Who Suffer the Consequences Zero-tolerance policies were intended to curb the war on drugs in the 1980s. More than 30 years later,… Pacific Standard Staff