News in Brief Courts Block Trump’s Newest Travel Ban Federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland temporarily blocked parts of the White House’s newest travel and refugee ban… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Most Americans Support Rehabilitation Over Jail Time Roughly 11 million people cycle through the 3,283 local jails across the United States every year. Most of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Egypt’s Release of Hosni Mubarak Is a Symbolic Blow to Democracy Six years later, Egyptians still suffer from many of the same grievances that led to the dictator’s ouster,… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Federal Fuel-Efficiency Rules Help Fight Climate Change Research suggests passenger-car standards work well to lower countries’ emissions. By Francie Diep A motorist fills his car… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why It’s Counterproductive to Call Someone Smart When it comes to how we learn, much of what we think we know is, in fact, wrong.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Climate Change Has ‘Permanently’ Changed the Great Barrier Reef Scientists speculate that the era of never-ending global coral bleaching may have already arrived, decades early. By Eric… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why Are Asian Americans Missing From Our Textbooks? Ethnic studies classes are slowly gaining traction in elementary and secondary education, but Asian Americans still remain largely… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Saving Lives by Predicting Global Drought Drought has long been hard to predict, but new research will now help forecasters develop early warnings. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Viewfinder: Building Custom Bikes in Indonesia A customer pays Ruswendi (left) at his bicycle workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 15th, 2017. (Photo: Bay… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Hawaii Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order on Trump’s Travel Ban Hours before the latest iteration of President Donald Trump’s travel order was set to go into effect, a… Pacific Standard Staff