November/December 2015
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The View From Your Ivory Tower
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The Future of Work: This Is Your Job in 20 Years
World-famous scientists, CEOs, academics, and journalists on what to fear—and what to celebrate—in the new labor economy.
Contributors: Meet Some of the People Behind Our Latest Print Issue
More on Maria Konnikova, Michael Fitzgerald, Rachel Nuwer, Aaron Turner, and Liz Greenspan—and how they reported their latest Pacific Standard stories.
If the Police Don't Kill Me, a Lifetime of Preparing for Them to Just Might
Even perfection might not be enough.
Research Spotlight: Linda Harasim
Learning theorist and professor at Simon Fraser University.
Five Studies: Mental Health Courts Are Finding Their Footing
Can judges work with psychiatrists to help solve mass incarceration?
Social Networking: Letters and Other Responses to Past Stories
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History From Behind the Green Line
A military historian and former Israeli soldier argues that Israel's occupation of disputed territories is among the cruelest in history.
What Mental Health Courts Are Teaching Us About Rehabilitation
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
Western Cattlemen Square Off Against 60,000 Mustangs
Can wild horses co-exist with ranchers and their grazing cows?
Can Wild Horses and Ranchers Co-Exist?
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
Research Gone Wild: Looking Good
Are unattractive women more likely to identify as bisexual?
Shelf Help: 'Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories'
Conspiracy thinking represents a heightening of cognitive tendencies shared by almost everyone.
There's a Name for Why We Give Too Much Weight to the Opinions of Others
And it's called equality bias.
Brown as Dirt
How the language of racism is related to the language of cleanliness—even to this day.
Journalism's New Reality
Immersive journalism uses virtual reality to insert viewers directly into the story—potentially revolutionizing how reporters and activists do their work.
The Social Justice League
Did the age of progressive politics in American comics really end in the 1990s?
How Virtual Reality Is Revolutionizing the Role of Activists
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
Could You Pass the New GED Test?
In 2014, the GED Testing Service rolled out a new assessment meant to measure not just high school equivalency but also career- and college-readiness skills. The questions below are designed to be very similar to those you might find on a GED exam today.
Making the Case for a Good-Enough Diploma
Common Core and big business have combined to make the lot of the upwardly mobile high school dropout even more dire.