Magazine Archives

PS Picks: ‘Ocean’s 8’ and Other Upcoming Female-Led Films

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Kristina Kutateli

Letter From Mancos, Colorado: Seeking Sanctuary in Trump Country

Even under the hardline policies of President Donald Trump—which resulted in a 25 percent increase in deportation arrests from 2016 to 2017—ICE officers largely avoid churches, mosques, and synagogues.

Krista Langlois

Inside the Theater of Complicity

In SupremacyLand, visitors are forced to examine how they respond to overt expressions of racial bigotry.

Suzanne Cope

Air Pollution Linked to Delinquent Behavior Among Children

Underprivileged kids growing up in congested cities must overcome many handicaps; this study suggests one of them is the very air they breathe.

Tom Jacobs

PS Picks: The American Black Film Festival

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Kristina Kutateli

Field Notes: A Scene From Pyarpur, India

Pyarpur, India: In Jharkhand, one of the poorest states in India, gangs recruit young boys for work as robbers across the country.

Pacific Standard Staff

Since We Last Spoke: More Evidence of the Benefits of Depo-Provera

Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive.

Pacific Standard Staff

Field Notes: A Controlled Avalanche in Southern Switzerland

Arbaz, Switzerland: A controlled avalanche, started with dynamite, slides down a mountain in the Swiss canton of Valais.

Pacific Standard Staff

Surviving Racism

A Native writer struggling against the ignorance of white culture finds that her stories are her lifeline, her wounds are her power, and though the scales have been weighted against her in almost every way, there are many reasons to survive.

Terese Marie Mailhot

Since We Last Spoke: A Tool to Tackle Sexual Assault on College Campuses

Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive.

Pacific Standard Staff