The Touch of Madness
Culture profoundly shapes our ideas about mental illness, which is something psychologist Nev Jones knows all too well.
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You’ve Got Braille
India's first English-language lifestyle magazine in Braille is bringing quizzes, fashion stories, and inspirational profiles to the biggest blind population in the world.
Letter From the Editor: Where Culture Meets Conscience
Introducing Pacific Standard's October 2017 issue.
The Girl Gangs of El Salvador
Joining a gang seemed like the best way to evade violence for women in El Salvador, but in many cases it only put them more squarely in danger.
The Origins of the Women’s Self-Defense Movement
In her new book, martial artist Wendy Rouse digs into the history of women fighting back.
Engineering the End of Malaria
Intellectual Ventures has put some of the profits from licensing patents into developing breakthrough health-care technologies that nobody else has been able to pursue.
PS Picks: ‘Sour Heart,’ a Book of Short Stories Exploring Race, Class, and Identity
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.
Derailing Stereotypes of Masculinity, Queerness, and Gang Violence
In her new book, Vanessa Panfil offers a detailed and nuanced portrayal of homosexual life among gangs in Ohio.
Musician Jenny Hval on Feminism and the Body as a Political Space
We spoke to Jenny Hval about what she recommends reading, watching, and listening to.