Magazine Archives

PS Picks: ‘No Man’s Land: Women’s Photography and the First World War’

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.

Angela Serratore

The Next 10 Years of Pacific Standard

A letter from the editor on the evolution of our magazine.

Nicholas Jackson

Objects That Matter: The Prison Uniform

Women wore, and sometimes designed, their own clothes in California prisons until the 1990s, when the state began issuing uniforms to its female inmates.

Libby Rainey

Oceti Sakowin Camp, the main water protector campsite located just to the North of Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Reservation on Highway 1806, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on October 27th, 2016.

Behind the Scenes: A Note From the Newsroom

On the making of our feature story concerning the deadly business of building oil and gas pipelines.

Max Ufberg

The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States

A nervous storm cloud of historical might-have-beens—a fitting companion to our age of diffuse paranoia.

Peter C. Baker

Letter From Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Inside a Safe House for Ethiopian Women

Set off of one of Addis Ababa's main streets is a secret, self-enclosed village. In that village, girls like Raissa—some as young as 11 years old—fleeing bride abduction, early marriage, and other harmful practices have found a refuge.

Annie Hylton

How to Rewrite a Region’s Story

In one of the poorest areas of the country, public schools are driving economic transformation.

Dwyer Gunn

Field Notes: Outside a Rally for Myanmar’s National League for Democracy

Yangon, Myanmar: In 2015, a week before general elections, people attend a rally for politician Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy.

Pacific Standard Staff

PS Picks: A New ‘Halloween,’ as Fresh as the Original

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.

Angela Serratore

The Colorado River is seen at the bottom of the Grand Canyon on April 20th, 2018.

Letter From Phantom Ranch: Meet the Man Who Lives at the Bottom of the Grand Canyon

Sjors Horstman has spent the last 30 years of his life at the bottom of the Grand Canyon as a volunteer for the National Park Service—one of the longest-serving volunteers in NPS history.

Jessi Phillips