Aquà Nos Pertenece
Con su canal a través de Nicaragua, el presidente Daniel Ortega sueña con superar al canal de Panamá. Pero en la aldea de Bangkukuk Taik, y en todo el paÃs, un movimiento de resistencia protege la cultura indÃgena y el medio ambiente, y expone los grandiosos vÃnculos proyecto con un misterioso hombre de negocios chino.
Inside the Resistance Movement Opposing Daniel Ortega's Trans-Nicaragua Canal
With his trans-Nicaragua canal, President Daniel Ortega dreams of outdoing the Panama Canal. But in the village of Bangkukuk Taik, and across the country, a resistance movement is protecting indigenous culture and the environment—and exposing the grandiose project's ties to a mysterious Chinese businessman.
Off the Map: The Problem With FEMA's Flood Maps for the East Coast
In 2013, when FEMA redrew flood maps for the coast of Maine to account for more powerful hurricanes, some of the new high-risk zones were not only inaccurate, but expensive and difficult to correct. Wealthy vacation towns could easily foot the bill, protecting access to development dollars, but many struggling fishing villages could not.
Community Efforts
Five groups successfully fighting addiction in Newark, Ohio, that could serve as a model for others around the country.
A Year in the Heart of the Addiction Crisis in Rust Belt America
The opioids are here, and meth is resurgent. When it's easier than ever to rationalize the first hit, and the options are limitless, even a community-wide effort might not be enough to stop the overdoses.
PS Picks: The National Trust for Historic Preservation's 'Preservation Personals' Feature
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.
Reinventing the Special Olympics
Moving from a segregated to a unified model is a major shift for the 50-year-old organization. But do the new changes go far enough?
PS Picks: HBO's Adaptation of Elena Ferrante's 'My Brilliant Friend'
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.
The Limits of Home Cooking
A richly reported new book offers powerful insights into the cooking habits—and daily struggles—of working-class Americans.
How Health Insurers, Big Pharma, and Slanted Science Are Ruining Good Mental Health Care
In Saving Talk Therapy, Enrico Gnaulati argues that in-depth, long-term, interpersonal psychotherapy remains one of the best tools for alleviating emotional suffering.
PS Picks: Wendy Guerra's 'Revolution Sunday'
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.
Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married
In Duped, Abby Ellin explores what people need from each other, and the lies and suspensions of disbelief that sometimes help them get it.
Objects That Matter: Milk
In 2009, researchers found that cows with names produce more milk, confirming the quaint Wisconsin dairy adage, "Speak to a cow as you would to a lady."
PS Picks: Josie Rourke's 'Mary Queen of Scots'
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.
Author and Illustrator MariNaomi Examines the Lives of Complex Characters
We spoke to MariNaomi about what she recommends reading, watching, and listening to.
Yoga Mats in the Squad Room
Can a trendy, pop-psychology cottage industry actually improve the culture of the police and military?
Quilt Trip
The Social Justice Sewing Academy is teaching an old form of social media to a new generation of marginalized students.
When the Levee Breaks: A New Approach to Managing Rivers
Hamilton City leads California in a new approach to managing rivers.
Montana's Dark Money Detective
Jonathan Motl waged a fierce campaign against unaccountable election spending in the Big Sky state. His work carries lessons for other governments grappling with the same scourge.
Field Notes: The Results of the Largest Machine Gun Event in the U.S.
Louisville, Kentucky: Gun enthusiasts examine the wreckage at the largest machine gun event in the United States, held at the Knob Creek Gun Range, just south of the city.
Letter From Sapelo Island, Georgia: The Last Surviving Gullah Community
Former slaves set up the community of Hog Hammock so that, separated from the mainland, they could farm, raise livestock, and preserve elements of their African heritage, including the English Creole/African Gullah dialect.
Field Notes: Racing Horses on Montana's Crow Reservation
Crow Reservation, Montana: In Big Horn County, people watch a horse race during the 99th annual Crow Fair, one of the longest-running Native American gatherings in the United States.
Letter From Pawling, New York: An Afternoon at Nuclear Lake
A secluded, Edenic lake just a mile off the Appalachian Trail was once the site of a fight in which locals tried hard to keep people away from what they believed to be an environmental menace. Were they right to?
Field Notes: A Makeshift Village Outside of a Major Tin Mining Site
Kabare Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo: The settlements at the Kachuba mining site in South Kivu.
Letter From the Yukon Territory: A Rare Case of River Piracy Threatens an Entire Community
For the people who live along Canada's Kluane Lake, it doesn't matter whether the Slims River was the first or the 10th or the 100th river to be stolen by climate change.
Field Notes: Preparing for a Women's Soccer Match in Tanzania
Jumbi, Zanzibar, Tanzania: The Green Queens warm up ahead of a match. Men on the island have long resisted women's presence on the field, but a small cadre is challenging traditional gender norms.
Medical Marijuana Saves Lives
Workers may be using marijuana instead of alcohol and other, more dangerous, substances.
Overheard: The Conversation, in Context
"Verizon has always reserved the right to limit data throughput on unlimited plans."
Gains for Gene Drives
Just because we have CRISPR doesn't necessarily mean we should use it.
Can Tighter Packaging Lower Sperm Counts?
A new study isn't enough to resolve decades of debate, even if many media outlets reported it that way.
The Importance of Drug Jargon
People prefer "overdose prevention site" to "safe consumption site."
Not All Surveillance Is Created Equal
We're all being watched, but immigrants are among the most vulnerable to surveillance.
The Next 10 Years of Pacific Standard
A letter from the editor on the evolution of our magazine.