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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.
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.
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.
Since We Last Spoke: More Evidence of the Benefits of Depo-Provera
Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive.
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.
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.
Since We Last Spoke: A Tool to Tackle Sexual Assault on College Campuses
Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive.
In Fairmont City, a Long History of Industry and Immigrants
"This is where we make our living. This is how we live."
PS Picks: Kaitlin Prest’s Radiotopia Podcast ‘The Heart’
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.