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Field Notes: Morning at the Buriganga River in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Momin Mohammad, a leather worker, brushes his teeth by a canal near his home in the city's polluted Hazaribagh neighborhood. Each day, tanneries dump 22,000 liters of toxic waste into the Buriganga, the capital city's main river and key water supply.

Pacific Standard Staff

Teaching the Art of Reading in the Digital Era

As the art of close reading has declined, a cohort of experts has emerged to reverse the trend and encourage stronger reading habits.

James McWilliams

When Talking of Future Financial Success, Do Fraternities Offer a Leg Up for Male Students?

Researchers found fraternity membership lowers a student's grade-point average by 0.25 points (on a four-point scale), but increases future income by 36.2 percent.

Tom Jacobs

Commercialization and Far Right Youth Culture in Germany

Sociologist Cynthia Miller-Idriss argues how brands sneak past German laws against Nazi symbols while building a community among customers.

Peter C. Baker

Objects That Matter: Biodegradable Bullets

The Pentagon has paid more than $42 billion to clean up contaminated sites—mostly to private contractors—with little evidence of improvements, a ProPublica investigation found.

Kate Wheeling

Could Managed Consumption Be a Better Form of Treatment for Alcoholism?

Managed alcohol programs, which provide homeless alcoholics with housing and small amounts of booze, may seem counterintuitive, but they fit squarely within a philosophy of addiction treatment known as harm reduction—and they're working.

Sasha Chapin

How America Uses Digital Tools to Punish Its Poor

A new book argues that America uses digital tools to sequester and punish its poorest citizens. But can we really blame technology?

Peter C. Baker

Field Notes: An Abandoned Forest in Eastern Tanzania

John Mganga walks through a forest at night near his former workplace, the Amani Hill Research Station.

Pacific Standard Staff

Bryan Stevenson on What Well-Meaning White People Need to Know About Race

An interview with Harvard University-trained public defense lawyer Bryan Stevenson on racial trauma, segregation, and listening to marginalized voices.

James McWilliams

The Underground Punks of Yangon

In Myanmar, a thriving punk scene has emerged in response to an authoritarian government.

Michael Isaac Stein