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The Reluctant Activist’s Guide to Protest
These days, if you're feeling like turning your anger into action, you're hardly alone. Here's what history has to teach you.
Seven Things You Would Have Learned If You Had Been Reading PSmag.com Recently
If illegal immigrants left the workforce, America’s gross domestic product would drop by 3 percent over the next…
Letter From the Editor: Our Commitment to Readers
Introducing Pacific Standard's March/April 2017 issue.
In the Picture: Ankle Deep in Okinawa, Japan
In every print issue, we fix our gaze on an everyday photograph and chase down facts about details in the frame.
There’s a Name for That: Jevons Paradox
The 19th-century British economist Stanley Jevons predicted—correctly—that the invention of more-efficient steam engines would lead to more coal getting burned.
ADHD Kids, Homeless Adults?
New research adds an unexpected predictor of homelessness to an already-lengthy list.
Smells Like Teen Spirit—for Justice
There's plenty of (scientific) reason to believe that teenagers aren't nearly as shallow as we often assume.