The two pardoned turkeys, Peas and Carrots, will spend the rest of their lives at a farm after the annual Thanksgiving presidential tradition.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A federal judge in San Francisco has issued an injunction against the Trump administration, temporarily suspending the administration's policy of denying asylum to migrants caught crossing the southern border illegally.

• By Jack Herrera

Police fire tear gas and use water cannons to disperse Sinhala extremist monks from Bodu Bala Sena on November 19th, 2018, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Advocates argue that asylum seekers aren't just fleeing domestic abuse—they're fleeing gender-based violence.

• By Jack Herrera

What research tells us about the impact of climate change, forest management, and more on California's fires.

• By Emily Moon

A lack of scientific literacy is correlated with undue fears around genetic modification, chemicals, and common food production techniques.

• By Emma Sarappo

After some striking defeats in the mid-term elections, California's Republican leadership must recalibrate.

• By Seth Masket

Honduran caravan members look through the fence at the United States–Mexico border wall at Friendship Park in San Ysidro, California, on November 18th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Nearly two weeks after Election Day, we still don't know who will join the historic 116th Congress in every district.

• By Emma Sarappo

Amid hazardous air conditions in California, farm management is turning away volunteers attempting to hand out masks to farmworkers.

• By Jack Herrera

Scientists revise results on a major climate study, Trump supports criminal justice reform, and palm oil production threatens orangutan habitat.

• By Rebecca Worby

An investigation by Pacific Standard and the Guardian revealed the full extent to which Ryan Zinke's Department of the Interior favored industry over conservation.

• By Rebecca Worby

Attorneys oversee the ballot process at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Warehouse on November 15th, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Florida.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

To keep up crop production, farmers must continue to adjust to a warming climate.

• By Emily Moon

A climate activist is arrested after spray-painting on the gates outside the Houses of Parliament on November 14th, 2018, in London, England.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

By the morning after Election Day, America knew the number of women in the House of Representatives would hit historic highs. Could the Senate and governors' mansions, too?

• By Francie Diep

Since Democrats gained a majority in the House during the mid-term elections, they've been expected to focus on climate change mitigation and preparation.

• By Francie Diep

A member of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee discusses the retaliation prisoners face when fighting for their rights.

• By Arvind Dilawar

President Donald Trump lights a "diya," or oil lamp, as Indian Ambassador to the United States Navtej Singh Sarna looks on during a Diwali ceremony at the White House on November 13th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

City, state, tribal, and other law enforcement agencies reported more than 7,000 hate crimes to the FBI in 2017, according to numbers the FBI released on Tuesday.

• By Francie Diep

Here's what that means for policymaking in the U.S.

• By Seth Masket

A Vietnam War veteran points to names of fallen soldiers on the wall of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., on November 12th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Palestinians run for cover from tear gas during clashes near the border between Israel and Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on November 9th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Record-high temperatures continue to exacerbate fire, drought, and other negative weather patterns around the world.

• By Emma Sarappo