News in Brief American Medical Association Endorses Proposals to Curb Gun Violence The American Medical Association came out in support of a slew of progressive proposals to curb gun violence on Tuesday. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief How Celebrity Deaths Reveal the Hidden Threat of Suicide Contagion Can an increase in the volume of suicide contagions potentially explain the steady rise in self-harm across all demographic sectors of society? Jared Keller
Expert Reactions News in Brief What Constitutional and Election Law Professors Are Saying About the Supreme Court’s Ohio Voter Purge Ruling Are other states poised to follow Ohio's lead? Rebecca Worby
News in Brief Viewfinder: Anti-Brexit Demonstrators Gather Outside Britain’s Houses of Parliament A man bangs a drum as anti-Brexit demonstrators gather outside the Houses of Parliament on June 11th, 2018, in London, England. Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief When Henry Clay Led the #Resistance To get a sense of the quandary facing the Democratic Party, look back two centuries, to the plight of the short-lived National Republican Party. Seth Masket
News in Brief Viewfinder: Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un Impersonators Have a Summit of Their Own Kim Jong-un impersonator Howard X and Donald Trump impersonator Dennis Alan pose for photographers during a visit to the famous Merlion Park on June 8th, 2018 in Singapore. Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Week in Photos Guatemala’s Death Toll Rises as the Fuego Volcano Continues to Erupt (in Photos) Guatemala struggles to recover from its most severe volcanic eruption in 45 years. Ashley Hackett
News in Brief The ACA Is Under Fire Again The Trump administration announced Thursday it would not defend the Affordable Care Act in court against a lawsuit filed last year by 20 states. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief News on Scary Subjects Gets More Negative as It Spreads New research finds reintroducing objective facts into the conversation doesn't mitigate this effect. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief The Malleable Conflicts of Interest in State Legislature Rules In many states, laws and ethics rules allow representatives to advance bills that would benefit their own financial interests. Decca Muldowney