Dispatches: On Trump's Decision to Tap Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court
News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.
Dispatches
News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.
Dispatches: Five Essential Reads From the Past Week
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from an interview with Anna Clark on the Flint water crisis to a look at how the Environmental Protection Agency will run under Andrew Wheeler.
Dispatches: Five Essential Reads From the Past Week
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from an introduction to new Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler to a primer on California's upcoming fire season.
Dispatches: Finding Equal Ground in Political Discourse
News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.
Here Are Some of the Most Significant Controversies Surrounding Scott Pruitt
A brief rundown of the scandals that dogged the EPA administrator in the months leading up to his resignation.
Dispatches: Five Essential Reads From the Past Week
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from an interview with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez before her upset victory in New York to a map highlighting how abortion laws differ from state to state.
Dispatches: Five Essential Reads From the Past Week
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a feature story on the perils and possibilities of gene-drive to a photo essay documenting camels—and the people who have kept them—around the world.
Dispatches: Obama's Science Adviser on the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.
Dispatches: Five Essential Reads From the Past Week
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a new cover story on efforts to reintroduce the grizzly to California to a FOIA-based investigation into the Department of the Interior's current priorities.
Dispatches: Five Essential Reads From the Past Week
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a conversation with John Holdren on President Donald Trump's approach to science to a feature on innovative tracking devices and technological solutions to prevent the trafficking of polar bear pelts in Canada.
These Two Museums in Georgia Offer Sharply Different Accounts of Stalin's Legacy
The question of how one society could arrive at such diametrically opposed visions of its own history is one that vexes not just Georgia.
Dispatches: Five Essential Reads From the Past Week
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a feature inside the California Native Plant Society's efforts to save endangered plant species and turn California into a zero-extinction state to an interview with a historian about the fate of ABC's hit Roseanne.
Dispatches: Introducing Our Short-Form News Editor
News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.
Dispatches: Five Essential Reads From the Past Week
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a feature on biochar in the Amazon to an interview with Cornell University professor Jamila Michener on how unstable medicaid programs affect political engagement.
Keeping Up With the Bundys: What Really Happened at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge
A new book with an imperfect narrator demonstrates the benefits—and limits—of taking right-wing extremists at their word.
Objects That Matter: Bears Ears
No other president in the last 50 years has attempted to shrink the national monuments designated by his predecessors.
Dispatches: Five Essential Reads From the Past Week
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from an investigation into toxic Superfund sites to an interview with former George W. Bush ethics lawyer and current Senate hopeful Richard M. Painter.
How Women's Studies Is Helping Rural Teens Fix Their Social Culture
With her pioneering courses, Annie Delgado is filling in the gaps left by more traditional curricula.
Letter From Asbestos, Quebec: Welcome to Asbestos
Touching asbestos doesn't scare Pierrette Théroux, founder of the Asbestos Historical Society. As a child, she woke to dustings of asbestos, fallen overnight like snow.
The Poison in Our Water
As scientists sort out the best way to capture and measure the harmful microfibers that now litter most of the world's freshwater, we have no choice but to keep drinking.
Field Notes: Tigers Cool Off at a Buddhist Temple in Thailand
Kanchanaburi, Thailand: Two tigers cool off at Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Yannasampanno, a Buddhist temple that once doubled as a wildlife refuge. Thai authorities later removed the tigers after allegations of wildlife trafficking.
An Afghan Variety Show on the Bay
Talk shows, live music, and romantic advice: how a quirky television station helps us understand cultural diasporas.
Dispatches: What You Need to Know About Climate Injustice
News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.