News in Brief Study Shows Obamacare Has Truly Made a Difference New research finds big increases in both the rate of insured people and their self-reported health. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief Taking Stock of Racial Progress During Obama’s Presidency A new report from the National Urban League takes score of how African Americans and Hispanics fared under Obama, and offers a look at what’s to come. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief The Ghosts of Government Shutdowns Past With the potential of a government shutdown looming, here’s a primer on the shutdowns of years past. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief Senate Intelligence Committee Finds No Evidence for Surveillance of Trump Tower The chairmen of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence issued a joint statement today on President Donald Trump’s… Pacific Standard Staff
Issue #55: March/April 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Primer 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… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief ICE Officials Arrested an Immigrant Protected by Obama‘s Executive Order It’s still unclear if ICE officials meant to arrest a DACA participant last week, but it could be… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Effectiveness of Obama’s Oratory Barack Obama will long stand out among contemporary presidents for the strength of his speeches, especially since he… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief In the End, Was Obama’s Signature Program for Struggling Schools a Failure? In some places, yes. One expert explains what that means for the federal government’s approach to school reform.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What Obama Meant to Black Millennials Among young voters who share the former president’s skin tone, Obama emerges as an unlikely figure who affirmed… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Sixty-Seven Numbers That Define the Obama Era Health care, drone strikes, and a shrinking unemployment rate: a look at the figures that will define Obama’s legacy—for better and worse. Jared Keller