News in Brief Viewfinder: A Kite Festival in France People fly kites during the 32nd International Kite Festival at the beach of Berck-sur-Mer, northern France, on April 18th, 2018. Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Viewfinder: A Whale Washes Ashore in Northern Mexico People look at a dead grey whale washed ashore at Maria Martha beach on September 12th, 2017, in the Rosarito, Baja California state of Northwestern Mexico. Pacific Standard Staff
Social Justice This Last of Meeting Places Confronting our mortality with vague metaphors, religious glosses, and computer analogies. Colin Dickey