News in Brief Vendors Chosen to Build Concrete-Based Border Wall Prototypes Customs and Border Patrol has selected four companies to build prototypes of a concrete-based wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Morgan Baskin
News in Brief Trump Doubles Down on Claim Mexico Will Pay for Border Wall The remarks came on the tail end of a tense volley between Trump and the Mexican government. Morgan Baskin
Issue #58: August/September 2017 Letter From the Editor Magazine Premium Previous Issues Primer Letter From the Editor: Concrete Results Introducing Pacific Standard's August/September 2017 issue. Nicholas Jackson
News in Brief Border Agency to Kick Off Building Trump’s Wall Through a National Wildlife Refuge in Texas Construction on the wall was not expected to begin until January. T. Christian Miller & Kiah Collier