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Over 100 members of Congress refused their paychecks in solidarity with unpaid workers.

A Pacific Standard analysis reveals the only other time a new Congress has introduced so many gun-control bills was in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting.

The speech was once useful for setting legislative agendas, but the digital age has made it a mostly useless spectacle.

There's reason to believe Trump's willingness to freeze worker pay might have created a rift that can't be fixed.

There are significant differences between what the Democratic and Republican parties hope to see the government address in 2019.

The study pinpoints a particular area and time period where climate change had a profound impact: countries affected by the Arab Spring between 2010 and 2012.

That membership dropped only slightly is somewhat surprising given how unfriendly the current administration is to organized labor.

A new report highlights how little progress the country has made in addressing racial wealth inequality.

Pre-trial detention hurts defendants and taxpayers.

The magazine's demise signals the further erosion of conservatism as a coherent ideology—and its replacement by a Trump personality cult.

A new report argues that the biggest driver of wage stagnation is a decline in workers' power.

A new report looks at the concept of a federal job guarantee—and who might be helped and hurt by such a program.

New CDC data suggests suicide is becoming more commonplace in America.

Here's what that means for policymaking in the U.S.

The rent and mortgage payments are still too damn high.

Voters consistently rank health care as one of the most important issues in this election.

Pacific Standard is looking for a data editor to join our investigations desk and produce data visualizations and interactives that help tell complicated stories in the public interest.

Over 8,000 beneficiaries lost coverage in the last two months.

The media outlets focused on climate change are centered in areas where the actual effects of climate change generally haven't become tangible.

A new report from The Hamilton Project refutes claims that immigrants are ruining native-born Americans' job prospects and driving up crime rates.

New research from the Federal Reserve concludes the economic recovery hasn't produced much wealth for most Americans.

Once preschool was made free, maternal labor force participation increased.

But progress on some measures has slowed.

A new report released by the Brookings Institution finds the safety net is not just for low-income folks anymore.