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The seeds of the Trump movement were laid more than 50 years before his bid for the White House, after Southern Democrats suffered a series of voter defections.

• By Jared Keller

Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive.

• By Pacific Standard Staff
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"Sticks and stones may break some bones, but harassment can hurt forever."

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The court's decision marks a blow to the Trump administration's efforts to roll back protections for LGBT communities.

• By Kate Wheeling

Meridian, Mississippi, is the latest district to face consequences for disproportionately punishing black students.

• By Lauren Kirchner

The president's recent Task Force on 21st Century Policing had one big omission: historical context. If we are going to reform police behavior, that means recognizing the underpinnings of African-American discrimination in the United States and using it as a launching point for a broader dialogue.

• By Jane Greenway Carr

The rigged economics of race in America, in five studies.

• By Kathleen Geier

The federal government’s vigilance in enforcing the court-backed desegregation of the country’s schools is a shadow of what it once was.

• By Nikole Hannah-Jones

Introducing the January/February 2014 Issue of Pacific Standard.

• By Maria Streshinsky

Could a handful of black women convince other countries that America didn't have a race problem?

• By Lisa Wade