Civil Rights Act
Does the Civil Rights Act Ban Discrimination Against LGBT People? The Supreme Court Plans to Decide.
For a trio of anti-LGBT discrimination cases, the issue revolves around the meaning of one word: sex.
How Racial Animosity Helped Republicans Take Control of the Post-Civil Rights South
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.
Since We Last Spoke: The End of Locker-Room Talk as We Know It
Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive.
Overheard: The Conversation, in Context
"Sticks and stones may break some bones, but harassment can hurt forever."
A Federal Appeals Court Rules That the Civil Rights Act Protects Gay Employees
The court's decision marks a blow to the Trump administration's efforts to roll back protections for LGBT communities.
The Justice Department Compares the School-to-Prison Pipeline to Racial Segregation
Meridian, Mississippi, is the latest district to face consequences for disproportionately punishing black students.
Real-Life Stories of Race and Policing
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.
Inequality in Black and White
The rigged economics of race in America, in five studies.
Hundreds of School Districts Have Been Ignoring Desegregation Orders
The federal government’s vigilance in enforcing the court-backed desegregation of the country’s schools is a shadow of what it once was.
Introducing the January/February 2014 Issue of Pacific Standard
Introducing the January/February 2014 Issue of Pacific Standard.
How the First African American Flight Attendants Were Hired
Could a handful of black women convince other countries that America didn't have a race problem?