Dispatches Premium Dispatches: Creating a Multimedia Site for Our Second-Annual Photo Issue News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors. Varun Nayar
Economics Prison Commerce Goes Digital While most commerce within prisons revolves around food and hygiene products, a recent report found that digital sales are the "future of commissary." Mia Armstrong
News in Brief We’re Hiring a Digital Product Manager Pacific Standard is looking for an experienced product manager—or an editorial leader with a background in Web development—to oversee the magazine's look and feel online. Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief We’re Hiring an Associate Editor to Oversee Short-Form Editorial Strategy Pacific Standard is looking for a digital writer-editor to build and execute an audience-first short-form editorial strategy. Pacific Standard Staff
Social Justice Peace Corps 2.0: The Legacy Institution Must Evolve Into the Digital Age As cybersecurity concerns reach a fever pitch around the globe, the U.S. should expand the Peace Corps mandate to create a new Cyber Peace Corps. Scott Shackelford
News in Brief What Libraries Can Teach Us in Our Fight for Digital Rights As civil society worries about the threat of targeted surveillance, the library provides a critical blueprint for how to tackle the problem. Seeta Peña Gangadharan
News in Brief How the Internet Has Both Helped and Hurt the Homeless A staff attorney for the National Law Center on Homelessness guides Pacific Standard through the pros and cons.… Pacific Standard Staff
Social Justice Shelf Help: ‘Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age’ Our phones are hurting our ability to truly know one another and ourselves. Peter C. Baker
Environment Digital Culture: Celebrating All Shapes and Sizes With the Yogis of Instagram The #curvyyoga movement has attracted tens of thousands of followers who know the activity can be good for everyone. Kira Goldenberg
Economics Disrupt the Banks Why haven't start-ups completely taken over the personal finance industry? Kyle Chayka