News in Brief Trump vs. Clinton: On Trump’s Assault Allegations (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images; Pacific Standard) As expected, Donald Trump was forced to address the mounting pile of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump vs. Clinton: Trump’s Plan Means Huge Breaks for the Rich (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images; Pacific Standard) On now to the part of the debate every voter pretends to… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump vs. Clinton: Donald Trump Thinks Getting to Know Putin Would Be Good (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images; Pacific Standard) Yeah it would! Another debate, more pro-Putin rhetoric. Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump vs. Clinton: What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About Immigration (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images; Pacific Standard) When questioned on immigration, Donald Trump returned to his usual trope of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump vs. Clinton: Immigration, Once More (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images; Pacific Standard) “We either have a border, or we don’t.” —Donald Trump, just now.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump vs. Clinton: Dead Kids Are Not a Good Argument (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images; Pacific Standard) In a short discussion on gun control, Hillary Clinton took the ready-made… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump vs. Clinton: Enough With the ‘Chicago’ Argument (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images; Pacific Standard) Donald Trump once again just cited violence in Chicago in his argument… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Social Exclusion Breeds Conspiratorial Thinking New research provides a possible clue as to why so many Donald Trump supporters believe outlandish things. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Donald Trump’s Brilliant Manipulation of the Science of Group Conflict Academics have identified five beliefs that motivate people to initiate group conflict. Trump’s campaign rhetoric deftly mobilizes all… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Two Very Different Ways for Campaigns to Respond to Sexual Assault Allegations There’s a reason the allegations against Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was running for governor of California didn’t hurt… Pacific Standard Staff