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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has announced what he's calling a transparency rule.

Environment

The Department of Justice Asks That a Federal Court Throw Out a Lawsuit Claiming the EPA Is Violating Ethics Guidelines

The policy excludes EPA grant recipients from serving on external advisory committees, with the aim of limiting conflicts of interests.

Candace Butera

The Lede, Issue #6: Political Season Heats Up, Natural Disasters Over the Last Decade, the Cost of Drugs, and More

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Pacific Standard Staff

The word bad is written on the end of a machine grade bar of steel at the Pacific Machinery & Tool Steel Company on March 6th, 2018 in Portland, Oregon.

Economics

What Happened the Last Time the U.S. Imposed Steel Tariffs?

Nothing good.

William Hauk

Donald Trump waves to supporters in Roanoke, Virginia, on September 24th, 2016.

News in Brief

Regions With More Neurotic People Supported Trump and Brexit

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers link voting trends to a specific personality trait.

Tom Jacobs

Staffers and supporters react as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton concedes the presidential election at the New Yorker Hotel on November 9, 2016 in New York City. Republican candidate Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election in the early hours of the morning in a widely unforeseen upset.

News in Brief

The Lingering Anguish of the Clinton Voter

Donald Trump has succeeded in making blue-state America miserable again.

Tom Jacobs

A man is searched while being in-processed at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement center on April 28th, 2010, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Social Justice

The Trump Administration Is Failing to Uphold Its Commitments to Vietnamese Refugees

An Asian-American rights group sued ICE last week over heightened detentions of Vietnamese—detainments that also threaten to undermine American credibility abroad.

Massoud Hayoun

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: "If you're not doing something in this time in this country, then you aren't a part of us."

Making a Run for It: Meet Some of the First-Time Female Candidates Running for Office in the Wake of the Trump Presidency

The underrepresentation of women in government is not just bad for women; it's bad for democracy.

Megan Kimble

Flanked by other House Democrats, U.S. Representative Betty McCollum, center, speaks as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi listens during a news conference about the Confederate flag on July 9th, 2015, in Washington, D.C.

Environment

What Would a Democratic House Do to Protect Our Environment?

A chat with Democratic Representative Betty McCollum of Minnesota.

David M. Perry

News in Brief

Here’s How a Responsible GOP Might Behave

For an alternate party response to an unsavory candidate's nomination, look to the actions taken by Colorado Republicans during the 2010 governor's race.

Seth Masket