News in Brief Trump’s Latest Executive Order Is Neither ‘Pro-Jobs’ nor ‘Pro-Environment’ President Donald Trump appears set to sign an executive order today dismantling the Clean Power Plan, the President… Kate Wheeling
News in Brief This Week in Controversial Environmental Laws Two important regulations dealing with environmental protection and science are expected to move through the federal government this… Francie Diep
News in Brief Why Are White Americans Dying Off? Check These Charts In 2015, Nobel economics laureate Angus Deaton and renowned economics professor Anne Case published a disturbing diagnosis for… Jared Keller
News in Brief What Trump’s Health-Care Loss Means for Obama’s Legacy It seems Americans are OK with the Affordable Care Act after all. By Jared Keller (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Republicans Pull Their Obamacare Replacement From Consideration President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan have decided not to continue considering the American Health Care… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What It’s Like When Your Federal Agency Disappears Robert Cook-Deegan felt a shudder of recognition when he saw the news earlier this month that the White… Francie Diep
News in Brief What Trump’s Budget Means for America’s Opioid Epidemic Last week, President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled its “blueprint budget“— a less-detailed version of the budget it’ll eventually send… Francie Diep
News in Brief Undocumented Criminals Are Not the Enemy Just because the government says someone’s a “bad hombre” doesn’t mean we should allow police to kidnap them.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Guide to Treason 2.0 How the Constitution could cover cyber attacks. Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza
News in Brief The Building Blocks for Trump’s Border Wall Are Being Laid The Trump administration solicits bids for first $600 million of work on a wall whose total cost no… Pacific Standard Staff