News in Brief How Our Environment Affects Our Genes Genes versus culture is not an either-or proposition. By Michael White (Photo: mujitra/Flickr) When we say “it’s genetic,”… Pacific Standard Staff
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News in Brief Can Trump Actually Follow Through on His Campaign Promises? We spoke with an expert to find out. Max Ufberg
News in Brief Why Black Lives Matter Protestors Are Turning to Teaching What’s behind the affinity between educators and the movement premised on black liberation? Activists say the classroom offers… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief When Rape Culture Comes From Inside the House It’s getting easier to condemn our politicians’ misogyny with each passing day, but what sort of compromises do… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Recent History of American Attitudes and Policies Toward Immigrants A guide to 30 years of America’s stance on immigration — plus the policy changes and deadlocks along the way.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What the World Can Learn From Burlington and Bernie Sanders Sanders changed the climate debate this year—but first, Burlington changed him. Now, the city has become a model… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A COP22 Guide to the Mysterious World of Shipping The shipping industry is a major emitter, and it’s set to double in size (or more) in coming years. Here’s why you should care about ships — aside from the fact that they probably brought you the device you’re reading this article on. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief Here’s What a Reasonable Conservative Replacement to Obamacare Would Look Like We sat down with Avik Roy, a conservative policy wonk, to talk ACA reform. Dwyer Gunn