News in Brief Trump vs. Clinton: Unprecedented Lawlessness? (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images; Taylor Le/Pacific Standard) “Is this a war-torn country? … We have gangs roaming the street.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump vs. Clinton: On Donald’s Tax Returns (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images; Taylor Le/Pacific Standard) And we’ve come to the segment where Donald Trump defends his… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump vs. Clinton: Hillary’s Murky History on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images; Taylor Le/Pacific Standard) In a race that’s seen her trustworthiness repeatedly called into question,… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump vs. Clinton: Can Trump Close the Temperament Gap? (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images; Taylor Le/Pacific Standard) The main question people have been asking ahead of the first… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump vs. Clinton: The Numbers Behind the Two Candidates’ Childcare Proposals (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images; Taylor Le/Pacific Standard) The conversation at the presidential debate has kicked off with childcare — one… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief California Just Passed the Most Stringent Pollutant Laws in the Nation On Monday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the most stringent law in the country to combat “super pollutants” — a… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief President Obama’s Selective Clemency Continues President Barack Obamacommuted the sentences of 111 federal inmates today, bringing his commutations to a total of 325… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief It Looks Like Berkeley’s Soda Tax Is Working Berkeley, California, may have just made a dent in the nation’s ongoing debate over whether to tax soft… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Obama Just Created the World’s Largest Marine Sanctuary President Barack Obama is more than quadrupling the size of Hawaii’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the White House… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief French Court Overturns Burkini Ban France’s highest administrative court overturned a so-called “burkini ban” in Villeneuve-Loubet, a small commune in the southeast. Twenty-five… Pacific Standard Staff