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Everything You Need to Read to Get Caught Up on the Veterans Affairs Scandal
A round-up of in-depth reporting on the chronic problems facing the VA health system.
Should We Abandon Our Shorelines?
We missed our chance to avoid rising sea levels. Now we must turn and run.
Resistance to Climate Change Is Killing the Government’s Ability to Use Science
Legislative opposition to climate change isn't just keeping us from having a proper conversation about the problem. It's destroying our ability to act.
The U.S. Needs to Stop Running Internet Security Like a Wikipedia Volunteer Project
One lesson of the Heartbleed bug is that our government is paying to undermine Internet security, not to fix it.
ZunZuneo: Do Former Users Even Care That It Was Secretly Built by USAID?
Our criticism of the U.S. government's covert or "discreet" funding of communication channels like ZunZuneo or Radio Free Europe presumes that they try to seed something non-native.
The Labor Department Finally Takes a Stand on Unpaid Internships
The federal agency asks the Second Circuit to crack down on for-profit employers that refuse to pay.
Greening Government Procurement: Turning Uncle Sam Into an Eco-Friendly Consumer
Seeking the environmental “hot spots” in $600 billion of government purchases.
The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: The Proud Kansan Who Wants to Put Middle-Class Americans in Office
For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.
Pentagon Finally Overhauls Effort to Identify Its Missing
The restructuring promises to address many of the problems laid out in a recent ProPublica and NPR investigation.