Magazine Archives

Field Notes: Preparing for a Women’s Soccer Match in Tanzania

Jumbi, Zanzibar, Tanzania: The Green Queens warm up ahead of a match. Men on the island have long resisted women's presence on the field, but a small cadre is challenging traditional gender norms.

Pacific Standard Staff

Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married

In Duped, Abby Ellin explores what people need from each other, and the lies and suspensions of disbelief that sometimes help them get it.

Peter C. Baker

Objects That Matter: Milk

In 2009, researchers found that cows with names produce more milk, confirming the quaint Wisconsin dairy adage, "Speak to a cow as you would to a lady."

Emily Moon

PS Picks: Josie Rourke’s ‘Mary Queen of Scots’

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Angela Serratore

The Importance of Drug Jargon

People prefer "overdose prevention site" to "safe consumption site."

Pacific Standard Staff

Montana’s Dark Money Detective

Jonathan Motl waged a fierce campaign against unaccountable election spending in the Big Sky state. His work carries lessons for other governments grappling with the same scourge.

Jimmy Tobias

Newark, Ohio, September 5th, 2018: Nurse Mary Beth Hagstad holds a naloxone kit in her office at the Licking County Health Department.

Community Efforts

Five groups successfully fighting addiction in Newark, Ohio, that could serve as a model for others around the country.

Jack Shuler

The opioids are here, and meth is resurgent. When it's easier than ever to rationalize the first hit, and the options are limitless, even a community-wide effort might not be enough to stop the overdoses.

Jack Shuler