Field Notes Issue #54: January/February 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Letter From Lesotho: Racism in the Diamond Mine Desperate for work, the Basotho miners of the sovereign kingdom of Lesotho grudgingly accept the daily degradations of life among the white men. Will McGrath
Field Notes Issue #54: January/February 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Field Notes: Where Migrants Crossed the Rio Grande Reynosa, Mexico: Fresh footprints of migrants dot the bed of a dried pond just south of Mission, Texas, near the Rio Grande. Pacific Standard Staff
Culture Features Issue #54: January/February 2017 Magazine Previous Issues The Culture Pages The Bones of St. Helena Two cinematographers are capturing the secret history of a South Atlantic island full of the bones of Liberated Africans. Diane Selkirk
Features Issue #54: January/February 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Radical Efforts to End Homelessness: Old, Sick, and on the Street A sagging economy, a complex job market, and a lack of social programs have led to an increase in the number of elderly people living—and dying—on the streets. Rachel Nuwer
Issue #54: January/February 2017 Magazine Premium Previous Issues Since We Last Spoke Since We Last Spoke: Sugarcoating the Story Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive. Francie Diep
Issue #54: January/February 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Shelf Help The Culture Pages An Ethnography of Self-Harm What, exactly, does teen suicide tell us about America today? Peter C. Baker
Issue #54: January/February 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Primer Research Gone Wild Smells Like Teen Spirit—for Justice There's plenty of (scientific) reason to believe that teenagers aren't nearly as shallow as we often assume. Katie Kilkenny
Issue #54: January/February 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Primer The Conversation: Letters and Other Responses to ‘Pacific Standard’ Stories Write to us at letters@psmag.com. Pacific Standard Staff
Field Notes Issue #54: January/February 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Letter From Los Algodones, Mexico: The City of Dentists A trip to Los Algodones, the town just south of the border where it seems almost everybody is either a dentist or works for one. Jessi Phillips
Features Issue #54: January/February 2017 Magazine Previous Issues The United States of Homelessness A look at a growing problem. Michael Fitzgerald