May/Jun 2017

At 18, Eric Udorie's written about gender rights-related topics for major publications including the Guardian, New Statesman, Fusion.

• By Rosie Spinks

The technology has its roots in 1950s Soviet Russia.

• By Malcolm Harris

"Being an academic requires the courage to stand behind good ideas despite opposition," says Zhang, who is on our list of the top 30 thinkers under 30.

• By Avital Andrews

Tasche's work directly challenges a lot of the reductionist narratives that swirl around politics and, by extension, the media that covers it.

• By Rosie Spinks

"I honestly think that it will take a person with autism to find the 'cure' to autism, so that the world understands that autism doesn't need to be cured," Toliver says.

• By Avital Andrews

Although inventing the bra was barely an adolescent pit stop on Mary Phelps Jacobs' glamorous trajectory, it did suggest what she would get up to next.

• By Malcolm Harris

Ruth Graves Wakefield, the woman who invented the chocolate chip cookie, was something closer to the Martha Stewart of her day.

• By Malcolm Harris

Lira, Uganda: Prisoners, many of whom claim to be juveniles, line up for dinner at Lira Prison. Poor birth records make it difficult for Ugandan prison officials to remove younger prisoners from adult facilities.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

If the world is a global marketplace, Shi's research tries to help make it more efficient and equitable by applying mathematics to assess and improve the way we make decisions.

• By Rosie Spinks

Boats were, in fact, a proposed alternative solution.

• By Malcolm Harris

When asked whether he feels people doubt him more because he's young, Slat says, "Yes, but I never felt youth to be a disadvantage."

• By Avital Andrews

Goseong, South Korea: A South Korean soldier looks over the DMZ from a guard position on top of Observation Post 717, on the edge of the North Korean border.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

"We have a gaping hole, a desperate need for young women in government," says Schrode, who is on this year's list of the top 30 thinkers under 30.

• By Avital Andrews

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.

• By Kristina Kutateli

Safford is committed to applying her talents and work ethic to a noble and necessary goal: using policy to change the way we think about human existence.

• By Rosie Spinks

Public support for criminal registries has grown despite inconsistent evidence that they reduce crime, which social scientists attribute to a human need to feel a sense of control over threats.

• By Meghan Walsh

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.

• By Kristina Kutateli

"No one wants to have to explain to their children why Santa was put out of work."

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The 26-year-old's social entrepreneurship centers around jackfruit, a large, green, studded fruit native to Southeast Asia.

• By Rosie Spinks

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.

• By Kristina Kutateli

Rosman co-founded BallotReady, a non-partisan online voter guide with a mission to make it easier for voters to make informed choices throughout an entire ballot, not just the top-ballot race that gets the most media coverage.

• By Rosie Spinks

Rodríguez-Roldán's efforts center on engaging with policymakers throughout Congress and various government agencies to help promote policies that will benefit the trans community.

• By Rosie Spinks

"Education can help harness veterans' patriotic energy in ways that improve our nation," says Reising, who is on our list of the top 30 thinkers under 30.

• By Avital Andrews

Pressler founded the Armed Services Arts Partnership, a non-profit that provides free arts programming for veterans and their families to express their experiences.

• By Avital Andrews