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People gather to ask the McDonald’s corporation to raise workers' wages to a $15 minimum wage as well as demand the right to a union on May 23rd, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The nationwide protest was held on the day of the company’s shareholder meeting.

People gather to ask the McDonald’s corporation to raise workers' wages to a $15 minimum wage as well as demand the right to a union on May 23rd, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

By Pacific Standard Staff

Policemen block an exit in Cologne's main railway station, where a man took a hostage in the early afternoon on October 15th, 2018, at Cologne Central Station in Cologne, Germany. Police sealed off the premises, evacuated the station, and canceled trains. Local media say the incident does not appear to have been terror-related. The woman taken hostage was freed with only minor injuries.

Policemen block an exit in Cologne's main railway station, where a man took a hostage in the early afternoon on October 15th, 2018, at Cologne Central Station in Cologne, Germany.

By Pacific Standard Staff

Real men, it is said, eat meat.

An evolutionary leftover makes it hard to convince people to shift to a vegetarian diet.

By Tom Jacobs

Researchers have long documented problems with McDonald's, but it wasn't until they began showing how the restaurants aimed at children and made people overweight that the American public paid attention.

By Francie Diep

Doctors discover how to use McDonald's-style emoticon marketing to quadruple healthy food choices.

By Gregory Ferenstein

A new study finds that eating fast food after a workout is just as good for you as a PowerBar.

By Gregory Ferenstein