Dispatches: Documenting the Troubling Political Devolution in the Maldives
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How to Immunize Yourself Against Fake News
A new website lets people play the role of propagandist, giving them a more sophisticated idea of how and why fictitious news is created.
Local Reporting Is Dying. This Training Corps Wants to Bring It Back.
Report for America offers young journalists valuable job training experience—by placing them in talent-starved newsrooms.
The Emotional Roots of Political Polarization
New research argues feelings of disillusionment prompt people to take more extreme positions.
Has LGBT Acceptance Come as Far as We Claim?
Depending on where you're born, things might not have gotten that much better.
Inside the Vote to Unionize the ‘Los Angeles Times’
Pacific Standard chats with Carolina A. Miranda, a Los Angeles Times staff writer and member of the LA Times Guild organizing committee.
Inside Myanmar’s Dangerous Media Repression Campaign
Journalists trying to cover the regime's brutal crackdown against the Rohingya have found themselves in the government's crosshairs.
No, #MeToo Is Not a Witch Hunt
How the powerful appropriate the rhetoric of historically marginalized peoples.
BBC Editor Quits, Citing Gender Discrimination in Pay
Though editor Carrie Gracie was offered a raise, she felt it did nothing to address the systemic nature of the BBC's pay-gap problem.
Stories We Wish We Had Published in 2017
Our favorite stories from 2017 that were published elsewhere, chosen by the Pacific Standard staff.