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Markoosi and Nanasi Illauq walk to Clyde River's tiny harbor to set off for a day of hunting. For many Inuit, hunting represents a link to millennia of tradition—but those links are rapidly weakening in a changing climate.

Environment

Solving the Suicide Crisis in the Arctic Circle

High above the rapidly warming Arctic Circle, the people of Clyde River are looking to nature and Inuit tradition in a bid to end the town's epidemic of despair and suicide.

Melody Schreiber

News in Brief

New Research Finds No Link Between Violent Video Games and Aggression

The debate over the potentially troubling effects of these massively popular games continues.

Tom Jacobs

Education

The Value of a University Education Extends Beyond Knowledge

Australian researchers find the experience changes students' personalities—for the better.

Tom Jacobs

Students in a classroom at Tolleson Elementary School.

Education

How Immigration Crackdowns Are Hurting America’s Poorest Schools

Teachers around the country report emotional and behavioral problems among their students as a result of ICE raids. Even kids from families under no danger of deportation are affected.

Francie Diep

News in Brief

We Asked Three Experts to Discuss the Role of Criminal Intent and Insanity in Our Legal System

In the wake of last month's deadly shooting in Parkland, Pacific Standard talked to a few leading scholars on how the insanity defense ought to be used in the courtroom.

Candace Butera

News in Brief

Searching for Biomarkers to Diagnose Mental Illness

New research is working toward creating simple physical tests that could shed light on diseases like anxiety and depression.

Matthew Scult

A woman in silhouette gazes out a window (and is a neutral image for stories about stuff like depression)

Social Justice

Victims of Spousal Abuse Are Losing Their Children to Social Services

Across the country, there are hundreds of instances where children are removed from the custody of a parent who has suffered from domestic abuse at the hands of a partner.

Natalie Pattillo

Education

Prozac Preschool

The youngest Americans are being prescribed a growing number of adult psychotropic drugs.

Susan Donaldson James

Social Justice

How Abortion Providers Cope When Natural Disasters Strike

After natural disasters, access to reproductive services can be slow to return. Across the country, many abortion providers are working to fix that problem.

Caitlin Cruz