Social Justice A Court Might Block Trump’s Wall as Vice President Pence Argues Judges Should Not Have the Power to The ACLU is suing the Trump administration over the president's national emergency declaration. Massoud Hayoun
Social Justice The White House Should Stop Spreading Misinformation About Medicaid Vice President Mike Pence is elevating disabled advocates who peddle division, hoping to build support to gut Medicaid. David M. Perry
News in Brief Cracks Have Already Begun Appearing in Trump’s Plan to Smoke Out Voter Fraud The White House commission on voter fraud plans to run states' voter rolls against federal databases to find potential fraudulent registrations — a move experts say will result in thousands of errors and could distort fraud. Jessica Huseman
Social Justice How the Right Is Perverting Religious Liberty Inside the curious phrase that protects peyote and condemns LGBT people. Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza
News in Brief Betsy DeVos Confirmed as Secretary of Education The Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos today as the next secretary of education, with Vice President Mike Pence voting… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief As American HIV Rates Stall, the CDC Calls for a Controversial Solution Since the peak of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and ’90s, the number of Americans who have… Francie Diep
News in Brief Do Vice Presidential Debates Matter? Not usually—but this one might. By Jared Keller Mike Pence (left) and Tim Kaine. (Photo: Mandel Ngan, Saul… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why Doesn’t America’s Big Opioid Bill Address HIV and Hepatitis C? In assessing America’s big opioid-addiction act last week, we noticed one major omission: The bill never mentions programs… Francie Diep
News in Brief Who Is Mike Pence? Through accountability stories and other reports, a look back at the career of the Indiana governor who Donald… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Bring Back Needle-Exchange Funding The Indiana HIV outbreak highlights the need for science-based drug policy. Nathan Collins