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Zookeeper Dick Haskin poses for a photo with Chewy, a sumatran orangutan, and two young visitors at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.
Book Excerpts

A Reluctant Zookeeper's Obsession With Great Apes

An excerpt from Carson Vaughan's Zoo Nebraska.

By Carson Vaughan
Following a bomb cyclone that dumped rain and melted snow across the Midwest, many sates—Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska, especially—have experienced flooding. Pictured here, floodwater covers Highway 2 on March 23rd, 2019, near Sidney, Iowa.
Viewfinder

Viewfinder: Flooding in the Midwest

Following a bomb cyclone that dumped rain and melted snow across the Midwest, many sates, including Iowa, have experienced flooding.

By Pacific Standard Staff
A warning sign alerting people to an existing gas pipeline in Polk, Nebraska.
Environment

Nebraska Regulators Cannot Consider Pipeline Leaks While Approving Keystone XL

A 2011 Nebraska law prevents the state's Public Service Commission from factoring pipeline safety and leaks into its decision.

By Emily Moon
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Social Justice

Since We Last Spoke: Digital Justice and the New Normal

Updates to pastPacific Standard print stories.

By Pacific Standard Staff
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Social Justice

Prairie Home Companions: A Homecoming in Red Cloud, Nebraska

A homecoming in Red Cloud, Nebraska.

By Vince Beiser