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Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) leaves after a procedural vote on health care on Capitol Hill on July 25th, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

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What McCain’s Brain Cancer Tells Us About Vietnam Vets’ Exposure to Agent Orange

The Republican senator never has sought to connect any of his health troubles, including prior bouts with skin cancer, with Agent Orange exposure and has a mixed record when it comes to compensating fellow veterans for wartime exposures.

Charles Ornstein & Mike Hixenbaugh

A Senegalese man sorts out voter ID cards in alphabetical order at a school that will be used as a polling station in Dakar on July 26th, 2017, ahead of the country's legislative elections.

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Viewfinder: Sorting Voter Cards in Senegal

A Senegalese man sorts out voter ID cards in alphabetical order at a school that will be used as a polling station in Dakar on July 26th, 2017, ahead of the country's legislative elections.

Pacific Standard Staff

A man enters the road to Rikers Island on March 31st, 2017, in New York City.

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A Damaging New Secure Housing Unit Poses Problems on Rikers Island

A new report from the New York City Board of Correction suggests that inmates have traded one problematic practice for another.

Joaquin Sapien

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Can Spatial Computing Change How We View the Digital World?

Whether or not you're convinced people will wear smartglasses in the future, spatial computing is already transforming the way we work, learn, and spend our leisure time.

Michael Draskovic

Students of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), gathered under the University Student Movement (MEU), clash with riot police during a demonstration to demand, among other things, the resignation of rector Julieta Castellanos, in Tegucigalpa, on July 25th, 2017.

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Viewfinder: Students Clash With the Honduran Riot Police

Students of the National Autonomous University of Honduras clash with riot police during a demonstration on July 25th, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff

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Cultivating Civic Ownership Among Younger Citizens

There is a large need for putting young people at the helm of addressing some of our country’s most pressing problems.

Tim Haydock

A fire-fighting Canadair aircraft flies to drop water over a fire near Carros, southeastern France, on July 24th, 2017.

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Viewfinder: Firefighting Near Carros, France

A fire-fighting Canadair aircraft flies to drop water over a fire near Carros, southeastern France, on July 24th, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff

A woman waves a Puerto Rican flag during a protest against the referendum for Puerto Rico political status in San Juan, on June 11th, 2017.

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Puerto Rico as a Blueprint for Voter Engagement

Extraordinary efforts to bolster access to voting and participation in civic life have led to a high level of political engagement in Puerto Rico.

Ann Ravel

Protesters pay their respects outside the Chinese Liason Office of Hong Kong after the death of Chinese Noble laureate Liu Xiaobo, in Hong Kong on July 13th, 2017. The United States called on China to free the dissident's widow from house arrest and let her leave the country.

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Viewfinder: Protesters Paying Their Respects for Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo in Hong Kong

Protesters pay their respects outside the Chinese Liason Office of Hong Kong after the death of Chinese Noble laureate Liu Xiaobo, in Hong Kong on July 13th, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff

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Behind Pharmaceutical Companies’ Money-Back Guarantees

Drugmakers are increasingly agreeing to refund money if patients don't respond to medications as expected.

Charles Ornstein & Katie Thomas