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Damaged homes and vegetation during the passage of Hurricane Maria, are viewed on a mountain in Naranjito, southwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 24th, 2017.

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After Irma, Puerto Rico’s Case for Statehood Gains Newfound Urgency

The deepening humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico reveals a disaster response that is categorically different from the actions taken in the wake of hurricanes that struck the continental U.S. recently.

Kriston Capps

North Korean shepherds sit by the Yalu River banks near the town of Sinuiju across from the Chinese border town of Dandong.

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China’s Refusal of North Korean Defectors Is Enabling a Growing Human Rights Crisis

Amid international attention on Pyongyang's missile tests, there is another life-threatening crisis emanating from North Korea that few are watching.

Phil Robertson

Syrian Kurds wave the Kurdish flag in the Syrian city of Qamishli on September 27th, 2017, during a gathering in support of the independence referendum in Iraq's northern Kurdish region.

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Viewfinder: Iraqi Kurds Vote for Independence

Syrian Kurds wave the Kurdish flag in the Syrian city of Qamishli on September 27th, 2017, during a gathering in support of the independence referendum in Iraq's northern Kurdish region.

Pacific Standard Staff

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Baltimore Tenants File a Class Action Against a Jared Kushner-Owned Property Management Firm

Tenants allege that a property management firm controlled by Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner's real-estate company has unjustly charged them fees and threatened eviction to make them pay up.

Alec MacGillis

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Chicago’s South Side Welcomes the Obama Foundation With Some Skepticism

The Obama Presidential Center is poised to transform Chicago's Jackson Park, as well as its surrounding neighborhoods. But residents want a binding community benefits agreement.

Natalie Y. Moore

German Chancellor and Christian Democrat (CDU) Angela Merkel (C) reacts to initial results that gave the party 32.9 percent of the vote, giving it a first place finish, in German federal elections on September 24th, 2017, in Berlin, Germany.

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Viewfinder: German Chancellor Merkel Wins a Fourth Term

German Chancellor and Christian Democrat (CDU) Angela Merkel (C) reacts to initial results that gave the party 32.9 percent of the vote.

Pacific Standard Staff

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For Germany, a Lack of Democratic Competition Could Mean Lower Voter Participation

Even though the campaign for chancellor Merkel's re-election is essentially a foregone conclusion, there's still a great deal at stake on Sunday.

Claire Greenstein

Border Control helicopters search for undocumented migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Border Deaths Persist as Government Policies Push Migrants Into Dangerous Crossing Areas

Efforts by the Border Patrol to push migrants away from easy-to-cross, hard-to-police urban corridors and into barren, isolated terrain is contributing to migrant fatalities.

George Joseph

U.S. soldiers participate in a South Korea-U.S. combined arms collective training exercise at the U.S. Army's Rodriguez shooting range in Pocheon, about 70 km northeast of Seoul, near the heavily fortified border with North Korea on September 19th, 2017.

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Viewfinder: Soldiers From the U.S. and South Korea Carry Out Combined Arms Training

U.S. soldiers participate in a South Korea-U.S. combined arms collective training exercise about 70 km northeast of Seoul, near the heavily fortified border with North Korea on September 19th, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff

A man takes photos with a mobile phone as sellers walk through debris in a market after a fire devastated the building overnight on September 18th, 2017, in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan.

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Viewfinder: Remnants of a Market Fire in Côte d’Ivoire

A man takes photos with a mobile phone as sellers walk through debris in a market after a fire devastated the building overnight on September 18th, 2017, in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan.

Pacific Standard Staff