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People affected by the recent flooding rest at a makeshift shelter in Mabi, Okayama prefecture, Japan, on July 11th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Argentina beat Nigeria 2–1 in their final qualifying game at the 2018 World Cup.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

An Indian laborer works in a brick kiln on the outskirts of Amritsar on April 30th, 2018, ahead of International Labor Day.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Women are reflected in a puddle as they walk across the Red Square in Moscow on April 26th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

In this photo illustration of the litecoin, ripple and ethereum cryptocurrency "altcoins" sit arranged for a photograph beside a smartphone displaying the current price chart for ethereum on April 25th, 2018, in London, England.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Hours after threatening a veto, Trump signed the bill, saying it will increase defense spending.

• By Kate Wheeling

We're currently looking for two editorial fellows to join us for a one-year program starting in July.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Attacks like the one in New York City can alter people's psychology and their politics.

• By Emily Moon

Eight people are reported dead, and at least 15 are injured.

• By Emily Moon

In the past month, women from ABC, Nickelodeon, and Amazon have also lodged complaints about inappropriate conduct at the office.

• By Katie Kilkenny

New research finds bringing that widely held idea to the surface reduces polarization and prejudice.

• By Tom Jacobs

The indictment of Paul Manafort should signal the Trump administration's suspect role in the 2016 election. But for many, it won't.

• By Seth Masket

Protesters gather around a burning barricade in the Mathare slums in Nairobi, Kenya, on October 30th, 2017, during demonstrations following the announcements of the presidential election results.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The director and accused sexual assaulter was ushered through walls of demonstrators on his way to a retrospective on Monday.

• By Katie Kilkenny

A look at past surveys of scientists and journalists shows relations have been deteriorating for some time, and have hit a new low under the Trump administration.

• By Francie Diep

A new study finds moms who spent more months breastfeeding are more responsive to their child's needs.

• By Tom Jacobs

While states have been able to continue to run their CHIP programs in the interim using funds on hand, several states are on the verge of running out of money.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Natalia Veselnitskaya shared a memo with the prosecutor general months before her June 2016 meeting with Trump Jr.

• By Morgan Baskin

New research finds our moral impulses may vary considerably depending on whether we're thinking about them, or acting on them.

• By Tom Jacobs

A member of the Iraqi forces covers his ears as he fires a mortar against Kurdish Peshmerga positions near the Turkish and Syrian borders in the Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region on October 26th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

In the U.S., the question of marijuana legalization is no longer where and how—it's when. Just don't tell that to the attorney general.

• By Jared Keller

Trump will declare the emergency under the Public Service Health Act.

• By Francie Diep

A new meta-study finds they out-perform non-musicians on memory tasks, including the critical ability to retain and process information.

• By Tom Jacobs