News in Brief Big Pharma Quietly Enlists Leading Professors to Justify $1,000-Per-Day Drugs As it readies for battle with Trump over drug prices, Big Pharma is deploying economists and health-care experts… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief If We’re Serious About Early Learning, Here’s How It Should Look A case for why the United States needs a clear early care and education infrastructure. By Laura Bornfreund,… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Attorney General Jeff Sessions Recuses Himself From Russia Investigations But many prominent Democrats argue that’s not enough. By Kate Wheeling Jeff Sessions at his confirmation hearing on… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Sneak Peek at Trump’s New Travel Ban After an appeals court suspended parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning certain travelers and refugees from… Francie Diep
News in Brief Ava DuVernay and the Rhetoric of Resistance The documentarian offers blueprints for how communities under threat can carve out their own cultural narratives — and fight back.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Will China Fill the Rights Vacuum Left by the United States? Some analysts warn that it’s time to start envisioning a world without a hegemonic champion of social justice. Massoud Hayoun
News in Brief Trump Said He Made $21 Million in Income From His New York Contracts—He Actually Made a Lot Less The president has said he’ll be distancing himself from his business empire, but he still continues to benefit… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What Is a Think Tank? Who Is a Think Tank? Until racial diversity in think tanks reaches critical mass, perhaps the simplest metric for improvement will be a… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Department of Justice Just Changed Its Position on Texas’ Discriminatory Voter ID Law The DOJ is walking back years of effort aimed at limiting the harmful effects of state voter ID… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Here’s Why Trump’s Military Spending Goals Will Be Tough to Meet Trump says he’ll call for a 10 percent increase in military spending, but making budget cuts elsewhere could… Pacific Standard Staff