News in Brief The Supreme Court Is Set to Deadlock on a Cross-Border Shooting Case In 2010, a border patrol agent in El Paso shot and killed an unarmed 15-year-old in Juárez. Should… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Even a Suspended Ban Puts This Iraqi Interpreter’s American Dream at Risk An interpreter who risked his life working for the U.S. Marines is worried what leaving the country might… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why Trump Needs to Visit a Synagogue The president decried the wave of anti-Semitic threats sweeping the country. He needs to go one step further.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What It Means to Have an ‘Adult’ Conversation on Encryption In 2017, we need to move past the debate over backdoors. By Kevin Bankston (Photo: Ilya Pavlov/Unsplash) Since… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief This Is What Real Human Genetic Engineering Looks Like A cancer treatment with genetically engineered cells may change how we think about human modification. By Michael White… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump’s Supporters Still Support Trump—So What? Of what value is it to just retain one’s base? Seth Masket
News in Brief Americans Are Drowning in Student Debt—Can Trump Save Them? In 2016, total U.S. student debt hit a record high for the 18th year in a row. Trump… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why Is Congress Undermining Retirement Security for Millions of Americans? The House recently passed two bills that would undo key regulations affecting some 40 million working-age households and… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Small Changes That Add Up: How Trump’s Team Rewrote the Department of Energy Website for Kids Effort meant to inform younger generations about energy and the environment sees sentences reworked and pie charts eliminated.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief California Braces for Historic Floods California is now experiencing its worst storm yet — with the potential to reshape its history. By Eric Holthaus A… Pacific Standard Staff