News in Brief How Science Can Combat the Alt-Right The alt-right has been attempting to support white supremacist ideologies through bogus scientific data. That makes independent research… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Meet the Photographer Behind Our National Magazine Award-Winning Photo Essay “My aim was to show these people are human beings,” says National Magazine Award-winning Francesco Zizola. By Francie… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Effectiveness of Obama’s Oratory Barack Obama will long stand out among contemporary presidents for the strength of his speeches, especially since he… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What ‘Lucky’ Looks Like for Many Parents: A Patchwork Childcare Arrangement While many parents cobble together various resources to meet their childcare needs, Rebecca Gale shows such situations can’t… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump’s Watered-Down Ethics Rules Let a Lobbyist Help Run an Agency He Lobbied President Trump’s executive order on ethics also cites a section of the law that doesn’t even exist. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why Aren’t Rural Canadians in Favor of Trump? As populism seems to be sweeping across the West, Canada remains a glaring exception. By Phoebe Sengers Change… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Claims of a ‘Homosexual Agenda’ Help Kill Hate-Crimes Laws in 5 States Some Christian groups have no problem protecting people from crimes driven by racial or religious hatred. They just… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Sociology and the New Culture of Hooking Up on College Campuses Hook-up culture is now at the center of the institution of higher education. By Lisa Wade Trees bloom… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Can Mobile Apps Help the Homeless? Can newly developed mobile applications help the homeless, when access to technology is unreliable at best? Tatiana Walk-Morris
News in Brief When the Government Really Did Fear a Bowling Green Massacre — Organized by a White Supremacist Assault rifles, body armor, a possible kill list, but not much attention when feds arrested a white man… Pacific Standard Staff