News in Brief Improving Los Angeles Public Transportation Is a Civil Rights Issue Los Angeles County’s inability to expand public transportation limits access and further disenfranchises its most vulnerable populations. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Can the Collins-Cassidy Plan Save the Affordable Care Act? Two Republican Senators have an interesting proposal that allows states the option to keep or reject Obamacare. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Biggest Environmental Stories to Watch This Year This is likely to be a pivotal year in the fight to halt global climate change and all… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Will Donald Trump’s Climate Team Accept Any Social Cost of Carbon? The nation’s top science panel has just sketched a clearer way to set a fair price today for… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump’s Attacks on Science Represent a National Security Threat The president’s attacks on science demand an urgent response. By Eric Holthaus President Donald Trump displays one of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief These Charts Show What’s at Stake for Women If the ACA Is Repealed Obamacare included a number of provisions to protect women. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief The Top 10 Developments for the World’s Oceans of the Past Year From cruising the Northwest Passage to a new treaty to stop illegal fishing, here are the major developments… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief For Donald Trump’s Rich Appointees, Death May Be Certain but Taxes Aren’t If Republicans succeed in repealing the estate tax, Rex Tillerson, Gary Cohn, Wilbur Ross, Jared Kushner, Steve Mnuchin,… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Top 10 Happy Environmental Stories of the Past Year From the declaration of large marine parks to animals that are recovering after years of decline, a reserve… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump Promised to Resign From His Companies, but There’s No Record He’s Done That To transfer control of his companies, the president has to submit filings in Florida, Delaware, and New York.… Pacific Standard Staff