News in Brief Working People Are Hurt More by Rising Inequality Than Slow Economic Growth Unless we radically transform our capitalist system, the working class in the United States faces the likelihood of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Repealing the Affordable Care Act Could Be Detrimental to Community Health Centers New research shows the ACA was good for community health centers and their patients. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief What An Obamacare Repeal Would Mean for Addiction Treatment Six months after the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics began routinely asking all of their patients about drug use,… Francie Diep
News in Brief Your Cheat Sheet for Wednesday’s Confirmation Hearings What to expect from the hearings on Elaine Chao and Rex Tillerson. By Jared Keller Elaine Chao. (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump’s Treasury Pick Is Really Good at Kicking Elderly People Out of Their Homes When Steven Mnuchin ran OneWest, the bank aggressively and, in some cases, wrongly, foreclosed on elderly homeowners with… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Is Mass Murder Now Part of the Repertoire of Contention? New ways of protest are being invented every day, with a society’s repertoire of contention in constant evolution.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How a Prosecutor Decided That an Attack on a Disabled Black Kid Was Just Bullying When a disabled person of color is victimized, too often the courts don’t know what to do. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A California Bill Would Require Solar Panels on All New Buildings The new statewide legislation is modeled after a San Francisco ordinance that went into effect on January 1st.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Here’s How Trump’s First Two Executive Branch Appointees Differ There are many ethics issues facing Jeff Sessions. Not so much for John Kelly. By Jared Keller John… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief In Meeting With the President of Taiwan, Ted Cruz Defies China And that could cause further strain on U.S.-China relations. By Jack Denton (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Yesterday, Texas… Pacific Standard Staff