News in Brief Are We Entering a New Age of Racism? A Reporter Reflects on the Hate Crime Beat A brutal beating; a terrible murder. Seeking motives in a divided America. By A.C. Thompson Members of the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief New America, Old America, and Holding the Ground for Multilingual Learners Even in difficult political times, dual language learners are making progress in some states. By Janie T. Carnock… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What the World Needs Now Is Climate-Conscious Cohorts Germany, Canada, and California need to act together to combat climate change. By Deborah Gordon Angela Merkel and… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Extracting Signal From the Noise It’s the key to getting through college (and life). By Emily Weiss (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) As if… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Many Americans Are Behind Bars for No Good Reason? Lots, according to a new report. By Jared Keller (Photo: Thomas Hawk/Flickr) It’s an undisputed fact that the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Perez Hilton Set the Stage for Kanye West’s Medical-Records Breach Electronic medical records made it easy to both peep and catch peepers at confidential patient information. By Francie… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Beyond the Helpless Victim: How the Media Portrays Women in Conflict Zones Prominent media outlets represent the scale of a conflict’s violence through the injury and death of women, but… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A New Review, Funded by Food Companies, Calls Recommended Sugar Limits Untrustworthy This isn’t the first time a company has paid for university scientists to write a review, which are… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Preparing Texas for the Next Big Hurricane Scientists believe extreme weather events in and around Houston could cripple the nation’s economy. On Monday, new legislation… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why America’s Lead Problem Is So Much Bigger Than Just Flint There’s not enough money or political will to fix our country’s aging pipes. By Jared Keller (Photo: Sarah… Pacific Standard Staff