News in Brief The Time to Build Our Social Infrastructure Is Right Now You can’t have community preparedness without the community. By Greta Byrum Sherry Alligood is comforted by Visiting Angels… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Push for Family Court Reform A briefing in Congress explores the need to better protect victims of domestic violence in custody cases. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Financial Security Should Be the Next Human Right And portable benefits and a universal basic income can ensure it becomes just that. By Natalie Foster New… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Problem With Poll Watchers In all but four states, private citizens can challenge someone’s right to cast a ballot on or before… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Early Childhood Education Is Not a Profession The early childhood education field does not conform to the standards of organized professions nor is it held… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Another Unreasonable Policy Proposal From Donald Trump: Homeschool Vouchers Trump recently proposed billions in spending to allow the nation’s poorest students to leave public schools and enroll… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief DNA Dragnet: When Stop-and-Frisk Turns Into Stop-and-Spit Police in Florida and other states are building up private DNA databases, in part by collecting voluntary samples… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Return to Common Conservation Ground How did the Grand Canyon become a partisan issue? By Emily Gallagher Visitors are seen at the Grand… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Surreal Politics of a Billionaire’s Tax Loophole Hillary Clinton has gone even further than Donald Trump in promising to kill a tax break that benefits… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Get Education Right From the Start of School We need to re-learn our ABCs and design a primary school system from scratch. By Ruby Takanishi (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff