Philippines

A conversation with Joan Carling, Filipino gender equality advocate, former adviser to the United Nations, and an enemy of the state, according to the Duterte government.

• By Megan Clement

Lava flows from Mount Mayon on January 25th, 2018, as seen from south of Manila, the Philippines.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A boy collects used plastic bottles to be sold at a junk shop at Divisoria market in Manila, Philippines, on November 29th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Protesters clash with riot police as they march in the streets of Manila on the day of President Donald Trump's arrival on November 12th, 2017, in Manila, Philippines.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A government soldier watches as journalists tour the ruins of what was the main battle area in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao on October 25th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A street vendor stretches as she waits for customers along a street in Manila on August 23rd, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The body of an alleged drug dealer is seen inside a Jeepney after a large-scale anti-drug raid by the police at a slum community in Manila, the Philippines, on July 20th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Activists point to rights abuses, ecological disasters, and what they believe to be unfair distribution of profits.

• By Keith Schneider

And it took decades for the rest of the world to notice.

• By Sarah Laskow

Long buried alongside hundreds of unknown U.S. soldiers in the Philippines, Private Arthur “Bud” Kelder is on his way home after a lawsuit by his family.

• By Megan McCloskey

For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.

• By Avital Andrews

It's not just because of climate change—it's population growth, too.

• By Vince Beiser

The benefits of volunteering to help strangers in distress in faraway places accrue both to the victims—and to the helpers.

• By Dennis Rosen