News in Brief Donald Trump Is Saving His Swamp-Draining Straight Talk for the Foreigners Amid mounting concerns over his administration’s mistruths, Trump has been telling it like it is on issues of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The End of the Rural Hospital Nearly 700 rural hospitals face the risk of closure—a problem that will only be exacerbated by an Obamacare repeal. Jared Keller
News in Brief The New Blood Libel The tragic history—and scary future—of fake news and anti-semitism. David M. Perry
News in Brief How the NAACP Hopes to Take Jeff Sessions to Task Over His Alleged History of Racism Protestors staged a sit-in this week at the senator’s office in Alabama. By Brandon Tensley (Photo: Cornell William… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief New Life for Guantanamo? Four Guantanamo Bay detainees will be transferred to Saudi Arabia by the end of today as part of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Few Blue-Collar Americans Hold Office, and the Reason Is Not Low Pay Higher salaries don’t get more working-class Americans entering politics. By Nathan Collins Former New York City Mayor John… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What Do Millennials in Rural America Think About the State of Workplace Policy? Two researchers set out to find out what 10 working-class Millennials in southern Ohio think about work-family policy… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Donald Trump Is Preparing to Unravel a Century of GOP Trade Policy The president-elect’s pick of Robert Lighthizer as U.S. trade representative signals a new era of protectionism. By Jared… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why We Need the Office of Congressional Ethics Republicans’ misreading of the drain the swamp mantra’s resonance among the general public may prove difficult to recover… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Media and Institutional Failure The news media is one of those institutions we rely on to investigate politics for us. In a… Pacific Standard Staff