News in Brief Suspected of Corruption at Home, Powerful Foreigners Are Finding Refuge in the United States Officials fleeing prosecution in Colombia, China, South Korea, Bolivia, and Panama are taking advantage of lax enforcement of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Twenty-Four Pieces That We Wish We Had Published in 2016 Stories from the past year that we admired or coveted, chosen by the Pacific Standard staff. By Ted… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Rise of the Euroskeptic To survive, the European Union may need to listen to its own naysayers. By Luis Martin-Estudillo A Vote… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief ‘20th Century Women’ and Its Lessons for Feminism After Hillary Clinton In one of 2016’s Oscar contenders, a united, all-female coalition against misogyny eventually splinters—but somehow manages to fulfill its goals anyway. Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief The Toughest Death of 2016: the Democratic Norms That (Used to) Guide Our Political System We end the year in a dramatically weaker position than we entered it in. By Seth Masket (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Ongoing Mess at a Pro-Donald Trump Political Committee America Comes First can’t seem to decide if it’s a PAC or a super PAC, but in either… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Donald Trump’s Pick for Secretary of Commerce May Have the Biggest Conflicts of Interest Wilbur Ross has made a fortune in steel — and the Department of Commerce will soon make decisions that will… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Wrestling, Politics, and the Violent Realities of 2016 Even people who have spent a lifetime ignoring professional wrestling are discovering they can overlook it no longer.… Oliver Lee Bateman
News in Brief North Carolina Lawmakers Fail to Repeal Controversial Bathroom Bill Underscoring the precarious position in which the LGBT community is situated with respect to their rights, state lawmakers… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Useful Are Campaign Post-Mortems? We tend to focus on the bad moments when looking back at a losing campaign and ignore them… Pacific Standard Staff