News in Brief How Political Affiliation Determines Internet Access Government officials around the world tend to ignore the Internet needs of political opponents and marginalized minority groups,… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Final Rules Released for Education Law That Relaxes Accountability Demands on States The Department of Education released today the final regulations for legislation that will make the first changes to… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Story Behind Jared Kushner’s Curious Acceptance Into Harvard University Daniel Golden wrote a book a decade ago about how the rich buy their children access to elite… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Don’t Lose Sight of the Real Biases in—and Problems With—Our Election System Last week’s claims that votes in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania were hacked appear to have been pretty substantially… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Teens Against Fascism Experience and fully developed frontal lobes aren't what we're going to need to resist Trump. Malcolm Harris
News in Brief The Case for Arguing Politics With Your Family at Thanksgiving This Thanksgiving, skip the extra beer and take the higher ground in your family debate; chances are, your relatives will follow your example. Jared Keller
News in Brief How U.S. Drug Policy Looks to the Rest of the World Sometimes, to understand something, you have to take an outsider’s point of view. That’s why, to get perspective… Francie Diep
News in Brief How Has the Economy Fared Under Obama? A quick primer on the last eight years. By Dwyer Gunn (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) On Friday, the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Sheriff Gets His Man A mustachioed Ohio lawman who rails against undocumented immigrants is suddenly less of a fringe figure. He embodies… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Supreme Court Gamble That Paid Off Bigly Republicans have successfully kept President Obama from appointing a ninth member of the Supreme Court, but that’s a… Pacific Standard Staff