News in Brief Hillary Clinton’s Email Probe Could Draw Heat for an Unlikely Reason The FBI’s investigation into the former Secretary of State’s email habits raises some questions about her generally praised… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A FOIA for the Digital Age After fifty years of the Freedom of Information Act, it’s past time to consider what the legislation would… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Controversial Past of Donald Trump’s New Colorado Campaign Director Patrick Davis has denied allegations that he inappropriately steered hundreds of thousands of dollars raised by a conservative… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Our Political System Is Still Hanging in There Halfway through the year, it’s time to step back and make sure we’re still functioning reasonably well as… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Homeowners Shouldn’t Be Faulted for the Foreclosure Crisis But the government should. By Sade Bruce A foreclosure sign is posted in front of a home for… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief ‘People Like Me Don’t Have Any Say in Politics’ A sense of political disenfranchisement among Republicans strongly predicts support for Donald Trump. By Lisa Wade Donald Trump… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Is American Xenophobia Finally Being Tempered? There’s still a hint of isolationism running through the general populace, but these anxieties aren’t salient enough to… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Sweeping Victory for Abortion Rights The recent Supreme Court ruling is expected to have a monumental ripple effect, invalidating strict clinic laws in… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Update: We Are Still Racist It’s fairly easy to identify the fundamentally racist appeal of Donald Trump — and disparage his supporters as being biased,… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How America Almost Elected a 13-Year-Old Girl as President Growing up as a girl in an Evangelical world dominated by men, patriotism—or at least a desire for executive power—offered me a way out. Lyz Lenz