News in Brief Donald Trump Is Already Making a Mess of the Middle East Peace Process And Jared Kushner won’t be able to do much to help. By Jared Keller Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Steven Mnuchin Is Right—the IRS Is Under-Funded And under-staffed, for that matter. By Dwyer Gunn Steven Mnuchin. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Earlier this week, at… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Sixty-Seven Numbers That Define the Obama Era Health care, drone strikes, and a shrinking unemployment rate: a look at the figures that will define Obama’s legacy—for better and worse. Jared Keller
News in Brief Once More: What Was Marine Le Pen Doing Getting Coffee at Trump Tower? The objective of last week’s coffee chat is as unclear as Marine Le Pen’s stance on Donald Trump… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Celine Dion, Kiss, and the Totally Epic Soundscape That Trump Won’t Be Hearing at His Inauguration If every artist who was invited to entertain at Trump’s inauguration had accepted, what notes would be ringing… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Searching for Time-Travelers on the Eve of the Trump Inauguration From the National Mall to the DeploraBall, an investigation into whether anyone from the future has come back… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why We Expect the Girl Scouts to Be Progressive A good portion of the Girl Scouts’ history reflects an embrace of a diversity of opinions. By Francie… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Eric Garner’s Killer Will Probably Never Be Indicted And Loretta Lynch’s inaction will have played at least as big a role as Jeff Sessions’ stringent support… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How a President Donald Trump Could Kill a Plan to Get You Overtime Pay A rule that could get overtime pay for four million workers is in limbo, and Trump will help… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief ‘Hidden Figures’: Lessons for the Resistance in the Age of Trump Theodore Melfi’s film about black women mathematicians is now the biggest movie in America — just in time to teach… Pacific Standard Staff