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Michelle Obama says hello to sixth graders from Fairfax, Viginia's Willow Springs Elementary School during a surprise visit to the Decatur House in Washington, D.C., on May 22nd, 2013. The Decatur House is a National Trust for Historic Preservation Site that received a $ 1 million grant to fund educational programming.

PS Picks: The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s ‘Preservation Personals’ Feature

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Angela Serratore

The Island of Rarotonga, the largest island in the Cook Islands, is viewed from the air on August 30th, 2012.

Environment

How a Small Island Nation Is Working to Protect Its Ocean in the Face of Climate Change

The Cook Islands just created a marine preserve that's 7,000 times its land size.

Francie Diep

Environment

Tiny Pacific Island Nation Creates Huge Marine Preserve

Marae Moana is the result of years of work by local environmentalists.

Francie Diep

News in Brief

Obama Just Created the World’s Largest Marine Sanctuary

President Barack Obama is more than quadrupling the size of Hawaii’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the White House…

Pacific Standard Staff

Environment

Plight of the Panther: What Happens When Preserving a Species Makes It Unpopular?

Some Floridians have turned on their once-beloved state cat.

Kim Tingley

Social Justice

How Your Historical Plaque Sausage Gets Made

The process is not nearly as official or meticulous as you might expect.

Rick Paulas

Social Justice

The Big Sleep: Suspended Animation and the Potential Benefits of Human Hibernation

The extreme survival tricks of hibernators could help us overcome life-threatening injuries.

Frank Swain