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A security guard checks cars at the entrance to Casa Padre, a former Walmart that is now a center for unaccompanied immigrant children, on June 24th, 2018, in Brownsville, Texas.
Social Justice

Threatened Shutdown of Failing Immigrant Children Shelters Could Cause a Crisis

Despite its numerous failures in keeping the children it's housing safe, an Arizona facility may keep its federal funding due to a lack of other options.

By Topher Sanders & Michael Grabell
People affected by the recent flooding rest at a makeshift shelter in Mabi, Okayama prefecture, Japan, on July 11th, 2018.
News in Brief

Viewfinder: A Makeshift Shelter During Severe Floods in Okayama

People affected by the recent flooding rest at a makeshift shelter in Mabi, Okayama prefecture, Japan, on July 11th, 2018.

By Pacific Standard Staff
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Features

The United States of Homelessness

A look at a growing problem.

By Michael Fitzgerald
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Social Justice

To Protect Battered Women, You Have to Protect Their Pets

Only three percent of shelters nationwide can accommodate domestic animals, and many people refuse to leave them behind.

By Kathryn Joyce