News in Brief The U.S.’ Mass Incarceration Rate Is the Lowest It’s Been in Almost Two Decades American prisons are getting a little less crowded. Do we have Obama to thank for that? By Jared… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief With Dylann Roof Sentenced to Death, Black People Are Expected to Forgive Lessons from Mother Emanuel after the Roof trial. By Brandon Tensley A woman helps fix the memorial in… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How a Prosecutor Decided That an Attack on a Disabled Black Kid Was Just Bullying When a disabled person of color is victimized, too often the courts don’t know what to do. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Presence of the Poor Dampens the Desire to Soak the Rich New research finds we are less likely to support a tax on millionaires if a destitute person is… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Will Our Government’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Investment in Genome Science Pay Off? Though the medical benefits of genome science have been marginal thus far, the government’s multi-billion-dollar investment could pay… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Justice Department Wants to End Solitary Confinement of Juveniles — For Now Hundreds of years of history show that solitary confinement is dangerous. While the end of the practice is… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Rebuilding Our Civic Muscles: Maintaining a Democracy Is Never-Ending Work Three steps you can take today to fight for the things that matter. By Hollie Russon-Gilman (Photo: Chris… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Murder in the Bayou A barn near Jennings, Louisiana. (Photo: polymerchemist/Flickr) Kristen Gary Lopez’s grandmother still kept the newspaper clippings stored in… Melissa Gira Grant
News in Brief Our Best Social Justice Stories From This Past Year The most important reads from our coverage of human to housing rights and everything in between. By Kate… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief ‘20th Century Women’ and Its Lessons for Feminism After Hillary Clinton In one of 2016’s Oscar contenders, a united, all-female coalition against misogyny eventually splinters—but somehow manages to fulfill its goals anyway. Katie Kilkenny