News in Brief It’s Time for California to Compensate Sterilization Patients As many as 20,000 people were sterilized in California under eugenics laws that remained on the books until… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump Supporters Are More Likely to Oppose Public Policies When They Think About Black People That’s the finding of a new study by two political scientists. By Lisa Wade Donald Trump greets supporters… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Giving Native Americans the Right to Information The Department of Justice is expanding a program that gives tribes access to federal crime data. By Kate… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Many Americans Are Behind Bars for No Good Reason? Lots, according to a new report. By Jared Keller (Photo: Thomas Hawk/Flickr) It’s an undisputed fact that the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Conversation With the Researcher Behind the Latest Study on Racial Disparities in Police Killings Pacific Standard spoke with James Buehler about his research, which shows black and Hispanic men are indeed more… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why America’s Lead Problem Is So Much Bigger Than Just Flint There’s not enough money or political will to fix our country’s aging pipes. By Jared Keller (Photo: Sarah… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Pizzagate and the Long Legacy of the Fabricated Sex Slave “Sex Slave Story Revealed to Be Fabricated.” This headline could have run in a recent Washington Post, atop… Melissa Gira Grant
News in Brief Nearly 2,000 People Died While Being Arrested in 2015 A report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics offers new evidence to those who claim the federal government… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How to Convince the Rich to Donate Money New research suggests charitable appeals work best when they fit with the donor’s self-concept. By Tom Jacobs (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief AIDS and the House That Donald Trump Built Some sunlight found its way between the metal police pens surrounding the new New York City AIDS Memorial,… Melissa Gira Grant