Can a Nostalgic Ghostface Killah Concert Send a Radical Message in 2017?
After attending a concert starring the former Wu-Tang Clan member, Pacific Standard staffers discuss Killah’s subtle brand of…
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How America’s Black Cowboy Population Is Fighting Erasure
Today's black cowboys are aiming to set the historical record straight—and teach a younger generation to ride.
Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams During the Civil War
Jonathan W. White argues that the Civil War might have been the most sleepless period in American history.
The Shows Shaking Up Disability Representation on Television
Speechless and Switched at Birth deliver great jokes, soapy family drama, and a primer in contemporary issues facing…
‘Get Out’ is a Welcome Rejection of the White Savior
In Jordan Peele’s directorial debut, the victims are black—and so are the heroes.
PS Picks: Netflix’s ‘Bill Nye Saves the World’
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.
Manchester by the Sea Director Defends Casey Affleck
The director of Manchester by the Sea called a piece written by a college junior “a tangle of illogic, misinformation and flat-out slander.”
Have We Been Looking at Mass Incarceration All Wrong?
In his new book, John Pfaff argues that the cause of mass incarceration isn’t the War on Drugs, it’s prosecutorial power.
Disney Announces Its First-Ever ‘Gay Moment’ in a Movie
But some warn not to get too excited, as the scene involves the comic-relief character, LeFou.
The Best and Worst of This Year’s Political Speeches at the Academy Awards
Announcing the winners of Pacific Standard’s first Academy Awards Awards contest.