Will Open-Source Plants Spur Better Agriculture?
A new initiative is looking to make better crops by freeing their germplasm from intellectual property restrictions. By…
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How the Internet Has Both Helped and Hurt the Homeless
A staff attorney for the National Law Center on Homelessness guides Pacific Standard through the pros and cons.…
What Makes People Fall for Online Fraud?
Isolation, layoffs, and pop-up clicking, among other predictors. By Rick Paulas (Photo: 23905174@N00/Flickr) In 2014, AARP conducted a…
How Chattanooga Became a Web Access Innovator
Enterprising city officials and an aggressive non-profit put Choo Choo City on the national Internet map. Chattanooga, Tennessee.…
Will Soda Taxes Like Philadelphia’s Make Americans Healthier?
Advocates across the nation say yes — but the jury’s still out. By Elena Gooray (Photo: David Paul Morris/Getty Images)…
Will the Next President Fix the Digital Divide?
Hillary Clinton has a plan; Donald Trump doesn’t. But digital connectivity has never really been about national scope.…
How Do We Prevent the Next Brock Turner?
We rely on parents to teach their sons not to rape, but there’s no good reason to believe…
Why Open Primaries Won’t Change Our Politics Much
Legislators elected from closed primary systems are no more or less extreme than those from open primary systems.…
Improve Your Body — and the Earth — by Rejecting the Theology of Dominion
America was founded on the principle that man should exert dominion over the Earth, the animals, and his…
Five Ways to Lessen the Likelihood of Mass Shootings
How can we reduce the chances of another shooting?