News in Brief The Obligation to Fight Obesity What if food rights came with food duties? By James McWilliams (Photo: Jana Birchum/Getty Images) Despite a 2015… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Seven Ways Educators Can Foster Safe Schools for Transgender Students Because many people lack the knowledge or experience to respond to issues that trans students face. By Jessica… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Long-Acting Birth Control Can Help End Poverty IUDs and other methods of long-acting reversible contraception offer to help millions of women escape poverty—so why aren’t… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Bionic Woman of Good Science How an ecologist of tidal communities became a global diplomat for the ocean. By Bonnie Tsui (Illustration: Oliver… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief California’s Unspoken Oil Failure The Golden State has for too long turned a blind eye to squarely managing its own oil. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Even the Critics Are Coming Around on GMOs Food labeling initiatives that were originally meant to take GMOs down a peg bother biotechnology advocates, but the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Brief History of Drowning Drowning has been a common cause of death since the Middle Ages. How do we prevent it when… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Potentially Dangerous New Model for Saving the Environment In New Zealand, as public funding for the environment falls, the government’s Department of Conservation is seeking partnerships… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Is Global Internet Growth Slowing? Yes, but more people than ever are online, creating a “small base problem.” And the rural areas left… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief It’s Time to Make the Case for Even Stronger Political Parties Donald Trump is what happens when parties get out of the way and defer to the people. By… Pacific Standard Staff