News in Brief The Future of Disability Rights in the White House An interview with Maria Town, outgoing disability liaison at the Office of Public Engagement. By David M. Perry… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why Theodore Melfi Chose to Make ‘Hidden Figures’ Over ‘Spider-Man’ The director of America’s No. 1 film explains why a real-life tale of female mathematicians is really a superhero story. Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief Unfortunate Art for an Unfortunate World: A Chat With Lemony Snicket Does morbid drama have a place in art following the 2016 election? The author of A Series of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Noam Chomsky Talks Trump, Free Speech, and the Virtues of Resistance One of America’s foremost public intellectuals tells us why, now more than ever, Americans have a responsibility to… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What Do Millennials in Rural America Think About the State of Workplace Policy? Two researchers set out to find out what 10 working-class Millennials in southern Ohio think about work-family policy… 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 How a Former Financial Consultant Built a Company to Cure Rare Diseases An interview with Karen Aiach, CEO of gene therapy company Lysogene. By Noah Davis Karen Aiach. (Photo: Jacques… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Will These Latest Prison Reforms Help Ex-Inmates Get Jobs? Recent reforms will ensure ex-prisoners can apply for jobs, but they’ll still have to overcome significant stigma to… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How to Achieve an ‘Anti-Racist’ America A conversation with National Book Award-winner Ibram X. Kendi. By Corey Atad Students pray in the aftermath of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What We Talk About When We Talk About ‘Normalizing’ Donald Trump A political science professor weighs in. By Jared Keller (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr) Ever since Donald Trump eked out… Pacific Standard Staff