News in Brief The Week in Photos Ramadan Begins (in Photos) More than a billion Muslims around the world began to observe Ramadan this week. Leah Dunlevy
News in Brief Viewfinder Viewfinder: Pardoned Turkeys Strut on the White House Lawn The two pardoned turkeys, Peas and Carrots, will spend the rest of their lives at a farm after the annual Thanksgiving presidential tradition. Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Viewfinder: A New Year’s Plunge in New York City A Polar Bear Club swimmer carries an American flag as the group makes its annual icy plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on January 1st, 2018, on Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Pacific Standard Staff
Social Justice What Makes American Cuisine American? At its essence, American food began as a cuisine of survival free from the burdens of tradition and elitism. Little has changed. James McWilliams