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A woman holds a sign during a press conference where activists delivered a computer flash drive with 10 million signatures to lawmakers at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 9th, 2019. The signatures were on a petition urging Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.

Viewfinder: Activists Push for Congress to Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against Trump

A woman holds a sign during a press conference where activists delivered a computer flash drive with 10 million signatures calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

Pacific Standard Staff

Viewfinder: Remembering Fallen Soldiers in D.C.

A Vietnam War veteran points to names of fallen soldiers on the wall of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., on November 12th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

A three-year-old boy attends a private nursery school January 28, 2005 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Education

D.C.’s Universal Preschool Program Has Been Hugely Beneficial for Moms—and the Economy

Once preschool was made free, maternal labor force participation increased.

Dwyer Gunn

Police officers push back demonstrators as they protest against President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on January 20th, 2017.

Social Justice

Jury Appears Deadlocked on Fate of Trump Inauguration Protesters

A Washington, D.C., jury appears deadlocked in the cases of three people facing felony charges for destruction of property during protests on President Donald Trump's inauguration day.

Kate Wheeling

Advocates for national service dressed in bald eagle costumes rally in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 7th, 2018. The protest organized by Service Year Alliance opposes the White House's budget proposal to eliminate national service programs like AmeriCorps and cut funding to the Peace Corps.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: A Band of Bald Eagles Rally at the White House

Advocates for national service dressed in bald eagle costumes rally in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 7th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

DNC Chairman Tom Perez speaks to a crowd in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 21st, 2017.

News in Brief

Parties, Not Voters, Perform the Organizational Work of Democracy

In politics, individuality is overrated.

Seth Masket

Participants take part in the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C., on March 24th, 2018.

News in Brief

Scenes From the ‘March for Our Lives’ Rallies for Gun Control Taking Place Around the World

And more follow-up coverage since the shooting in Parkland, Florida, from Pacific Standard.

Pacific Standard Staff

Environment

What Is the ‘Climate Control’ Conspiracy?

A D.C. city council member posted a video claiming that a recent East Coast snowfall is the result of wealthy families controlling the weather.

Brentin Mock

The Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., as seen on June 17th, 2002.

Dispatches: ‘Pacific Standard’ Goes to Washington

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

Francie Diep

The Lede, Issue #7: A New Washington Bureau, Political Poetry of the American Midwest, Netflix’s ‘Queer Eye’ Reboot, and More

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