Footnotes From the Archives News in Brief A Huge Cross Can Remain on Public Land in Maryland The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Bladensburg Cross, a World War I monument, has effectively become secular. Rebecca Worby
Ideas The Diplodocus and the Robber Baron Ilja Nieuwland's new book is the story of how fossils and their replicas become tools of capitalism, power, and privilege. Lydia Pyne
News in Brief Viewfinder Viewfinder: The Weeping Window Exhibition Finishes Its U.K. Tour Composed of several thousand handmade ceramic poppies, the sculpture honors those lost in World War I, which ended 100 years ago next month. Pacific Standard Staff
Issue #67: September/October 2018 Magazine Pacific Standard Picks Premium Previous Issues PS Picks The Culture Pages PS Picks: ‘No Man’s Land: Women’s Photography and the First World War’ PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture. Angela Serratore
Social Justice War May Be Closer Than We Think A new analysis warns us that the period of relative peace since the end of World War II may be an aberration. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice Why Do So Few Hollywood Movies Take Place During World War I? The Great War wasn't glamorous—and it isn't remembered as reflecting particularly well on the U.S. Esther Bergdahl