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Ted Scheinman

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Past:
  • Smithsonian Magazine
  • The New Republic
  • Pacific Standard
  • Slate
  • The Paris Review
  • The Atlantic

Past articles by Ted:

The Historical Roots of Racial Disparities in American Health Care

A new documentary from the Smithsonian Channel, 'The Color of Care,' produced by Oprah Winfrey, shines a light on medicine’s biases → Read More

The Historical Amnesia of Joe Biden’s Candidacy

Baby Boomers are charmed by his rose-tinted revisionism. Younger Democrats see the past more clearly. → Read More

PS Picks: John Carey's 'The Intellectuals and the Masses'

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. → Read More

At the GCAS in San Francisco, the Youth Have a Voice—But Only One

An interview with Jamie Margolin, founder of Zero Hour and the youngest official speaker at this week's climate summit in San Francisco. → Read More

The Limits of Solidarity at the Global Climate Action Summit

Analyzing the tensions around this week's climate talks in San Francisco. → Read More

'They Won't Be Able to Eat Their Money': A Dispatch From the 'Rise for Climate' March

Pacific Standard spoke with Amazonian activists, grandmothers, and small children at Saturday's march in San Francisco. → Read More

The Supreme Court Upholds Trump's Travel Ban

In a 5-4 ruling, SCOTUS found that challengers in lower courts had failed to prove that the ban flouted immigration law or First Amendment protections of religion. → Read More

Dispatches: The Secret to Enjoying the AWP Writing Conference

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors. → Read More

Keeping Marriage Spicy With Jane Austen

An excerpt from Ted Scheinman’s book about Jane Austen superfans. → Read More

Corsets and Cotillions: An Evening with the Jane Austen Society

Ted Scheinman goes undercover amid the secret society of Jane Austen superfans, tripping through the dances as his breech clasps come undone. → Read More

The Best 'Pacific Standard' Environmental Stories of 2017

From Fiji to our own backyard. → Read More

Letter From the Editor: Seeing the Invisible

Introducing Pacific Standard's November 2017 issue. → Read More

'Pacific Standard' Reports From Fiji for COP23

While diplomats travel to Germany, we're sending our reporter to the front lines. → Read More

Inside the Odd and Wonderful World of Jane Austen Cosplay

Two hundred years after the novelist’s death, people still bond over her works. Sometimes, costumes are involved. → Read More

Brutal Ironies in the Flap Over Trump and 'Julius Caesar'

Shakespeare used to be considered a defense against totalitarianism. How we flattered ourselves. → Read More

Semantic Tomfoolery at Comey's Senate Hearing

Faced with damning testimony against their president, GOP senators resorted to hair-splitting. → Read More

Six Points on Trump's Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

Welcome to an increasingly isolated America. → Read More

Women Saving the Planet: Lidy Nacpil of the Philippines

The veteran civil-society advocate came of political age under the Marcos régime in the Philippines. Today she’s one of the busiest organizers in the world. → Read More

The Women on the Front Lines of Climate Change

Women around the globe are disproportionately affected by climate change, but this gives them an edge in preparing for an uncertain future. → Read More

The Women on the Front Lines of Climate Change

Women around the globe are disproportionately affected by climate change, but this gives them an edge in preparing for an uncertain future. → Read More