Eastern Standard the integrity of either his troubling content or his effervescent theatrical form . . . For anyone who has been waiting for a play that tells what it is like to be more or less middle-class, more or less young and more or less well-intentioned in a frightening city at this moment in this time zone, "Eastern Standard" at long last is it." Michael Kuchwara, in his review for the Associated Press, wrote: "Alternately compassionate and caustic, funny and sad, "Eastern Standard" marks the arrival of a major playwrighting talent who has been percolating on the theater scene for several
Pacific Standard justice. In 2017, the magazine was honored with its second National Magazine Award. Also in 2017, "Pacific Standard"' nonprofit parent changed its name from the Miller-McCune Center for Research, Media, and Public Policy to The Social Justice Foundation. The magazine was created for opinion leaders, policymakers, and concerned citizens who are interested in developing solutions to some of the world’s toughest social and environmental problems. Its target readers are "influentials" who read "The Economist", "The Atlantic", "Mother Jones", and "Wired", but former editor-in-chief Streshinsky differentiated "Pacific Standard" by focusing on the behavioral and social sciences. In an interview, Streshinsky said: