Today is an extremely difficult day, the worst day—and I’m heart-broken and devastated. We learned this morning, without any warning, that our primary funder is cutting off all charitable giving and that our board is shutting down @PacificStand, effective next Friday. @PacificStand I’m feeling all of the emotions about this terrible news. Anger and frustration, certainly—we were repeatedly and enthusiastically told we were over-performing and -delivering up until the very end, and that we had a long-term commitment—shock, sadness and disappointment.

1/ Starting a thread for the week looking back at some of the best (and/or my favorite) @PacificStand stories from the past year. We'll be running round-ups -- and some other, new reporting and storytelling -- all week at psmag.com. What a year it's been. 2/ @AntoniaJuhasz's analysis confirmed that the oil and gas industry is among the latest tax bill's greatest financial beneficiaries. Just 17 American oil and gas companies reported a combined total of $25 billion in direct one-time benefits: psmag.com/economics/tax-…