Features
‘I Want Her Inside the White House.’
Valerie Jarrett, ’78, has been behind Barack Obama for nearly two decades as a friend and adviser with special clout. Now the world is learning how this soft-spoken former lawyer became one of the most powerful women in the world.
by Roy S. Johnson
Features
‘They Are Somebody’s Children’
As the chief medical director for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, Shairi Turner, ’91, is the only doctor overseeing the care of 8,000 kids. She dreams of a day when she can help them get better.
by S.V. Dáte
Departments
The Case Against Neglect
50 years after Brown v. Board, Charles Ogletree, ’75, MA ’75, offers a retrospective.
Features
Regarding Ernest Johnson
Forgotten for almost a century, Stanford’s first African American student has had his legacy restored. And the alumnus who honored him has gained back a piece of his past.
by Jocelyn Wiener
