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Freedom and the Farm
It all began with a standoff between Jane Stanford and David Starr Jordan. Of course.
by Kathy Zonana
A Hoover Handbook
The campus policy institute began as a war archive founded by the 31st president.
by Kathy Zonana
All Right Now
After 29 years, the women’s basketball team is a national champion again.
by Sam Scott
A Guide to Adulting
Former dean of freshmen Julie Lythcott-Haims on the art of growing up.
by Sam Scott
The Statesman
George Shultz is best known for his work in the 1980s to end the nuclear arms race. But the economist and diplomat was a public servant to the end.
by Kevin Cool
What’s the Big Deal About the Post Office?
Historian Cameron Blevins, PhD ’15, on the past and future of the USPS.
by Elizabeth Lindqwister
Schoolhouse Rocked
The pandemic crumbled cornerstones of U.S. education. The question now is what will emerge from the rubble.
by Sam Scott