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Flight Risk?
Nine years ago, and without explanation, graduate student Rahinah Ibrahim showed up on the U.S. governments no-fly list, which barred her from re-entering the country. What happens when personal rights and the war on terror collide?
by Sam Scott
Truth Was Our Only Client
Richard Mosk was a young lawyer serving in the California Air National Guard when he was summoned to help sort out who killed JFK. In this first-person account, he describes his foray into Lee Harvey Oswald's life, and what he learned.
by Justice Richard M. Mosk
Make It Stop
Researchers are beginning to unravel the sources of chronic pain, and develop treatments for mysterious, maddening conditions.
by Kristin Sainani
What It Takes
Last year, undergraduate admissions officers spent more than 10,000 hours evaluating nearly 39,000 applicants. How do they choose whom to accept when so many are so deserving?
by Ivan Maisel
Fifty Years of Harmony
Stanford's first a cappella group, the Mendicants, had no idea what they were starting.
by Sam Scott
Shutdowns: A History
Stanford talks to Hoover Institution research fellow about government funding gaps over the past 35 years.
by Sam Scott