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Book Review: Lost in the Rain Forest
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Book Review: Lost in the Rain Forest

New and Notable

by Kevin Cool

Legal Pioneer, Scholar and Mentor
Farewells

Legal Pioneer, Scholar and Mentor

Barbara Allen Babcock

by John Roemer

Rapid Response
Features

Rapid Response

How the Stanford research community pivoted to address the coronavirus.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

The View from the ICU
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The View from the ICU

A doctor describes the painful reality of caring for COVID-19 patients.

by Nathan Nielsen

‘Black Male: Guilty Until Proven Innocent’
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‘Black Male: Guilty Until Proven Innocent’

It pains me that these words I wrote in 1992 still ring true today.

by Cory Booker

A Note to the Dumb
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A Note to the Dumb

On George Floyd’s killing and racial injustice in America.

by Epiphany Morrow

This Is Not a Drill
Features

This Is Not a Drill

Bay Area public health officers had prepared all their lives for the possibility of a pandemic. That didn’t make their decisions any easier.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

100 Years Ago, the First Latina Graduated from Stanford
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100 Years Ago, the First Latina Graduated from Stanford

Helen Dominguez transferred to the Farm just as the 1918 flu hit.

by Summer Moore Batte

The McFlurry of Our Departure
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The McFlurry of Our Departure

The frenzied moment when 5 Stanford seniors said adieu.

by Emma Abdullah