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All Right Now

Pass It On

Peter Bing cultivated his love of Stanford in those who followed.

By Christine Foster

The Statesman
All Right Now

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

The Zoom Where It Happens
Departments

The Zoom Where It Happens

The instructors of CS 182 dial up the tech in teaching.

by Summer Moore Batte

Think values, not goals; what’s with the USPS; funding disability services
The Loop

Think values, not goals; what’s with the USPS; funding disability services

What’s the Big Deal About the Post Office?
Online Exclusives

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

Take a Zoom fatigue survey; pandemic alcohol and drug use; why we text people in the next room
The Loop

Take a Zoom fatigue survey; pandemic alcohol and drug use; why we text people in the next room

Schoolhouse Rocked
Features

Schoolhouse Rocked

The pandemic crumbled cornerstones of U.S. education. The question now is what will emerge from the rubble.

by Sam Scott

Obituaries — March 2021
Farewells

Obituaries — March 2021

Documenting Black cuisine; one year of remote schooling; climate change and the grid
The Loop

Documenting Black cuisine; one year of remote schooling; climate change and the grid

The Bard of Barbecue
Features

The Bard of Barbecue

Adrian Miller is a lawyer by training, a church council director by profession and a soul food scholar by avocation. And what people most want to talk to him about is a perfectly cooked sparerib.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

Biblio File: What to Read Now — March 2021
Departments

Biblio File: What to Read Now — March 2021

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