March / April 2008
Features
A Nation of Jailers
Brown_web_cover_story.jpgEconomics professor Glenn Loury is speaking out about what he believes is one of the nation’s gravest injustices: despite falling crime rates, the number of black men sent to prison continues to rise. It's the latest cause for a man whose work has taken him from liberal to conservative and back again.
 
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The Tax Cut That Neutered Congress
03.chafee1.large_thm.jpgA former U.S. Senator recalls that before the War on Terror came the War on Congress.
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Scents + Sensibility
02.herz1.large_thm.jpgResearcher Rachel Herz studies the link between smell and behavior. After reading what she has to say, you may never smell the roses in the same way again. 
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Ask Yourself
07.POVdiff_thm.jpgWhen it comes to the color of your skin, some things never change.
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Into the Woodshed

03.Wood_thm.jpgAdam Rubin '84

& Theodore Whitehead '84
What happens when a stockbroker and a lawyer decide to chuck it all and go split wood?

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The Power of Music

04.Cors_thm.jpgCarmen Cors '93
Can the didgeridoo be what’s curing her cancer?

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High Scorer

02.Walker_thm.jpgGwyneth Walker '68
She's no household name, but she's among the most-heard composers in the United States.

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Settling Down

01.McBeath_thm.jpgMarcia McBeath '45
Settling Down a Long Way From Home

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Clock Work
finally.clock_thm.jpgHow they got the trains to run on time.
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