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Going Gray Behind Bars
What to Do With Elderly Prisoners?
A Serious Career Option
On her latest CD, Brooklynite Rebecca Pronsky ’02 develops a “noirish” country twang.
No Country for Innocent Men
How a rapist’s confession forced Rick Perry, champion of Texas justice, to pardon a dead man.
Reading, Writing, and Rehab
At three publicly funded Massachusetts high schools, all the students are recovering substance abusers. The idea is to give the kids a safe and stable learning environment where they can overcome their addictions. So what’s with all the weed smoking and failed drug tests?
‘Our Bodies’ Gets an Israeli Makeover
The groundbreaking women’s book ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ has been adapted for Israel. Now we know how to say ‘menopause,’ in both Hebrew and Arabic.
Oy, Pioneers!
A literary/musical collaboration about a Jewish girl who arrives in North Dakota as a mail-order bride.
The Doctor of Prejudice
After a long career as a groundbreaking physician and an activist quietly battling discrimination, Gus White ’57 argues that unconscious bias is keeping many of us sick.
Forensics Under the Microscope
When it comes to criminal cases, scientific evidence can seem like cold hard facts. But recently, advocates worry that both bad science and internal corruption is making forensics faulty—and innocent people are going to jail.
Colombia’s Voice
A new documentary explores the overlapping tragedies of Colombians Pablo and Andrés Escobar. One was a soccer hero and the “gentleman of the field.” The other was perhaps the biggest drug baron in world history.
Earning College Degrees Behind Bars
The Bard Prison Initiative sends professors into New York State prisons to teach a full slate of Bard College classes. Professor John Fout asks, “How in the hell did these guys end up there?”