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The Phenomenal Doug Ulman
This young bone cancer survivor Livestrong has turned Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong into one of the most visible and effective cancer foundations in the world.
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?
Tyranny Has A Witness
Meet the man behind Human Rights Watch: Kenneth Roth ’77, who has been leading the group for nearly two decades.
The Brothers Moynihan
Two brothers. Two personalities. Two definitions of success. The lives of Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan ’81 and Catholic missionary Patrick Moynihan ’87 show there’s more than one way to change the world.
The Green Mile
Who’s got time to tend delicate prairie wildflowers? Prisoners, that’s who.
It’s All About Love
Hip-hop music began as an expression of the hopes and fears of the inner-city poor. Then greed and violence corrupted it. It’s a story that Tricia Rose, one of the first scholars to study hip-hop, believes has much to teach us about our culture and how we treat one another.
I Will Be Heard!
For decades Catherine Wolf ’72 AM, ’74 PhD worked as an IBM scientist getting computers to understand better how humans think. Then she was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Now she must rely on computers to tell other people what’s inside her own head and heart.
What’s in a Building?
When Brown announced plans last year for a new mind, brain, and behavior building, a group of faculty, students, and alumni objected that the Urban Environmental Lab would have to be torn down. What followed was a debate about how to capture the future without forgetting the past.
The Advocate
State child advocate Jametta Alston is willing to protect children in DCYF custody at all costs. Even if her bold decision to sue the state for neglect forces her to commit career suicide, she’s determined to make her case for the kids.