Cover Story
Black Girl Magic
In the wake of the 1968 Black Student Walkout, a chapter of the politically engaged, storied Black sorority Delta Sigma Theta was born at Brown.
January–March 2021
Features
Ghost Dose
The true story of the CIA’s secret experiment with LSD in the search to create a Manchurian Candidate
Lit.
How nicotine, alcohol, amphetamines, opium, cocaine, and even caffeine have fueled the world’s wars
What Do You Think?
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“ My principal objections to the varsity demotion decision are not Brown’s foolish “go-it-alone” approach to restoring competitive imbalances in the Ivy League nor the meager funds to be saved. Rather, my objections,…”
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“Eldridge Gilbert’s words in “Now!” (September-October) carried a note of desperation: “The work that needs to be done amongst white people in white communities across the United States can’t be done fast…”
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“Mr. Cicilline, by all means, deal with Zuckerberg. Just don’t mess with my YouTube (“Going Up Against Goliath,” November/December).”
In response to Going Up Against Goliath (November–December 2020)
Upfront
Growing the Arts at Brown
Welcoming Avery Willis Hoffman.
Winter Reading
It’s a good time to dive into a book or three.
Under the Elms
Politics & Law
Capitalism on the Couch
A history course analyzes the social, political, and cultural underpinnings of our economic system. Read More: Capitalism on the Couch
Eerie Silence
College Hill meets COVID.
Created Equal
RBG’s brilliant arguments in the fight for gender and racial equality.
The Actress, the Mic, and the Wardrobe
Crisis, meet opportunity
You Just Need a Few Common Household Items…
Oh, and an Arduino board, a Venturi sensor, Navier-Stokes equations, plus Bernoulli.
Beyond the Gates
Doing Justice
A lawyer pivots to providing direct services for people with developmental disabilities.
Not Just “Another Mural”
The fearless work of Jibade-Khalil Huffman ’05 MFA
The Quest
A bestselling new book searches for evidence that early Christianity may have been powered by psychedelics.
Use of Force
A conversation about police reform with Chicago’s new deputy inspector general for public safety
Finding Home
A debut novel brings to life Thailand’s student protest movement of the 1970s.
Zoom as an Art Form
Two alums take on the zombie apocalypse amidst a pandemic.
Fresh Ink
Books by Lisa Levenstein ’94, Amra Sabic-El-Rayess ’00, and Ariel Sabar ’93
Mission to Mars
Brown PhDs play key roles in the search for signs of life on the red planet
Celebrating Uyghur Culture
Silk Road Recipes: Parida’s Uyghur Cookbook
The Classes
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Terence A. Harkin announces that his debut novel, The Big Buddha Bicycle Race, was named a finalist for the Military Writers Society of America’s 2020 prize in Literary Fiction. His second…
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David Shields’s documentary film Lynch: A History streamed in the fall on the Sundance Channel/AMC; the film was also available on a variety of other platforms, such as Amazon Prime, iTunes/AppleTV,…
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Barbara Heller, a set decorator for film and television and the writer and director of award-winning short films, designed the new deluxe edition of Pride and Prejudice. The edition contains…
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Ayanna MacCalla Howard explores how the tech world’s racial and sexual biases are infecting the next generation of artificial intelligence in her audiobook Sex, Race, and Robots. Narrated by Hollywood actress Amandla…
Obituaries
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Shirley Walling Mayhew ’48, of West Tisbury, Mass.; Aug. 21. She served on the West Tisbury School Board, was the children’s librarian in the Music Street Library for a year, volunteered at…
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Roy Fidler ’50 of San Rafael, Calif.; July 9. He worked for the New York Times in various capacities before starting his own advertising agency. During the Korean War, he served in…
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Kurt M. Luedtke ’61, of Birmingham, Mich.; Aug. 9. After Brown, he entered the University of Michigan Law School, but the burgeoning civil rights movement drew him to the South to witness…
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Sergei Khruschev, of Cranston, R.I.; June 18. He was a retired senior fellow at the Watson Institute, the son of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, and a rocket engineer and computer…
