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March 7, 2022
Professor David Palumbo-Liu writes that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is part of a complex history that must be acknowledged and argues that war created by global hegemons causes irreparable damage to ordinary people. "It is time to think of people — not regimes, alliances and the expansion of power for the already powerful, at deadly cost to everyone else," writes Professor Palumbo-Liu.
Oct. 28, 2019
There is one dimension in which Stanford has largely neglected to do work to foster inclusivity in the computer science departments. Stanford students who are not from marginalized backgrounds are often never made to confront the ways that they unintentionally make spaces unwelcome for students from marginalized backgrounds in tech.
Dec. 29, 2022
From Pusha T and Nas to Loyle Carner and WIL$ON, 2022's quasi-Renaissance in hip-hop has something for all fans, chronicles columnist Nick Sligh.
By Nick Sligh
April 29, 2022
Are college students ready to settle down? The answer to that question could depend on the responses to more than 500 potential questions. While layers of immense complexity underlie this matchmaking algorithm, it remains unknown how much the mystery of human connection can truly be predicted, allocated to best use or replaced by abstractions in a machine.
By Matthew Turk
April 27, 2021
Choosing the name “theorizing” for the main activity of one’s life can often be met with suspicion. A theoretician spends their life on thinking, whereas good life requires living. It seems that thinking all the time and living stand in contradiction.
By Kamil Aftyka
May 18, 2021
Cynthia Arrieu-King’s “The Betweens,” released in March of this year from Noemi Press, is a short experimental prose memoir about this “indeterminate” in-betweenness of being biracial.
June 3, 2021
Structured like an autobiography, Siegel’s book offers valuable insight into his student activism at Stanford and activism throughout his post-grad life, coming from someone who has dedicated his life to reform.
By Hana Dao
Feb. 24, 2021
Aren’t what we call emotions something of idealized literary objects? How accurate is it to say “love” when it carries with it fractions of dependence, envy, desire for possession or hate when hate often implies fear and so respect and so admiration?, writes Nestor Walters.
May 3, 2021
Feb. 15, 2021
Well … Episode 5 of “WandaVision” was absolutely crazy. “On a Very Special Episode …” cuts back and forth from the real world, featuring the S.W.O.R.D. and F.B.I. agents, and the “pocket universe” of the sit-com, this time 1980s themed.
March 16, 2021
In the spirit of Women’s History Month, Reads beat writers suggest some of their favorite female-authored texts, each of which offers unique and complex insights into themes of gender and being a woman in the world.
Feb. 16, 2021
If anyone can be described as the intellectual figure of this generation, it’s ContraPoints.
Dec. 10, 2020
Stanford researchers are tackling the technical and ethical public health challenges that come with the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Athena Xue
April 19, 2021
Of course, the appeal of video games transcends “living life at low stakes.” They also allow us to construct and inhabit different versions of ourselves, writes Sanjana Friedman.
Oct. 14, 2020
Milgrom and Wilson were jointly awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — worth $10 million Swedish kronor (about $1.1 million USD) — on Monday for their work on auction theory and their invention of new auction formats, which the Royal Swedish Academy of Science said have "benefitted sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world.”
Feb. 3, 2021
Dr. Yasmin joins us this time to talk about her latest book, “Viral BS: Medical Myths and Why We Fall For Them.”
Nov. 15, 2020
The task of criticizing Black Lives Matter (BLM) is immediately complicated by a deceptively simple question: What is BLM? A slogan, a movement, an ideology, an organization? The answer seems to change depending on who’s asking.
Dec. 15, 2020
Illness, death, mortality, the mental crises that come from living with them every day are a vital part of the human experience. And yet, they are mostly absent from literature.
By Jen Ehrlich
Sept. 28, 2020
Each week, The Daily’s Science & Tech section produces a roundup of the most exciting and influential research happening on campus or otherwise related to Stanford. Here’s our digest for the week of Sept. 20 — Sept. 26.
By Derek Chen
May 31, 2020
These past few weeks have highlighted the corruption of our law enforcement and prison-industrial complex, but the system was never designed to protect Black folks. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery “except as a punishment for a crime.” This subtle exception was used as a loophole for Southern whites, opening a new door of imprisonment and forced labor. Our modern-day prison and policing system are built on racism. The land of the free stole from the indigenous and exploited Black bodies. It was designed to oppress.
By Lora Supandi
