Features Awakening the Great Spirit Oil now flows through the Dakota Access Pipeline and it may never stop, but the point man in the ongoing and politically fraught legal battle to prevent it, Jan Hasselman ’97, bore witness as the Standing Rock Sioux reservation became a worldwide symbol of defiance and revived the notion that power still resides with the people. By Chad Konecky
Features Ode to A Lost Cause Six years chasing drug smugglers on the high seas was all it took for this Coast Guard lieutenant to see what the government, for four decades, has not. Despite the billions in money and man hours spent on the War on Drugs, the fight cannot be won. Worse, it has created in America a social catastrophe whose toll continues to mount. By Brendan McKinnon ’19
Features Dirty Little Secret There is a law in America that makes it possible to traffic young girls through the internet. Backpage.com has capitalized on that law, fueling the exploitation. Three alumni are tackling the problem with every means they can think of, and the nation is beginning to listen. By Jeri Zeder
Features The Suit Hank Rouda’s real estate savvy eventually led him to, of all places, Armani and the world of high fashion. How did he get there from here? By Jane Whitehead
Evidence Criminal Justice Reform Speakers, data make a case for change. By Vicki Sanders and Leah Herscovici ’18
In the Field As Luck Would Have It How Sandy Leung ’84 parlayed a stroke of fortune into a twenty-five-year career in the pharma industry. By Maura King Scully
