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Dream deferred
Joshua Hoyt, AM’95, leads the fight for immigrants' rights in Illinois.![](images/1106_TOC_Features-Slide-Show_2.jpg)
Away with words
Ben Zimmer, AM’98, took over William Safire's On Language column before it was pulled earlier this year. Now where's a word nerd to turn?![](images/1106_TOC_Features-Slide-Show_3.jpg)
Points of interest
Eric Fischer’s digital maps turn geographic data into works of art.![](images/1106_TOC_Features-Slide-Show_4.jpg)
Legacy
Jeannette Piccard, SM’19 (1895–1981), a “pioneer of the skies”Features »
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How to institute change
Social scientists establish the Urban Network to share lessons and information that strengthen antipoverty programs.![Whistle blower](images/1106_TOC_Departments-SubNav_2.jpg)
Whistle blower
Examining sports through a Freakonomics lens, economist Tobias J. Moskowitz makes some controversial calls.![Faith in farming](images/1106_TOC_Departments-SubNav_3.jpg)
Faith in farming
Fred Kirschenmann, AM’62, PhD’64, wants to pass on his self-taught sustainable-agriculture lessons to younger generations.![Lite of the Mind](http://magazine.uchicago.edu/1106/every_issue/images/toc_lotm.jpg)