Contributors
Richard Albert
Professor, Boston College Law School
Kecia Ali
Associate professor of religion, Boston University
Steve Almond
Author
Cornel Ban
Professor, Boston University
Rich Barlow
Writer
Jarrett Barrios
CEO, American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts
Aaron Beatty
Film critic
Jack Beatty
News analyst, author
Linda J. Bilmes
Professor of public policy, Harvard University
Molly Birnbaum
Writer, editor
Amahl Bishara
Professor of anthropology, Tufts University
Madeleine Blais
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author
Robert C. Bordone
Harvard Law School
Jim Borghesani
President, PrimePoint Strategic Media
danah boyd
Social media scholar, youth researcher and advocate
Sharon Brody
WBUR News anchor, writer
Margaret Burnham
Professor, Northeastern University School of Law
Michael E. Capuano
Congressman
John Carroll
Professor of mass communication, Boston University
Meghna Chakrabarti
Co-host, WBUR’s Radio Boston
Joanne Chang
Chef, bakery/restaurant owner
Jack Cheng
Director, Clemente Course in the Humanities
Erika Christakis
Educator
Nicholas A. Christakis
Social scientist, physician
Leah Hager Cohen
Writer
Mary Z. Connaughton
Director of finance and administration, Pioneer Institute
Neta Crawford
Professor of Political Science, Boston University
Kathleen Crowley
Physician
Joseph A. Curtatone
Mayor of Somerville
Joseph B. Darby III
Tax attorney
Josh Davis
Employment attorney
Tiziana Dearing
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
John Della Volpe
Founder/CEO of SocialSphere, Harvard Institute of Politics director of polling
Gabriel Bol Deng
Nonprofit director
Alan M. Dershowitz
Professor, Harvard Law School
Anita Diamant
Journalist, author
Chris Duffy
Humorist
Nancy S. Dwight
Republican analyst, former executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee
Laurie Edwards
Lecturer, Northeastern University
Nir Eisikovits
Educator, writer
Farouk El-Baz
Director, Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University
Garry Emmons
Writer, editor
Greg M. Epstein
Humanist chaplain, Harvard University
Tom Fiedler
Dean, Boston University College of Communication
Judy Foreman
Health columnist
Ed Fouhy
Former news director and vice president of CBS News
Howard Gardner
Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Nancy Gertner
Retired judge, Harvard Law School professor
Ethan Gilsdorf
Writer
Carey Goldberg
Co-host, WBUR's CommonHealth
Gabriel Gomez
Candidate for U.S. Senate
Rob Gray
Republican strategist
Debi Greenberg
Owner, Louis Boston
Lani Guinier
Professor, Harvard Law School
Kathy Gunst
Cookbook author, writer
Scott Harshbarger
Former Massachusetts attorney general
John Harthorne
Founder/CEO, MassChallenge
Neal Hartman
MIT Sloan School of Management
Kerry Healey
Former Massachusetts lieutenant governor
Jamie Henn
Co-founder and communications director, 350.org
César A. Hidalgo
MIT Media Lab
Bob Hildreth
Founder, FUEL
Alice Hoffman
Author
Michael P. Jeffries
Professor of social sciences, Wellesley College
Ashish Jha
Physician, health policy researcher
Elaine Kamarck
Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School
Wendy Kaminer
Lawyer and social critic
Louisa Kasdon
Journalist, editor
Cheryl Katz
Designer
Louise Kennedy
WBUR’s director of community engagement
Alexander Keyssar
Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
Thomas Kochan
Professor, MIT’s Sloan School of Management
Andrea Kremer
Emmy award-winning sports journalist
Marc Landy
Professor, Boston College
Mark Leccese
Assistant professor of journalism, Emerson College
Marianne Leone
Actress, screenwriter and author
Nonie K. Lesaux
Professor of education, Harvard University
Lawrence Lessig
Professor of law, Harvard University
Joshua Liao
Physician
Bill Littlefield
Host, Only A Game
Margot Livesey
Author
Andrew Lo
Professor of finance, MIT Sloan School of Management
Renée Loth
Writer, editor
David Lucchino
Co-founder, Semprus BioSciences
Barbara Lynch
Chef, restauranteur
Patrick Maney
Professor of modern American history, Boston College
Edward Markey
U.S. Senator
William C. Martel
Professor, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Tom Mashberg
Journalist
Bob Massie
President, New Economics Institute
Peter May
Sportswriter
Eileen McNamara
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist
Jill Medvedow
Director, Boston Institute of Contemporary Art
Daniel S. Medwed
Professor, Northeastern University School of Law
Ioannis Miaoulis
President and director, Museum of Science, Boston
Bill Mitchell
Poynter Institute for Media Studies
Ilan Mochari
Author
Jonathan Moore
Former ambassador to the United Nations
Steve Morse
Music writer
Malik Mufti
Professor, Tufts University
Judy Norsigian
Executive director, Our Bodies Ourselves
Nick Paleologos
Producer, politician
Ravi Parikh
Student, Harvard Medical School
Diane Paulus
Artistic director, American Repertory Theater
Tom Perrotta
Author
Colette A.M. Phillips
President and CEO, Colette Phillips Communications
Henriette Lazaridis Power
Writer, editor
William Powers
Journalist, author
Allison Rimm
Management consultant
Caryl Rivers
Author
James Roosevelt, Jr.
President and CEO, Tufts Health Plan
David Ropeik
Author, consultant
Carol Rose
Executive director, ACLU of Massachusetts
John E. Rosenthal
Co-founder, Stop Handgun Violence
Deb Roy
Co-founder and CEO, Bluefin Labs
Travis Roy
Author, activist
Joshua Rubenstein
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Mark Sagor
President, Comprehensive EAP
Darshak Sanghavi
Writer, pediatric cardiologist
Leonard Saxe
Professor, Brandeis University
Robert Schenkkan
Playwright and screenwriter
Juliet Schor
Professor, Boston College
R.B. Scott
Journalist, author
Michelle Seaton
Writer, editor
Susan Senator
Author
Ed Siegel
WBUR's critic-at-large
Nina Silber
Professor, Boston University
John Sivolella
Political commentator
Janna Malamud Smith
Psychotherapist, writer
Sarah Sobieraj
Associate professor of sociology, Tufts University
John D. Spooner
Money manager, author
Ilan Stavans
Professor, Amherst College
Jessica Stern
Hoover Institution Task Force on National Security and Law
Tracy Strauss
Writer, professor
E.M. Swift
Sports writer
Jane Swift
Former governor of Massachusetts, CEO Middlebury Interactive Languages
Lee Swislow
Executive director, GLAD
Doreen Iudica Vigue
Vice president of public relations, Comcast Greater Boston
Jim Walsh
Security studies program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul Watanabe
Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston
Simon Waxman
Writer, editor
Thomas J. Whalen
Associate professor, Boston University
Ike Williams
Literary agent, attorney
Mark T. Williams
Executive-in-residence, Boston University School of Management
Curt Woodward
Journalist
Sam Yoon
President, Council of Korean Americans
Dan Zevin
Author
Richard Albert
Professor, Boston College Law School
Kecia Ali
Associate professor of religion, Boston University
Steve Almond
Author
Cornel Ban
Professor, Boston University
Rich Barlow
Writer
Jarrett Barrios
CEO, American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts
Aaron Beatty
Film critic
Jack Beatty
News analyst, author
Linda J. Bilmes
Professor of public policy, Harvard University
Molly Birnbaum
Writer, editor
Amahl Bishara
Professor of anthropology, Tufts University
Madeleine Blais
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author
Robert C. Bordone
Harvard Law School
Jim Borghesani
President, PrimePoint Strategic Media
danah boyd
Social media scholar, youth researcher and advocate
Sharon Brody
WBUR News anchor, writer
Margaret Burnham
Professor, Northeastern University School of Law
Michael E. Capuano
Congressman
John Carroll
Professor of mass communication, Boston University
Meghna Chakrabarti
Co-host, WBUR’s Radio Boston
Joanne Chang
Chef, bakery/restaurant owner
Jack Cheng
Director, Clemente Course in the Humanities
Erika Christakis
Educator
Nicholas A. Christakis
Social scientist, physician
Leah Hager Cohen
Writer
Mary Z. Connaughton
Director of finance and administration, Pioneer Institute
Neta Crawford
Professor of Political Science, Boston University
Kathleen Crowley
Physician
Joseph A. Curtatone
Mayor of Somerville
Joseph B. Darby III
Tax attorney
Josh Davis
Employment attorney
Tiziana Dearing
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
John Della Volpe
Founder/CEO of SocialSphere, Harvard Institute of Politics director of polling
Gabriel Bol Deng
Nonprofit director
Alan M. Dershowitz
Professor, Harvard Law School
Anita Diamant
Journalist, author
Chris Duffy
Humorist
Nancy S. Dwight
Republican analyst, former executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee
Laurie Edwards
Lecturer, Northeastern University
Nir Eisikovits
Educator, writer
Farouk El-Baz
Director, Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University
Garry Emmons
Writer, editor
Greg M. Epstein
Humanist chaplain, Harvard University
Tom Fiedler
Dean, Boston University College of Communication
Judy Foreman
Health columnist
Ed Fouhy
Former news director and vice president of CBS News
Howard Gardner
Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Nancy Gertner
Retired judge, Harvard Law School professor
Ethan Gilsdorf
Writer
Carey Goldberg
Co-host, WBUR's CommonHealth
Gabriel Gomez
Candidate for U.S. Senate
Rob Gray
Republican strategist
Debi Greenberg
Owner, Louis Boston
Lani Guinier
Professor, Harvard Law School
Kathy Gunst
Cookbook author, writer
Scott Harshbarger
Former Massachusetts attorney general
John Harthorne
Founder/CEO, MassChallenge
Neal Hartman
MIT Sloan School of Management
Kerry Healey
Former Massachusetts lieutenant governor
Jamie Henn
Co-founder and communications director, 350.org
César A. Hidalgo
MIT Media Lab
Bob Hildreth
Founder, FUEL
Alice Hoffman
Author
Michael P. Jeffries
Professor of social sciences, Wellesley College
Ashish Jha
Physician, health policy researcher
Elaine Kamarck
Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School
Wendy Kaminer
Lawyer and social critic
Louisa Kasdon
Journalist, editor
Cheryl Katz
Designer
Louise Kennedy
WBUR’s director of community engagement
Alexander Keyssar
Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
Thomas Kochan
Professor, MIT’s Sloan School of Management
Andrea Kremer
Emmy award-winning sports journalist
Marc Landy
Professor, Boston College
Mark Leccese
Assistant professor of journalism, Emerson College
Marianne Leone
Actress, screenwriter and author
Nonie K. Lesaux
Professor of education, Harvard University
Lawrence Lessig
Professor of law, Harvard University
Joshua Liao
Physician
Bill Littlefield
Host, Only A Game
Margot Livesey
Author
Andrew Lo
Professor of finance, MIT Sloan School of Management
Renée Loth
Writer, editor
David Lucchino
Co-founder, Semprus BioSciences
Barbara Lynch
Chef, restauranteur
Patrick Maney
Professor of modern American history, Boston College
Edward Markey
U.S. Senator
William C. Martel
Professor, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Tom Mashberg
Journalist
Bob Massie
President, New Economics Institute
Peter May
Sportswriter
Eileen McNamara
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist
Jill Medvedow
Director, Boston Institute of Contemporary Art
Daniel S. Medwed
Professor, Northeastern University School of Law
Ioannis Miaoulis
President and director, Museum of Science, Boston
Bill Mitchell
Poynter Institute for Media Studies
Ilan Mochari
Author
Jonathan Moore
Former ambassador to the United Nations
Steve Morse
Music writer
Malik Mufti
Professor, Tufts University
Judy Norsigian
Executive director, Our Bodies Ourselves
Nick Paleologos
Producer, politician
Ravi Parikh
Student, Harvard Medical School
Diane Paulus
Artistic director, American Repertory Theater
Tom Perrotta
Author
Colette A.M. Phillips
President and CEO, Colette Phillips Communications
Henriette Lazaridis Power
Writer, editor
William Powers
Journalist, author
Allison Rimm
Management consultant
Caryl Rivers
Author
James Roosevelt, Jr.
President and CEO, Tufts Health Plan
David Ropeik
Author, consultant
Carol Rose
Executive director, ACLU of Massachusetts
John E. Rosenthal
Co-founder, Stop Handgun Violence
Deb Roy
Co-founder and CEO, Bluefin Labs
Travis Roy
Author, activist
Joshua Rubenstein
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Mark Sagor
President, Comprehensive EAP
Darshak Sanghavi
Writer, pediatric cardiologist
Leonard Saxe
Professor, Brandeis University
Robert Schenkkan
Playwright and screenwriter
Juliet Schor
Professor, Boston College
R.B. Scott
Journalist, author
Michelle Seaton
Writer, editor
Susan Senator
Author
Ed Siegel
WBUR's critic-at-large
Nina Silber
Professor, Boston University
John Sivolella
Political commentator
Janna Malamud Smith
Psychotherapist, writer
Sarah Sobieraj
Associate professor of sociology, Tufts University
John D. Spooner
Money manager, author
Ilan Stavans
Professor, Amherst College
Jessica Stern
Hoover Institution Task Force on National Security and Law
Tracy Strauss
Writer, professor
E.M. Swift
Sports writer
Jane Swift
Former governor of Massachusetts, CEO Middlebury Interactive Languages
Lee Swislow
Executive director, GLAD
Doreen Iudica Vigue
Vice president of public relations, Comcast Greater Boston
Jim Walsh
Security studies program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul Watanabe
Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston
Simon Waxman
Writer, editor
Thomas J. Whalen
Associate professor, Boston University
Ike Williams
Literary agent, attorney
Mark T. Williams
Executive-in-residence, Boston University School of Management
Curt Woodward
Journalist
Sam Yoon
President, Council of Korean Americans
Dan Zevin
Author