James Lardner, a writer for The New Yorker & The Atlantic Monthly, has written cover pieces for The New York Times Magazine (including one on the NYPD). He is the author of "Fast Forward: Hollywood, the Japanese & the VCR Wars" & "Crusader: The Hell-Raising Police Career of Detective David Durk".
Nathaniel Loewentheil is executive director of The Roosevelt Institution, a national network of campus-based student think tanks.The Progressive Ideas Network is an alliance of multi-issue think tanks and activist organizations working together to amplify the power of ideas in advancing todays progressive movement.
Cathy J. Cohen�is the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where she previously�served as�Deputy Provost for Graduate Education and�Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture.