Author Bios

Paula J. Giddings, professor of Afro-American Studies at Smith College, is the editor of the anthology Burning All Illusions: Writings From The Nation on Race (2002).  She has written Ida: A Sword …

Ida Hellander is director of health policy and programs at Physicians for a National Health Program.

Hugh Eakin is a senior editor of The New York Review and editor of the NYRblog.

Kenneth Roberts, Rhode Island, is a 92-year-old World War II US Navy veteran.

Michelle Buggs, a Public Voices Fellow, is director of undergraduate programs at Texas Woman's University.