 As experienced veterans of academia, Dreifus and Hacker ask: What do students and families receive for the approximate quarter of a million dollars which four years at a top-tier American university cost them? Their new book "Higher Education?" has been called "thought-provoking," "timely," and "readable."
Lisa Dodson
 
Author of "The Moral Underground," Dr. Lisa Dodson is widely known for her policy research on low-wage families. Her newest book “The Moral Underground" examines the profound harm of a deeply stratified economy and was recently called gripping by Publisher's Weekly. [Photo Credit: Ellen Shub]
 In the debate about immigration, we often forget the human side of the story. Enrique Morones is determined to help us remember. The founder of Border Angels, a humanitarian organization which provides support and relief to migrant workers on the US-Mexican border, he wants Americans to know the truth about the people behind the immigration policy debates, both migrants and the vigilante Minutemen.
Jianli Yang
A leading organizer in the Chinese student democracy movement, he is among forty-nine individuals blacklisted by the Beijing government. As research fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and President of The Foundation For China In The 21st Century, he continues to provide a forceful and unique perspective on this historic struggle. Jianli Yang, returned to his adopted home in 2007 in the United States after five years in Chinese prisons.
 Legendary activist and founder of the AIDS Memorial Quilt Jones was recently portrayed by actor Emile Hirsch in Gus Van Sant's film Milk, which won two Academy Awards,including Best Original Screenplay.
 Anna Rosmus triggered a firestorm of controversy in her German hometown by writing about the deeply buried role it played under the Nazi regime. Committed to combating the neo-Nazi movement and the extreme right, Rosmus is the author of several books dealing with both the historical and contemporary impact of the Nazis on Germany and the rest of the world.Her newest release, "Valhalla Finale," is a photo book about the end of WWII.
Roy Brooks  Roy Brooks, author of "Re-Thinking the American Race Problem" is a leading legal scholar and civil rights activist. He argues persuasively that African Americans are owed reparations for the centuries of enslavement their ancestors endured. Brooks' new book is "Racial Justice in the Age of Obama."
Kathryn Kolbert
 Former President and CEO of People for the American Way, Kolbert is one of the nation’s leading experts in legal, legislative and policy issues concerning women’s reproductive health. She is a frequent crusader for women's rights and health.
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 How does a child who was both a victim and survivor of the Cambodian genocide grow to become an internationally recognized human rights leader? Subject of the documentary The Flute Player and a founder of Children of War, an international youth leadership organization for building community, activism and healing for teenagers, Chorn-Pond opens our eyes and hearts, and helps us to heal.
Norma Ramos 
Norma Ramos is a longstanding public interest attorney and social justice activist. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, which is the first organization to fight against human trafficking internationally, now in its twenty-first year.
Richard Morse
Haitian-American musician Richard Auguste Morse's words and observations following the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti were picked up by major news bureaus around the world. Morse is known throughout Haiti for giving voice to political injustice.
 If personal privacy is something we truly value, how do we find a balance with the role of emerging technologies? Attorney and technology expert Lane takes a hard look at the rapid evolving laws governing computers, privacy and free speech, at home, in school and in the workplace.
Look for his recent books "The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture" and "The Court and the Cross: The Religious Right's Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court."
 Finding your liberties and conscience under attack? Attorney, activist and a founder of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Silverglate addresses the issues that profoundly affect us all: freedom of conscience, academic freedom, civil liberties, freedom in cyberspace, and individual rights. His new book, "Three Felonies a Day," explores how the Department of Justice uses vague federal statutes to prosecute innocent citizens.
Dr. Zohara Boyd and Dr. Peter Petschauer were both children in Europe during World War II, but had very different experiences. Dr. Boyd grew up in Poland during the Nazi occupation and obtained documents of a Polish Catholic family to survive. Dr. Petschauer was the son of a SS officer in Germany. They met as academic colleagues and now share their stories and lessons they've learned with people around the nation.
Nathan Rothstein  Nathan Rothstein is the co-founder of the New Orleans Youth Urban Rebuilding Professional Initiative, a project dedicated to building the largest and most diverse young professional network in New Orleans to help connect, retain and attract young people to the city.
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