The C.O.W.S. Creators & Guests

Dorothy Roberts is an American scholar, public intellectual, and social justice advocate. She writes and lectures on gender, race, and class in legal issues. Her concerns include changing thinking and policy on reproductive health, child welfare, and bioethics.

Emily Flitter covers banking and Wall Street for The New York Times.

Penn Presidential Compact Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania

Tracye McQuirter is an African-American public health nutritionist and a Vegan/Plant-based author who appears in the 2024 documentary, You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment.

Peggy McIntosh is a feminist, anti-racism activist, scholar, and speaker. Currently, she is Senior Research Scientist of the Wellesley Centers for Women.McIntosh co-founded the National Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity Project on Inclusive Curriculum. She has written on curricular revision, feelings of fraudulence, hierarchies in education and society, and professional development of teachers.She is best known for her article "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack," which was published in 1989 and popularized the concept of intersectional privilege.McIntosh received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in English from Radcliffe College / Harvard University.

The founder of Life Dynamics, Mark always took a bold and hard-hitting approach in standing up against abortion. He was an author, director of the documentary Maafa 21, motorcycle enthusiast, and proud husband and father.

Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika is a researcher, journalist, and artist who works as an assistant professor in Rutgers University’s Department of Journalism and Media Studies. His research and teaching focus on the intersections of social justice and emerging media in the cultural and creative industries. Kumanyika is the co-executive producer and co-host of the podcast "UnCivil." He has also been a contributor to Transom, VICE, and NPR’s Code Switch and Invisibilia podcasts and All Things Considered, and he is a news analyst for Rising Up Radio with Sonali Kolhatkar.

Dr. Afua Ava Pamela Cooper is a historian who specializes in Caribbean cultural studies, history, women's studies and Black studies. She is a Professor of Black History at Dalhousie University.Cooper is also an author and dub poet, and in 2018 she was the Poet Laureate for Halifax. She has published five volumes of poetry.

Tim Wise is an American activist and writer on the topic of race.

Gerald Horne is an American historian who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston.

Andre M. Perry is a Fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, a scholar-in-residence at American University, and a columnist for the Hechinger Report.

Kevin Hazzard is a journalist, TV writer, and former paramedic. He is the author of American Sirens.

James B. Stewart is a journalist and the co-author of “Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy.”

Isabel Wilkerson is a journalist, writer, and the author of The Warmth of Other Suns.

Angie Thomas is an American author best known for writing the young adult novel The Hate U Give.

Dr. Shanna Swan is an environmental & reproductive epidemiologist, professor of environmental medicine & public health at the Icahn School of Medicine, writer, and author of the book, Count Down.

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf is an American former professional basketball player.

Gavin de Becker is an author and security specialist, primarily for governments, large corporations, and public figures.

Jeffrey Toobin is a lawyer, blogger, author, pundit, and legal analyst for CNN & The New Yorker.