Alisa Solomon

Alisa Solomon teaches at Columbia University's School of Journalism and is the author of Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theater and Gender.

Currently

  • 'Tell Her the Truth'

    March 26, 2009

    On Caryl Churchill's Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza.

  • Hammerheads

    January 22, 2009

    As David Mamet's views become more Manichaean, he's squared the jaws of his tough guys.

2008

  • Staged Reading

    July 29, 2008

    How Judith Thompson's play about Abu Ghraib falls short.

2007

  • Out of Africa

    February 15, 2007 Subscribe

    The World Social Forum marched into Nairobi full of conflict, action and ideas.

2005

  • Memorial Chauvinism

    September 8, 2005 Subscribe

    The controversy over the World Trade Center cultural institutions is one more episode in a long, often bitter dispute over how 9/11 should be remembered and understood.

  • Terror Hysteria Gone Absurdist

    July 22, 2005

    Steve Kurtz is being persecuted to warn off anyone who dares to contest the joint enterprise of science, profit, Pentagon and state.

  • GI Loses First Round in Canada Asylum Bid

    March 29, 2005

    Jeremy Hinzman fled north rather than be deployed in a war he regards as a "criminal enterprise."

  • Porto Alegre Postcard

    March 3, 2005

    This year's World Social Forum gave culture its due--and reaped the rewards.

  • Another World Turns

    January 30, 2005

    Imagining the possibilities at the World Social Forum.

2004

2003

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Blogs

» The Notion

Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
Leslie Savan
45 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

» Editor's Cut

An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan | President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
53 Comments

» The Beat

House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda | Frank's Financial Services Committee becomes focal point for revolts by members who worry about powerful banks and unemployment.
John Nichols
28 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
204 Comments

» Act Now!

Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
59 Comments