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 Beat

Jobless Figures Pose Social, Political Threat for Obama, Dems | The president and his aides are failing to focus enough attention on the most serious economic issue. Democrats could pay the penalty in 2010.
John Nichols
20 Comments
Posted at 1:27 PM ET

» Act Now!

Defining Patriotism | What do you value in the traditions of your country?
Peter Rothberg
50 Comments

» Editor's Cut

Rediscovering Secular America | This Fourth of July those who identify themselves as non-believers have much cause for celebration.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
73 Comments

» The Notion

Celebrating the Fourth by Remembering the Fifth | On Independence Day, the forgotten and imperiled Fifth Amendment bears honoring.
Eyal Press
39 Comments

» Altercation

Mikey 'n' Me | I got closer to Michael Jackson than almost anyone, or at least closer than most people of the age of consent.
Eric Alterman

» Capitolism

Washington: Even More Corrupt Than You Thought! | Washington Post sells access to lobbyists.
Christopher Hayes
68 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Whisky Tango Foxtrot? | General Jones tells the generals in Kabul: don't bother asking for more troops.
Robert Dreyfuss
65 Comments