Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit is a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine and a Tomdispatch.com regular. Her book on disaster and civil society, A Paradise Built in Hell, will be out later this year.

Currently

  • How 9/11 Should Be Remembered

    September 11, 2009

    For the eighth anniversary of September 11, 2001, a full-scale reappraisal of the real meaning of that day in New York for ordinary Americans.

  • The Revolution Has Already Occurred

    March 4, 2009

    Nation Forum: The underlying vision isn't capitalist or socialist but something humane, local and accountable.

  • Under the Icelandic Volcano

    February 12, 2009

    How a cold country lost its shirt in the global economic meltdown, but ultimately found its soul.

2008

  • Embracing the Obama Era

    November 8, 2008

    Citizenship is a passionate joy at times, and this is one of those times.

2007

  • The Secret Library of Hope

    December 17, 2007

    Twelve authors on war and peace, dissent, the environment and the empowerment of the poor provide inspiration to transform the world in 2008.

  • The Lower Ninth Battles Back

    August 23, 2007

    Community members and outside organizations are working together to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward.

2006

  • View From the Future

    December 21, 2006

    The end of oil and the rise of warming seas reveal a world made small and a horde of fallen dinosaurs.

  • Three Who Made a Revolution

    March 16, 2006

    Rachel Carson, Betty Friedan and Jane Jacobs opened vast new possibilities for social transformation by writing about widespread attacks on nature, women and the poor.

  • Alice Walton's Fig Leaf

    February 21, 2006

    Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton is on a buying spree, filling her Arkansas museum with America's cultural treasures--a fig leaf that seeks to cover Wal-Mart's naked greed and exploitation.

2005

  • The Wonder and Horror of 2005

    December 15, 2005

    In the gloom of post-election 2004 few people, if any, could have anticipated the wild surprises of 2005. Focusing on three unforeseen developments of the past year, a meditation on how life has changed in unexpected ways.

2003

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Blogs

» The Beat

House Passes "Historic" Health Reform | Pelosi secures necessary votes, but only after accepting unsettling limits on abortion rights demanded by anti-choice Democrats.
John Nichols
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» Editor's Cut

Around The Nation | Obama, one year on. Plus: Jeremy Scahill takes your questions, and a new video series from The Nation.
Katrina vanden Heuvel

» The Notion

Injustice in Illinois | Prosecutors in Illinois should be more concerned with an innocent man behind bars than journalism students' grades.
Ari Berman
28 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Obama Fails in Middle East | Clinton delivers the ultimate diss to Abbas.
Robert Dreyfuss
126 Comments

» Act Now!

Equality Across America | This week, young LBGT activists are staging a National Week of Initiative.
Peter Rothberg
16 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Thursday | Dying laptops, recapping the election, the Dow, and the Yankees with the World Series.
Eric Alterman