An Unsettling Protest in Israel An Unsettling Protest in Israel
Dozens of Israeli theater artists are refusing to perform in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Now they’ve been joined by hundreds of artists and scholars from both Israel a...
Sep 15, 2010 / Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon
‘Tell Her the Truth’ ‘Tell Her the Truth’
On Caryl Churchill's Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza.
Mar 26, 2009 / Feature / Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon
Hammerheads: David Mamet’s Money Plays Hammerheads: David Mamet’s Money Plays
As David Mamet's views become more Manichaean, he's squared the jaws of his tough guys.
Jan 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Staged Reading Staged Reading
How Judith Thompson's play about Abu Ghraib falls short.
Jul 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Out of Africa Out of Africa
The World Social Forum marched into Nairobi full of conflict, action and ideas.
Feb 15, 2007 / Feature / Alisa Solomon
Memorial Chauvinism Memorial Chauvinism
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.
Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Terror Hysteria Gone Absurdist Terror Hysteria Gone Absurdist
Steve Kurtz is being persecuted to warn off anyone who dares to contest the joint enterprise of science, profit, Pentagon and state.
Jul 23, 2005 / Feature / Alisa Solomon
GI Loses First Round in Canada Asylum Bid GI Loses First Round in Canada Asylum Bid
Jeremy Hinzman fled north rather than be deployed in a war he regards as a "criminal enterprise."
Mar 29, 2005 / Feature / Alisa Solomon
Porto Alegre Postcard Porto Alegre Postcard
This year's World Social Forum gave culture its due--and reaped the rewards.
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Another World Turns Another World Turns
Imagining the possibilities at the World Social Forum.
Jan 30, 2005 / Feature / Alisa Solomon