Alisa Solomon

Alisa Solomon is a journalist and theater critic in New York and is on the faculty at the Columbia School of Journalism.

Currently

  • 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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Podcast

RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 12/1/08
This week: Imagining a new new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA. (13mb mp3)

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» State of Change

Hank Paulson Could Care Less About Autoworkers | Treasury secretary was filled with urgency for Wall Street's bailout, but doesn't even show up to help the auto industry.
John Nichols
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» The Beat

Another Woman Senator From New York? | NOW, Feminist Majority endorse Carolyn Maloney to replace Clinton.
John Nichols

» Capitolism

Realizing the Promise | A people's inauguration
Christopher Hayes

» The Dreyfuss Report

Obama's Gaffe on India | He ought to be urging India to talk to Pakistan, not cross the border to "catch" the bad guys.
Robert Dreyfuss

» Editor's Cut

Bread, Bombs, and the Big Stimulus | We need a smart and focused inside-outside strategy to revive our frayed social compact -- now more critical than ever.
Katrina vanden Heuvel

» And Another Thing

Can you help "Nickie"? | Bringing the abortion debate down to earth
Katha Pollitt

» The Notion

DC to Delhi: Only Our Missiles -- Not Yours | What is Rice going to say to India: only DC not Delhi is allowed to bomb Pakistan?
Laura Flanders

» Act Now!

World AIDS Day | How to help in the fight against the AIDS pandemic.
Peter Rothberg

» Passing Through

Forget GM's Plan -- Where's The Government's Plan? | Create a demand for green cars.
Jane Hamsher