Rebecca Solnit

Bio: Rebecca Solnit is the author of Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics. She is the author of Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities.

Currently

  • 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

Jimmy Carter on "An Unnecessary War" | "The devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided."
John Nichols
Posted at 11:17 PM ET

» State of Change

Torture Prosecutor Tops 70,000 Questions for Obama on Change.Gov | We just put torture prosecutions on top of Change.gov -- will Obama answer before Eric Holder's nomination hearing?
Ari Melber
Posted at 10:31 PM ET

» Capitolism

Things You Learn in Washington | Why are congressional Democrats "negotiating" with Citigroup?
Christopher Hayes
Posted at 9:20 PM ET

» Altercation

Altercation 3.0 | Altercation takes up residence today at The Nation. In this incarnation, expect more music and movies and maybe a little less politics. But first, a word about Cass Sunstein.
Eric Alterman

» Editor's Cut

Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right | If he doesn't, the US will be stuck in another military catastrophe.
Katrina vanden Heuvel

» The Dreyfuss Report

Panetta? Ummmmm... Well..... | Could Obama have made a weirder choice for CIA director? Here's why Panetta is doomed.
Robert Dreyfuss

» Act Now!

Allow Media into Gaza | Israel is encouraging abuses by preventing foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip.
Peter Rothberg

» The Notion

Hard Times Without Studs | One of Terkel’s former book editors considers a Studs-less world.
Tom Engelhardt

» And Another Thing

Bill Ayers Whitewashes History, Again | The Weathermen were not just a bunch of idealistic young people.
Katha Pollitt