Daniel J. Solomon is the former Assistant to the Editor/News Writer at the Forward. Originally from Queens, he attended Harvard as an undergraduate, where he wrote his senior thesis on French-Jewish intellectual history. He is excited to have returned to New York after his time in Massachusetts. Daniel’s passions include folk music, cycling, and pointed argument.
Daniel J. Solomon
By Daniel J. Solomon
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Fast Forward Aly Raisman Claps Back At TSA Agent For Body-Shaming Her
Aly Raisman was in for a rude surprise at the airport this Wednesday when a security agent told her she didn’t look strong enough to be a champion gymnast. The three-time Olympics gold medalist is also an advocate of empowerment and body positivity for girls, so she definitely wasn’t going to take guff from the…
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Fast Forward Is Bannon Back In Trump’s Good Graces As Russia Crisis Looms?
As the Russia investigation closes in on senior aides of President Trump – including ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn – chief strategist Steve Bannon is re-emerging as the administration’s majordomo. Unidentified sources told the Axios newsletter that Bannon has been tapped by the president as a “wartime consigliere” eager to do battle with the “deep…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Huckabee Strums ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ On Streets Of Jerusalem
Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, has always prided himself on a bluegrass aesthetic – from a book titled “God, Guns, Grits and Gravy” to a Fox News show that featured a musical interlude for Southern rock. Formerly of Fox and now with Trinity Broadcasting Network, Huckabee’s was in Israel taping a television special when…
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Fast Forward Milo Yiannopoulos And Pam Geller Headline Anti-Sarsour Protest
As the rain poured down in New York City, right-wing firebrands Milo Yiannopoulos and Pamela Geller led a demonstration against Linda Sarsour’s invitation to speak at a CUNY commencement ceremony in a rally that featured anti-Islam rhetoric and drew fierce counter-protest. “Linda Sarsour supports this ideology that oppresses women, subjugates women, gender apartheid, honor killings,”…
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Fast Forward Hannity’s Seth Rich Conspiracy Theories Spur Advertiser Exodus
More advertisers are pulling their commercials from Fox News host Sean Hannity’s program amid calls to boycott him over his promotion of conspiracy theories about the death of a Democratic National Committee staffer. Seven advertisers have pulled out of “Hannity,” according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, including Cars.com, Casper mattresses, and Hotels.com. The boycott campaign was…
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Fast Forward New Rape Culture Term ‘Stealthing’ Popularized By Forward 50 Winner
Alexandra Brodsky, the anti-rape culture activist honored in this year’s edition of the Forward 50, has been garnering national attention with a recent study on a “rape-adjacent” practice known as “stealthing.” In a paper for the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, Brodsky described the practice in which a man secretly removes his condom during…
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Fast Forward Rachel Maddow, Surging MSNBC Host, Has Surprising Jewish Roots
Rachel Maddow, the liberal MSNBC host, comes from a family of practicing Catholics. But that’s not the whole story – she has one paternal Jewish grandparent from modern-day Lithuana. Maddow, who now anchors one of the highest rated programs in cable news, has a hodgepodge of European heritage. Her mother is from Canada and mostly…
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Fast Forward Female Genital Mutilation Protected By The Constitution? These Lawyers Say So.
Two Michigan doctors being prosecuted for performing and aiding the female circumcision of two girls are defending themselves against federal prosecutors with a religious liberty defense. The medical professionals, Dr. Jumana Nargarwala and Dr. Fakhruddin Attar, are said to have cooperated in the performance of FGM on two young girls brought to Michigan for the…
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