Sonali Kolhatkar is the host and executive producer of Rising Up With Sonali, a daily, drive-time nationally syndicated radio and television program produced at KPFK Pacifica Radio and airing on Free Speech TV as well as dozens of public and community stations nationwide.
Previously, Sonali hosted and produced Uprising with Sonali, a drive-time radio show that debuted in 2003, making it the longest running drive time radio program in Southern California hosted by a woman of color.
Rising Up With Sonali can be heard on KPFK Pacifica Radio in Southern California weekdays at 4 pm PST and on KPFA Pacifica Radio in Northern California weekdays at 3 pm PST. The television version of the program is available weekdays on Free Speech TV at 3 pm PST (DirecTV, Dish Network, Roku, Sling TV). You can also watch the show on Vimeo, and listen on iTunes and Spotify.
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Latest Stories from Rising Up With Sonali:
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Tax Day Injustice: How Corporate CEOs Make More Than Govt
by Rising Up With Sonali on March 28, 2024 at 3:00 pm
As Americans prepare their tax returns ahead of the IRS’s annual filing deadline, a new report highlights just how much large corporate CEO pay packages rival corporate taxes.
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Supreme Court Considers Abortion Medication Ban
by Rising Up With Sonali on March 27, 2024 at 4:51 pm
The United States Supreme Court this week heard arguments in a case against the sale of medication abortion.
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The Complexity of Connection: YES! Magazine’s Spring Issue Preview
by Rising Up With Sonali on March 15, 2024 at 3:00 pm
New issues of YES! Magazine have hit newsstands and mailboxes all over the nation, and this Spring 2024 issue is themed around “Connections."
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Will Washington’s Police Accountability Measure Work?
by Rising Up With Sonali on March 14, 2024 at 3:00 pm
In 2018, Washington state voters passed Initiative 940 after members of the Puyallup Tribe mobilized in the wake of the police killing of a young Indigenous woman named Jacqueline Salyers.
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Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation
by Rising Up With Sonali on March 13, 2024 at 3:00 pm
Investigative journalist Arun Gupta, has debunked the PHRI and New York Times reports for YES! Magazine in an in-depth story called Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation.