Sonali Kolhatkar

On Saturday May 9, hundreds of people gathered at the First Congregational Church in Los Angeles for an evening in solidarity with Palestine.

This week on Rising Up for Justice, Richard Trent, Executive Director of Main Street Alliance joins us.

The United States Supreme Court in late April issued a sweeping 6-3 ruling in the case of Louisiana v. Callais, effectively gutting the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Tens of thousands of people showed up for May Day marches last Friday May 1st.

This week on Rising Up for Justice, Bob Deans, the senior strategic advisor for the Natural Resources Defense Council, joins us.

Literary festivals, fiction, prison education, May Day and more.