Sonali Kolhatkar

A new book by former US Men’s Olympic soccer player Jules Boykoff traces the troubling history of FIFA. 

This week on Rising Up for Justice, our guest is Jeff Cohen, a columnist, activist, former journalism professor and author of “Cable News Confidential.” He founded the media watch group FAIR in 1986 and co-founded RootsAction.org in 2011.

This year, the Fourth of July marks the 250th anniversary of the United States. For Indigenous and Black communities it has never symbolized independence.

Eight people were recently given draconian prison terms in the first case of “Antifa”-related sentencing.

In back-to-back 6-3 rulings on the same day, conservative justices upheld the practice of turning away asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border. And, they affirmed Trump’s desire to overturn the Temporary Protected Status of 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians residing in the US. 

This week on Rising Up for Justice, our guest is Reem Suleiman, Senior Campaign Director at Fight For the Future, who leads campaigns against surveillance and censorship online.