Sonali Kolhatkar is the host and executive producer of Rising Up With Sonali, a weekly nationally syndicated radio and television program produced in Los Angeles, California.
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.
In 2015, Sonali won the Best TV Anchor Award from the Los Angeles Press Club.
Rising Up With Sonali can be heard on KPFK Pacifica Radio in Southern California, KPFA Pacifica Radio in Northern California, and the television version of the program can be viewed on the show’s Vimeo channel and on Free Speech TV (DirecTV, Dish Network, Roku). Dozens of other community and independent radio stations around the U.S. and Canada also carry the program.
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Latest Stories from Rising Up With Sonali:
- Activists Demand Museum of Tolerance Acknowledge Israeli Genocide of Gazaby Rising Up With Sonali on October 21, 2026 at 2:00 pm
On Sunday October 18, dozens of pro-Palestinian activists, including Jewish Americans, marched in front of the Museum of Tolerance in West LA to demand acknowledgment of the Gaza genocide.
- Young People Rising Up for Reproductive & Gender Equityby Rising Up With Sonali on October 20, 2026 at 2:00 pm
This week on Rising Up for Justice, my guest is Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity.
- Want to Save Democracy? Start with Saving Journalism.by Rising Up With Sonali on October 16, 2026 at 2:00 pm
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- How the Nation Built and Broke the Voting Rights Actby Rising Up With Sonali on October 15, 2026 at 4:04 pm
The history of the VRA and its decimation is told in a new book called An American Problem: How the Country Built—and the Supreme Court Broke—the Voting Rights Act.
- Seattle Fights ICE Detention and Flightsby Rising Up With Sonali on October 14, 2026 at 5:58 pm
Josefina Mora-Cheung is Director of Organizing for La Resistencia, a leading immigrant rights organization based in Seattle, Washington, leading the charge against ICE terror.