Sonali Kolhatkar

Chief Correspondent, Writing Fellow for Economy for All

Sonali Kolhatkar is the founder, host and executive producer of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a television and radio show that airs on Free Speech TV and Pacifica stations.

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Voting Booth

Incisive reporting on elections, primaries, voting rights and the party process.

Earth | Food | Life

Environmental journalism that integrates the path for sustainable lifestyles and an ethical diet.

Local Peace Economy

Inspiring stories of people’s efforts to reshape and reinvest in our local economy.

Our Schools

Going to the front lines of the nationwide effort to privatize and undermine the public education system.

Face to Face

Going beyond headlines, labels and caricatures to find the social, political, spiritual common ground upon which we can build a shared politics.

Economy for All

Making the case for the general welfare of American society and the world at large.

Globetrotter

Lifting the voices of journalists working from the continents of Africa, Asia, and Latin America to make a world free of suffering.

Drug Reporter

Covering the disastrous war on drugs and mass incarceration it produces—and the growing movement to reform it.

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Latest Work

Daunte Wright’s Killing Makes the Case for Shrinking Police Budgets

Why Republicans Are Betting the Farm on Attacking Transgender People

How Police Preserve Inequality in Los Angeles—and Everywhere Else

Universal Health Care Is a Popular Idea in America—Will Biden Keep Enriching Private Insurance or ‘Go Big’?

Biden’s New Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Is Unprecedented—More for Her Climate Warrior Politics Than Her Identity

How a Guaranteed Income Can Actually Solve Inequality

Why Big Pharma Shouldn’t Have Any Control Over COVID-19 Vaccines

Black Lives Still Don’t Matter in America

GOP Offers Preview of Brutal Climate Policies in Texas

Why Amazon Is Fighting So Hard to Stop Warehouse Workers From Unionizing