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

20 Years of U.S. Occupation Was Brutal in Afghanistan—And So Will Be the Exit

The Trump Charges Obscure a Bigger Story of How the Rich Legally Avoid Taxes

Socialism Has a PR Problem—One That Can Be Solved

Making Juneteenth a Holiday Was the Easy Part—Will Real Justice Follow?

There Is No Labor Shortage, Only Labor Exploitation

How the Tulsa Race Massacre Was a Violent Act of Racist Economic Injustice

Does the U.S. Really Need Another Oil Pipeline?

Why Big Pharma’s Arguments Against Patent Waivers Don’t Add Up

Why the PRO Act Is a Game-Changer for Labor and the Economy

Modi Is Singularly Responsible for India’s Pandemic Disaster