Author Archive: Sonali Kolhatkar 

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 (Dish Network, DirecTV, Roku) and Pacifica stations KPFK, KPFA, and affiliates.
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Why Many Police Are Barely Distinguishable From Racist Vigilantes

Released for Syndication: 09/09/2020

Under Trump, the collaboration of armed white supremacist Trump supporters and police is an explosive mix of violence aimed at communities of color.

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Why Trump Commands So Much Loyalty From His Base

Released for Syndication: 08/28/2020

Trump offers specific promises and doesn’t bother smoothing his rough edges. In contrast, Biden offers “decency” and other character traits without bold and concrete pledges.

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President Trump, Child-Trafficker-in-Chief

Released for Syndication: 08/21/2020

The facts show that Trump is engaged in a child abuse scheme of massive proportions—in violation of the very laws he is claiming to uphold.

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The Hoopla Over the Kamala Harris VP Selection Obscures the Many Young People of Color Who Are Winning Offices Nationally

Released for Syndication: 08/14/2020

The debate over Biden’s running mate obscures a far more exciting development in American politics: that young people of color with clearly progressive values are running for office and winning.

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Trump’s Presidency Is a Death Cult

Released for Syndication: 08/07/2020

The fact that the president and his supporters want us to tolerate hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths from the pandemic reveals their true nature.

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Why the Idea of Jobless Benefits Scares the Conservative Mind

Released for Syndication: 07/31/2020

The coronavirus pandemic has allowed us to conduct an experiment on how government assistance is good for people and the economy.

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Trump Is Daring Us to Stop Him

Released for Syndication: 07/24/2020

Trump’s deployment of federal officers to Democratic-run cities is extreme even for him.

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Trump’s ‘Plan’ Is Simply to Make the Virus and Its Casualties Disappear

Released for Syndication: 07/16/2020

America’s rightward march culminating in Trump’s presidency has brought us to this moment where we are dying from a virus that other nations have managed to control.

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Instead of Focusing on Russian Bounties to the Taliban, Why Doesn’t the U.S. End the Afghan War?

Released for Syndication: 07/10/2020

Lawmakers are outraged over a recent story alleging that Vladimir Putin may be paying off Taliban soldiers to kill U.S. troops. But why are those troops still in Afghanistan?

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The Merits of Medicare for All Have Been Proven by This Pandemic

Released for Syndication: 07/06/2020

The horror of the coronavirus pandemic proves that progressives have been justified in demanding a single-payer health care system.

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