Sonali Kolhatkar

Los Angeles, Pasadena

Host and Executive Producer at Rising Up With Sonali

Journalist, Author, Senior Editor @YesMagazine, Host/Exec. Producer @RUWithSonali, Senior Correspondent, Independent Media Inst, former Astrophysicist, mom of 2

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Articles

How to Win the Nation’s Highest Minimum Wage

2 weeks ago | truthdig.com | Sonali Kolhatkar

Tourism workers in Southern California just won a historic battle for the highest minimum wage in the nation—a perfect counterpoint to the Republican-led tax bill that rewards billionaires at the expense of low-income Medicaid recipients. The union-backed campaign is a powerful lesson in creative, proactive, and long-term mobilizing for economic justice.
Winning the Highest Minimum Wage

3 weeks ago | laprogressive.com | Sonali Kolhatkar |Rob Maurer

It took more than two years of hard work and relentless campaigning for LA’s tourism workers to win $30 an hour. Here’s how they did it. Tourism workers in Southern California just a historic battle for the highest minimum wage in the nation—a perfect counterpoint to the that rewards billionaires at the expense of low-income Medicaid recipients. The union-backed campaign is a powerful lesson in creative, proactive, and long-term mobilizing for economic justice.
National Teach-In: Media Literacy and Activism

3 weeks ago | f.mtr.cool | Jeff Cohen |Sonali Kolhatkar |Michael Arria |Alexandria Shaner

In our recent teach-in on Noncooperation with Trump, we touched on many essential pillars of free societies and of liberatory movements — including, the media. As repression keeps on ramping up, we’re pushing back with a follow up event digging in to this urgent topic… Join us to hear from panelists on the frontlines of independent media.
National Teach-In: Media Literacy and Activism

3 weeks ago | znetwork.org | Jeff Cohen |Sonali Kolhatkar |Michael Arria |Alexandria Shaner

In our recent teach-in on Noncooperation with Trump, we touched on many essential pillars of free societies and of liberatory movements — including, the media. As repression keeps on ramping up, we’re pushing back with a follow up event digging in to this urgent topic… Join us to hear from panelists on the frontlines of independent media.
How to Win the Nation’s Highest Minimum Wage

3 weeks ago | open.substack.com | Sonali Kolhatkar

Tourism workers in Southern California just won a historic battle for the highest minimum wage in the nation—a perfect counterpoint to the Republican-led tax bill that rewards billionaires at the expense of low-income Medicaid recipients. The union-backed campaign is a powerful lesson in creative, proactive, and long-term mobilizing for economic justice.
How to win the nation’s highest minimum wage

3 weeks ago | nationofchange.org | Sonali Kolhatkar

This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Sonali Kolhatkar is an award-winning multimedia journalist. She is the founder, host, and executive producer of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a weekly subscriber-funded television and radio show that airs on Free Speech TV and Pacifica stations.
How to Win the Nation’s Highest Minimum Wage

3 weeks ago | counterpunch.org | Sonali Kolhatkar

Southern California’s tourism industry has been salivating at the prospect of an influx of visitors during the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Olympics, both of which Los Angeles will host. Why shouldn’t low-wage workers exploit the opportunity as well?
Dispatches From the Culture Wars - June 3, 2025

3 weeks ago | portside.org | Kawala Xie |Olayemi Olurin |Sonali Kolhatkar |Chip Brown-lee

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – June 3, 2025 Published June 3, 2025 Harvard Student Bears Witness to the CrisisThe Long BacklashThey’re Going Postal: The Right vs USPSBrownsville Community Does What NYPD Can’tWho ‘Invented’ Country Music?
The country Trump seems dead set on imitating

1 month ago | nationofchange.org | Sonali Kolhatkar

Originally published in OtherWords. Since the start of his second presidential term, Donald Trump seems to be inspired by the country of my birth: the United Arab Emirates. On his first day in office, Trump announced his goal to end the United States’ practice of birthright citizenship. Soon after, his administration began criminalizing immigrants’ right to free speech and deploying plainclothes officers to arrest them.
The Country Trump Seems Dead Set on Imitating

1 month ago | counterpunch.org | Sonali Kolhatkar

Since the start of his second presidential term, Donald Trump seems to be inspired by the country of my birth: the United Arab Emirates. On his first day in office, Trump announced his goal to end the United States’ practice of birthright citizenship. Soon after, his administration began criminalizing immigrants’ right to free speech and deploying plainclothes officers to arrest them.