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Sonali Kolhatkar

Los Angeles, Pasadena

Senior Editor at YES! Magazine

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

  • 3 days 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.

  • 3 days 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.

  • 4 days 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?

  • 2 weeks 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.

  • 2 weeks 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.

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