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Sonia Sodha

London

Columnist and Chief Leader Writer at The Observer

Deputy Opinion Editor at The Guardian

Columnist & broadcaster. Presenting @bbcradio4, news reviews @thismorning @skynews. Highly commended/shortlisted @EditorsUK Commentator of the Year 2023 & 2024.

Articles

  • 4 days ago | thetimes.com | Sonia Sodha

    The world’s most powerful man pitted against the world’s most powerful university: President Trump v Harvard is shaping up to be one of the most spectacular showdowns of his second term. After Harvard’s president refused to comply with a list of presidential demands, including reforms to its hiring and admissions policies, Trump has frozen federal contracts and grants worth $3 billion (£2.2 billion), revoked its ability to enrol international students and threatened its tax-exempt status.

  • 2 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Sonia Sodha

  • 1 month ago | theneweuropean.co.uk | Sonia Sodha

    Sometimes you’re reminded that years don’t always equal wisdom, and age isn’t always a proxy for knowledge. That’s how I felt this week on reading a new report from the Children’s Commissioner on young people’s views on assisted dying.

  • 1 month ago | theneweuropean.co.uk | Sonia Sodha

    Virginia Giuffre’s death serves as a terrible reminder of the double suffering endured by women who have been sexually trafficked. First, there is the horrific experience of the sexual abuse itself. Layered on top of that is the trauma of speaking out about what has happened and of trying to get justice despite all the mud that the powerful men who are accused fling at survivors to try and discredit them to make the allegations go away.

  • 1 month ago | almendron.com | Sonia Sodha

    Middle-aged women are expected to fade into the background, to be apologetic for their existence, to quietly accept their lot. They’re not supposed to stick up for themselves, to enforce their boundaries, to say no. As a woman, these societal expectations have been drummed into me from day one. But still.

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11 May 25

RT @OtherHalfOrg: NEW Poll: We found "61 per cent of Scots are worried people being abused by their partners "would feel pressured into en…

Sonia Sodha
Sonia Sodha @soniasodha
11 May 25

I just got ID’d! 🎉🎊 (Buying non alcoholic beer of all things 😂)

Sonia Sodha
Sonia Sodha @soniasodha
11 May 25

Catch me on @TrevorPTweets on @SkyNews v shortly with @FraserNelson & @MarkUrban01! https://t.co/34ifrunatw