Rising Up With Sonali
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Understanding Project 2025’s Threat to Democracy
July 18, 2024 15:00“Unaccountable federal spending is the secret lifeblood of the Great Awokening,” write the authors of Mandate for Leadership, the Conservative Promise on page 6 of their 922-page document.
How to Really Make America Safe
July 17, 2024 15:00Among the themes at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week is “Make America Safe Once Again,” which apparently refers to “supporting law enforcement, border security and battling human and drug trafficking.”
Protecting Workers in a Warming Climate; Remembering Jane McAlevey
July 12, 2024 15:00As extreme heat envelopes large swaths of the United States this summer–in line with predictions that climate scientists have been making for decades–workers face deadly risks.
How To Save Democracy from the Supreme Court
July 11, 2024 15:00Of all the rulings made by conservative justices on the United States Supreme Court this term, perhaps none is as consequential as the decision that former president Donald Trump is immune from being criminally prosecuted for actions considered “official” while he was in the White House.
How to Beat the Far Right: Lessons From France
July 10, 2024 15:00France’s left offers lessons for the U.S. where turmoil within the Democratic Party is threatening to yield a win for fascist authoritarianism.
Do Olympics Make Sense in a World of Genocide & Climate Disaster?
July 05, 2024 15:00What are the Olympics for?
The Movement for Black Land Ownership
July 04, 2024 15:00The issue of what was stolen and what is owed to Black Americans is a central one. In a new book, Rooted, activist and writer Brea Baker explores a crucial and very tangible facet of this question.
Will Biden Step Aside?
July 03, 2024 15:00Listen to story: https://ia803407.us.archive.org/20/items/2024-07-02-RUWS/2024_07_02_Norman_Solomon.mp3 Download: mp3 (Duration: 17:04) FEATURING NORMAN SOLOMON - President Joe Biden’s disastrous performance at the first presidential debate of 2024 has sparked rebellion among establishment forces that had previously backed
Prescribing Connection: The Science and Solutions
June 27, 2024 15:00A new movement, based on an old idea, is taking hold: What if in addition to prescribing medication, doctors also prescribed activities that addressed our lack of connection?
New Book “Don’t Wait” Inspires Teen Activism
June 26, 2024 15:00What happens when young people are confronted with serious social and political problems that they know are not being tackled by grownups?
“Down With the System” Says SOAD Frontman
June 20, 2024 15:00Serj Tankian, the lead singer of Grammy award-winning System of a Down is no ordinary rock star. He has refused to stick to music and has used his celebrity megaphone to further social justice.
The Boy Scouts Are Rebranding. What Does This Mean?
June 19, 2024 15:00After more than a century of existence, some of it fraught by serious controversy, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in May 2024 announced it would rename itself to “Scouting America” in order to be more inclusive.
Marking Father’s Day While Separated by Imprisonment
June 14, 2024 15:00How do the thousands of fathers who are locked up in prisons around the country mark Father's Day?
Can Regeneratively Farmed Food Be the Answer to Good Health and Climate Justice?
June 13, 2024 15:00Sage’s chef and owner Mollie Engelhart has faced enormous backlash for saying that living off an exclusively plant-based diet won’t be enough to save the planet.
Indian Voters Deliver Blow to Modi and BJP
June 12, 2024 15:00India, the world’s largest democracy, recently concluded its 6-week long election and delivered a blow to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) whose leader Narendra Modi has been Prime Minister for the past decade.
Biden’s New Border Policy Looks a Lot Like Trump’s
June 07, 2024 23:38Just weeks before incumbent president, Joe Biden faces Donald Trump for their first pre-election debate, his administration announced it would adopt an order temporarily sealing off the U.S.-Mexico border and removing protections for asylum seekers.
Tackling Political Amnesia Ahead of the November Election
June 06, 2024 15:00What role has our media played in enabling Trump? How is the information divide undermining the U.S.? And what needs to happen between now and the election to shore up democracy?
The Ease of Access: A Preview of YES! Magazine’s Summer 2024 Issue
May 24, 2024 15:00The summer 2024 issue of YES! Magazine has been hitting newsstands and landing in mail boxes around the country, themed around "Access."
Feminism Is About Peace and Justice, Not War
May 23, 2024 15:00At a recent Feminist Peace Summit held in Denver, Colorado, progressive women reaffirmed the consistency of feminism with peace and justice.
ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants As Students Continue Gaza Protests
May 22, 2024 15:00The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has said he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli politicians including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the crime of genocide.
ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants As Students Continue Gaza Protests - EXTENDED
May 21, 2024 19:47Paid subscribers have exclusive access to the extended version of this interview with Arun Gupta.
How Black Mothers Are Organizing Against Police Violence
May 17, 2024 15:00A new documentary, released by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY ahead of the 4th anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd, highlights how Black mothers cope with the most unimaginable loss of their lives.
Gen-Zers are Politically Active. Will They Vote?
May 16, 2024 15:00As we hurtle toward another make-or-break election in November, many are asking, will Gen Z's political engagement in the streets translate into action at the polls?
Making Child Care Sustainable for Parents and Providers
May 15, 2024 15:00Thousands of childcare workers walked off their jobs the day after Mother’s Day, for the national Day Without Child Care.
Cal State LA Students Launch Free Gaza Encampment
May 09, 2024 15:00The same day that UCLA student activists were reeling from their Free Gaza encampment being attacked by pro-Israel supporters and police officers, students at California State University of Los Angeles (Cal State LA) were busy setting up their brand new campus protest.
UCLA’s Students Face Zionist Attackers and Police Violence
May 08, 2024 15:00Students at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) are returning to their campuses after a week of violent attacks aimed at a student encampment set up to protest Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Living Behind Bars: What a Life Sentence Means
May 03, 2024 15:00For the last 20 years Rising Up host Sonali Kolhatkar has been communicating via letters with Dortell Williams, who has been imprisoned in California under an LWOP sentence.
A Jewish Student Speaks Out from Free Gaza Encampment
May 02, 2024 15:00As university students continue to hold their ground at Free Gaza encampments on campuses around the nation, Jewish students remain central to the movement.
Report from SFSU’s Free Gaza Encampment
May 01, 2024 15:00A nationwide uprising led by college students has sprung up to demand an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, it’s on-going occupation, and U.S. arms sales to Israel, as well as for universities to divest from Israel.
Can Arizona Win Back the Right to an Abortion?
April 26, 2024 15:00The Arizona Supreme Court earlier this month restored a civil war era law banning abortion in all cases except when the life of the biological parent was in jeopardy.
Understanding Volkswagen Workers' Historic Union Win
April 25, 2024 15:00Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) last week in a historic win for organized labor.
How Campuses Are Rising Up for Palestine
April 24, 2024 15:00Several elite college campuses such as those of Columbia University, New York University, Harvard and Yale were closed on Monday following major protest actions in support of Palestinian rights and against Israel’s on-going genocide in Gaza.
Rethinking Arab American Heritage Month in Light of Gaza
April 19, 2024 15:00April is Arab American Heritage month, a time of year meant to celebrate the history and culture of Americans who claim ancestry from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Battle Against the SAT Continues
April 18, 2024 15:00Elite universities like Harvard are returning to SAT requirements, in spite of decades of research showing the test is biased against women, people of color, and low-income applicants.
Searching for Justice for Bhopal, 40 Years After Disaster
April 17, 2024 15:00Justice remains elusive for the survivors of the Bhopal disaster in India who are living with the impacts of an unprecedented chemical leak from a plant run by Union Carbide Corporation in 1984.
Understanding Haiti’s Latest Political Crisis
April 11, 2024 15:00Weeks of chaos and violence in Haiti may be coming to an end as an agreement for a transitional government is drawn up this week.
Activists Organize Gaza “Freedom Flotilla”
April 10, 2024 15:00Responding to the on-going genocide, activists and advocates of Palestinian rights are planning to set sail on a number of ships carrying aid directly to the people of Gaza as part of a Freedom Flotilla Coalition.
“The Urgent Call of Palestine”
April 04, 2024 15:00The master copy of the song, called “The Urgent Call of Palestine” was thought to be lost to Israeli theft for decades. Writing about its resurrection at In These Times magazine is Iman Husain.
Climate Fiction Enables us to Imagine a Better Future
April 03, 2024 15:00Grist has partnered with YES! on its new project, Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, an annual contest to celebrate short stories rooted in environmental justice and climate solutions.
Why Won’t Biden Use All Available Tools to Meet Climate Goals?
March 29, 2024 15:00The Biden Administration last week announced the strictest ever rule to regulate tailpipe emissions–one of the most significant sources of carbon emissions globally.
Tax Day Injustice: How Corporate CEOs Make More Than Govt
March 28, 2024 15:00As Americans prepare their tax returns ahead of the IRS’s annual filing deadline, a new report highlights just how much large corporate CEO pay packages rival corporate taxes.
Supreme Court Considers Abortion Medication Ban
March 27, 2024 16:51The United States Supreme Court this week heard arguments in a case against the sale of medication abortion.
The Complexity of Connection: YES! Magazine’s Spring Issue Preview
March 15, 2024 15:00New issues of YES! Magazine have hit newsstands and mailboxes all over the nation, and this Spring 2024 issue is themed around “Connections."
Will Washington’s Police Accountability Measure Work?
March 14, 2024 15:00In 2018, Washington state voters passed Initiative 940 after members of the Puyallup Tribe mobilized in the wake of the police killing of a young Indigenous woman named Jacqueline Salyers.
Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation
March 13, 2024 15:00Investigative journalist Arun Gupta, has debunked the PHRI and New York Times reports for YES! Magazine in an in-depth story called Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation.
Tulsa Beyond Reparations
March 08, 2024 16:00Descendants of survivors of the "Tulsa Race Massacre" have been agitating for reparations for years.
How Towns and Cities are Implementing Reparations
March 07, 2024 16:00Torsheta Jackson has written a report for YES! Magazine detailing local reparations efforts.
California Goes Furthest on Reparations
March 06, 2024 18:50Will California finish the task it began by actually dispensing compensation?
Black Youth Spaces as a Form of Reparations
March 01, 2024 16:00Investing in programs and resources to support Black youth is critical to narrowing disparities in wealth, health, and beyond.
How Pop Culture Shapes Narratives on Reparations
February 29, 2024 16:00When it comes to the movement for reparations, how has modern pop culture shaped the prevailing narrative?