Rising Up With Sonali
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Becoming "Reparationists"
February 28, 2024 16:00Social movements often spur participants into adopting identities that help them articulate their personal connection to a cause. Can the same happen for the movement for reparations?
Realizing Reparations - a New Series
February 27, 2024 22:41On YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali, we'll be featuring interviews with the reporters in YES! Magazine's Realizing Reparations series.
New York Considers a “Social Housing” Proposal
February 23, 2024 16:00New York’s state assembly is considering a new bill proposing the creation of a Social Housing Development Authority to ease the state’s housing crisis.
Why Reparations is an Election 2024 Issue
February 22, 2024 19:04Reparations are central to Election 2024. Here's why.
Why is Biden Determined to Lose the Election Over Israel?
February 21, 2024 16:00Norman Solomon fears Biden is handing the 2024 election over to Donald Trump, the likely Republican Party nominee, who has promised a second term even more authoritarian than his first.
Family Planning in the Age of Climate Change
February 16, 2024 16:00An organization named “Conceivable Future,” run by Meghan Elizabeth Kallman and Josephine Ferorelli hosts conversations around the country to make space for people to talk about family planning and climate change without judgment.
Amid Storms and Olympics, How to Solve Homelessness in LA?
February 15, 2024 16:00In Los Angeles, which earned the grim title of homeless capital of the United States in 2023, city and county officials have been scrambling to ensure there are enough shelters after the rains.
Trump-Appointed Justices Consider Trump’s Appeals
February 14, 2024 16:00The nation’s highest court is stacked with rightwing justices, three of whom were appointed by Trump himself, and one of whom is married to an avid pro-Trump activist. Now, they are considering Trump's appeals.
Fat Liberation and the New Weight Loss Drugs
February 09, 2024 16:00A new class of weight loss drugs has taken the United States by storm, and is different from previous medications in that it seems to work. But, what impact do these drugs have on movements for fat liberation?
Exposing Israeli Pinkwashing of Genocide
February 08, 2024 16:00Israel has, for years, painted itself as a defender of the LGBTQ community and portrayed Arabs and Palestinians as homophobic.
Jewish Students Say, “Shabbat for Ceasefire”
February 07, 2024 17:24On Friday February 2nd Jewish students on more than a dozen college campuses across the United States organized “Shabbat for Ceasefire” events to sing, pray, and perform their tradition to call for an end to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
Pushing Back on Rightwing Distortion of Carroll Settlement
February 02, 2024 16:00A New York City jury has ordered Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million in damages to journalist E. Jean Carroll for defamation. Rightwing media is deeply distorting the truth of the settlement.
How Pro-Choice Catholics are Shifting Abortion Narratives
February 01, 2024 16:00Catholics for Choice showed up to the March for Life to engage in counterprotest actions via provocative posters that they displayed all along the march route.
How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression
January 31, 2024 16:00Ijeoma Oluo, has a new book called, Be a Revolution: How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World - and How You Can, Too.
Freedom Teaching: Understanding the War on DEI
January 26, 2024 16:00With 2024 election campaigns in full swing, rightwing racist dog whistles against DEI related ideas are out in the open.
Raising Public Awareness of U.S. Military Spending
January 25, 2024 16:00The organization World BEYOND War is putting up half a dozen billboards across California’s Bay area highlighting a shocking, but little known, fact: That the United States military sucks up so much money that a tiny fraction of it could end world starvation.
Israel is Using an Old Playbook on Genocide
January 24, 2024 16:00As we approach International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th, writer and filmmaker Shane Burley has written a new piece for YES! Magazine called Don’t Let Zionists Weaponize Jewish Suffering.
Lessons in Government Spending: The Pandemic Paradox
January 19, 2024 16:00When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the U.S. government stepped in and began sending payments and unemployment checks to Americans all over the country. Writing about it in a new book called The Pandemic Paradox is Scott Fulford.
Yemen’s Houthis Take Action to Stop Gaza Genocide
January 18, 2024 16:00Houthi fighters from Yemen have been attacking commercial cargo ships and oil tankers in the Red Sea in an attempt to thwart Israel’s on-going genocide in Gaza. In response, the US and UK launched airstrikes against Yemen, risking a wider regional war.
Responding to Trump's Iowa Win
January 17, 2024 16:00A mere 30 minutes after the Iowa Republican caucuses began on Monday, Associated Press declared former president Donald Trump the winner.
Why Claudine Gay’s Ouster Was Indeed About Race
January 11, 2024 16:00Harvard University’s first Black president, and second woman President, Claudine Gay, was forced to resign in the wake of allegations that she engaged, first in antisemitism, and then, in plagiarism.
Three Years Since Jan 6th Insurrection, Democracy Still in Danger
January 10, 2024 16:00Three years after the violent insurrection at the United States Capitol, more than a thousand people have been arrested and tried, and hundreds have been convicted of crimes.
Indigenous Restoration of Wildlife Habitats
January 05, 2024 16:00The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington State are restoring the lands and species of their traditional ecological community after decades of settler-colonialism-fueled destruction.
Building Prosperity From the Soil Up
January 04, 2024 16:00A new story by YES! Senior editor Breanna Draxler shows how it’s possible to upend big agriculture by rebuilding systems from the soil up–literally.
What Will it Take to End Gaza Genocide?
January 03, 2024 16:00The official Gaza death toll has now surpassed 22,000 and Israel says it intends to intensify its campaign.
After a Decade on City Council, What’s Next for Seattle’s Sawant?
December 14, 2023 16:00eattle’s world renowned city council member and socialist firebrand Kshama Sawant announced early this year that she would not be seeking reelection.
New Survey Finds Broad Support Among Black Americans for Defunding Police
December 13, 2023 16:00A new survey by the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) shows broad support among Black Americans for defunding police and refunding alternatives to policing.
The Most Censored Stories of 2023
December 07, 2023 16:00State of the Free Press 2024 is just out and is a compendium of the top 25 censored stories of the year, many of which focus on climate change, as well as government failure to regulate corporations, and more.
Why Jewish Americans Are Rising Up for Palestine
December 06, 2023 16:38The majority of high-profile U.S. protests against Israel’s 2023 assault on Gaza has been led by Jewish Americans, and groups like Jewish Voice for Peace and If Not Now.
Why Is There a Fossil Fuel Boom Under Biden?
December 01, 2023 16:00A new report by Oil Change International analyzes emissions under the Inflation Reduction Act and finds that it is worsening climate change and exacerbating environmental justice.
The Voting Rights Act Was Weakened Again - Now What?
November 30, 2023 17:56A federal court has just struck down a key aspect of the Voting Rights Act.
A Legal Challenge to U.S. Complicity in Israel’s Unfolding Genocide
November 29, 2023 16:45In spite of a pause in Israel’s assault on Gaza, there is a legal case being made that the U.S. is complicit in enabling Israeli genocide against Palestinians.
How Constructed Wetlands Clean Wastewater –And Attract Wildlife
November 24, 2023 16:00There is growing awareness of a cheaper, more environmentally sustainable option to treat wastewater and that is to mimic how nature has always done it: through wetlands.
Honoring Our Elders: Preview of YES! Winter 2024 Issue
November 23, 2023 16:00Today we’ll get a preview of the Winter 2024 issue of YES! Magazine, themed around Elders.
How Overpaid CEOs Drain the Economy
November 22, 2023 16:00As workers around the United States are agitating for better wages and working conditions, a new report casts light on the gross overpaying of corporate CEOs.
Educational Reparations and the Harms of School Reforms
October 13, 2023 15:00In a new book, Dr. Bettina Love lays out how, Reagan manufactured an educational crisis of catastrophic proportions. To remedy the harm, Dr. Love calls for an implementation of “educational reparations.”
How Striking Auto Workers Are Out-organizing Their Bosses
October 12, 2023 15:00Unionized auto workers remain on strike against the so-called Big Three manufacturers in the U.S. leading a growing labor movement.
Stopping the Root Cause of Violence in Israel and Palestine
October 11, 2023 15:00A recent assault by Hamas on a music festival in Israel has left hundreds dead. Israeli forces have been attacking Gaza in retaliation, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying schools.
Media Analysis of Libya Flooding Misses NATO Role
October 06, 2023 15:00In aiming to unearth why the death toll from flooding was so high, Western media outlets described Libya’s disastrous and on-going war–but with little mention of the role of the West, and specifically NATO.
New Youth Climate Group Promises Unflinching Defiance
October 05, 2023 15:00A youth-led group called Climate Defiance has vowed to forcefully confront those responsible for climate change saying, “If people in power will not save us, we will save ourselves.”
Can the FTC Break Up Amazon’s Monopoly?
October 04, 2023 15:00The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 17 U.S. states have just brought a long-awaited, groundbreaking, antitrust lawsuit against the online retail giant Amazon.
Inside the Underground Abortion Pill Network
September 29, 2023 15:00A new documentary called Plan C shines a light on the urgent work done by reproductive justice activists to get abortion pills into the hands of those who need it.
How Workers are Responding to Retaliatory Firings
September 28, 2023 15:00In response to what is being called a “national worker retaliation crisis,” Unemployed Workers United has launched the “Fired Up!” campaign.
Redefining Growth and Building a People's Prosperity
September 27, 2023 15:00What could a people-centered definition of economic prosperity look like?
Michael Harriot Reverses the Lens of History
September 22, 2023 15:00What happens when a Black analyst and historian applies the same sort of historical and cultural lens to white Americans that whites have viewed Black people through?
To Make Housing Affordable, Control Rents
September 21, 2023 15:00Advocacy groups around the country have pushed rent control measures, saying it’s the only way to ensure affordable housing.
Can the 14th Amendment Keep Trump off the Ballot?
September 20, 2023 15:00Legal scholars contend that because Trump led an insurrection against the United States, he is disqualified from holding office under section 3 of the 14th amendment.
How Can Workplaces Better Support LGBTQ Workers?
September 15, 2023 15:00As GOP politicians bank on homophobic and transphobic rhetoric, policies, and laws to score political points and garner votes, a new study examines the impact such legislation has on gender expansive workers.
Activist Shares Why He Marches to End Fossil Fuels
September 14, 2023 15:00Listen to story: https://ia600505.us.archive.org/23/items/2023-09-12-RUWS/2023_09_12_Justin_Blake.mp3 Download: mp3 (Duration: 15:14) FEATURING JUSTIN BLAKE - This summer more heat-related records were broken, hurricanes and major floods caused severe damage, and wildfires devastated towns. Still, President Joe Biden, who has
Auto Workers Demand a People-Centered Economy
September 13, 2023 15:00Autoworkers are readying themselves for a potential strike as contract negotiations with the so-called “Big Three” drag on.