Sonali Kolhatkar
Sonali Kolhatkar is a columnist for Truthdig. She also is the founder, host and producer of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a radio and television show that airs on Pacifica stations KPFK and KPFA and will begin airing on Free Speech TV. She is the former founder, host and producer of KPFK Pacifica’s popular morning drive-time program “Rising Up With Sonali,” based in Los Angeles. She is also the co-director of the Afghan Women’s Mission, a U.S.-based non-profit solidarity organization that funds the social, political, and humanitarian projects of RAWA.
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Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner to remove synthetic food dyes from US food supply
The agency will work with the food industry to revoke authorization for two of the dyes in the coming months and eliminate the remaining six come the end of the year.
Trump administration resumes student loan collections, threatening millions with garnished wages and economic hardship
Restarting federal loan garnishments and ending relief programs, the Trump administration advances a sweeping overhaul that critics say punishes struggling borrowers and deepens a national crisis.
The ever-expanding war machine
Dismantling the government while pumping up the Pentagon.
If fear is the goal, then solidarity is the antidote
So let this be our mantra: It outlaws me, and I outlaw it.
The 89%: Exposing the climate majority and the media silence that keeps them unheard
Despite overwhelming global support for bold climate action, most governments are falling short—and newsrooms may be helping them do it.