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大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali

大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali is a weekly broadcast program鈥攁n antidote to the doom and gloom of mainstream news, lifting up solutions that bring us closer to economic, racial, gender, and environmental justice. Hosted and produced by 大象传媒 Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar, 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali is available as a podcast, on independent radio stations nationwide, on Free Speech TV, and right here through 大象传媒 Media. Learn more about the show here.

Dortell Williams, serving a life sentence without parole in California, shares his experience on Rising Up With Sonali.

Facing Life Without Parole Inside a California Prison

Recent reforms in prison communications have allowed Dortell Williams, serving a life sentence without parole in California, to share his experience face-to-face for the first time.

| May 3, 2024

A Jewish American student takes us inside the Free Gaza encampment at Bryn Mawr College, part of the student uprising demanding an end to Israel鈥檚 genocide in Gaza.

Jewish Students Central to Free Gaza Campus Protests

A Jewish American student takes us inside the Free Gaza encampment at Bryn Mawr College, part of the student uprising demanding an end to Israel鈥檚 genocide in Gaza.

| May 2, 2024

Two students from San Francisco State University's Free Gaza encampment spoke with 大象传媒 Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about why they are protesting and give a visual tour of the encampment.

Students Speak Out From Free Gaza Encampment

Students at San Francisco State University鈥檚 Free Gaza encampment share why they are demanding divestment from Israel.

| May 1, 2024

Amy Fitch-Heacock, executive board member and spokesperson for Arizonans for Reproductive Freedom spoke with 大象传媒 Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about the impact of the abortion ban and prospects for overturning it.

Video | Arizona | reproductive rights | Abortion

Can Arizona Win Back the Right to an Abortion?

The Arizona Supreme Court reinstated an 1864 abortion ban鈥攚hich is now fueling voter enthusiasm for a November ballot measure seeking to permanently restore abortion rights.

| Apr 26, 2024

Labor expert Cedric de Leon, a professor of sociology and labor studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, spoke with 大象传媒 Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali, putting UAW鈥檚 Volkswagen victory into context.

UAW Makes History at Tennessee Volkswagen Plant

The United Auto Workers鈥� union victory in Tennessee was the result of strategic decisions, and could herald a bright future for organized labor in the South.

| Apr 25, 2024

Shana L. Redmond, a professor of English and Comparative Literature at the Center for the Study of Ethnicity at Race at Columbia University, speaks with 大象传媒 Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about campus repression and false accusations of antisemitism.

Inside the Campus Uprising for Palestine

Students and faculty at colleges nationwide are walking out, occupying their campus grounds, and demanding an end to the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza.

| Apr 24, 2024

Video | India | Bhopal Disaster | Dow Chemical | Amnesty International

Bhopal Survivors Continue 40-Year Fight for Justice

Four decades after the deadly gas leak, Dow Chemical continues to avoid accountability for the world's worst industrial accident.

| Apr 19, 2024

Video | Education | University of California | Ivy League | College Admissions

Why Are Elite Schools So Attached to the SAT?

Research shows the SAT is racist, sexist, and classist. So why are some elite schools reinstating the test as an admission requirement?

| Apr 18, 2024

Making Arab American Heritage Month Meaningful

Justice for Gaza can be a perfect focus for this year鈥檚 Arab American Heritage Month, says Stephanie Abraham.

| Apr 17, 2024

Video | Haiti

Haitians Hope for a New Chapter

Understanding the roots of Haiti鈥檚 political crisis is critical to rebuilding the Caribbean nation鈥檚 democracy.

| Apr 11, 2024

Activists Organize Gaza 鈥淔reedom Flotilla鈥�

In the face of global inaction on Israel鈥檚 genocide, activists will sail to Gaza to bring desperately needed aid directly to Palestinians.

| Apr 10, 2024

Iman Husain spoke with 大象传媒 Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about the fascinating story behind Zeinab Shaath鈥檚 song "The Urgent Call of Palestine"

Video | Israel | Palestine | Gaza | Zeinab Shaath

The Resurgence of a Palestinian Protest Song

Zeinab Sheath鈥榮 1972 protest song, 鈥淎n Urgent Call for Palestine,鈥� finds new life as artists begin to speak out against the Gaza genocide.

| Apr 4, 2024

Grist鈥檚 climate fiction creative manager Tory Stephens discusses their annual short story project with 大象传媒 Senior Editor Breanna Draxler, guest-hosting 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali.

Video | Climate Change | Climate Fiction | Narrative

Imagining a More Just Climate Future

When we think about climate change, we often think in terms of statistics, studies, and measurements of melting glaciers, dwindling wildlife populations, and mass human migration. It鈥檚 a grim reality.

| Apr 3, 2024

EVs Could Meet Biden Climate Goals鈥擩ust Not Chinese Ones

Why can鈥檛 Americans buy Chinese electric vehicles that could help the Biden administration meet its climate goals?

| Mar 29, 2024

Sarah Anderson discusses solutions to unfair corporate tax rates with 大象传媒 Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali.

Video | YES | Tax Day | Taxes

Tax Day Injustice

Thanks to the GOP鈥檚 2017 tax reform law, dozens of large corporations paid their CEOs more than they paid the federal government in taxes.

| Mar 28, 2024

Jess Braverman, legal director of Gender Justice, joins 大象传媒 Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali to discuss SCOTUS and medication abortion

Video | Mifeprestone | Supreme Court | Abortion | Abortion Access

Will SCOTUS Revoke Abortion Pill Access?

Justices appeared skeptical of anti-abortion arguments against Mifepristone. Still, the stakes for reproductive health are extremely high.

| Mar 27, 2024

In a discussion about the "complexity of connection," 大象传媒 Managing Editor Sunnivie Brydum previews the Spring 2024 issue of 大象传媒 Magazine.

Video | 大象传媒 Magazine | spring

鈥淐onnections,鈥� From Digital Revolutions to Queer Church

In a discussion about the "complexity of connection," 大象传媒 Managing Editor Sunnivie Brydum previews the Spring 2024 issue of 大象传媒 Magazine.

| Mar 14, 2024

Will Washington鈥檚 Police Accountability Measure Work?

Frank Hopper shares the story of how Washington鈥檚 Puyallup Tribe helped pass Initiative 940, the nation鈥檚 first measure ending qualified immunity for police.

| Mar 13, 2024

Journalist Torsheta Jackson spoke with 大象传媒 Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about her story, 鈥淏eyond 40 Acres and a Mule.鈥�

How Towns and Cities Are Implementing Reparations

In the absence of federal action on reparations, Black activists are leading grassroots efforts at the local level to deliver compensation for generations of racial harm.

| Mar 8, 2024