Sorry, there was a YouTube error. By Sonali Kolhatkar Israeli forces killed more than a hundred Palestinians and wounded more than 700 on February 29, 2024 during a distribution of food aid in Gaza city, pushing the Palestinian death toll to 30,000 since October 7, 2023. The food aid massacre was straightforward in its deadliness as armed Israeli forces […]
Countering Corporate Propaganda: By Sonali Kolhatkar
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. Streaming television channels these days are increasingly inserting advertising into their paid subscriber content. Thus, I recently found myself sitting through several commercials that struck me as emblematic of how out-of-touch corporate marketers are with the economic struggles of ordinary Americans. A company offering cash advances to low-wage workers […]
Cashing in on Racist Bail
Cash bail is racist. No wonder the GOP loves it and is relying on expanding it as a cynical election-year ploy.
The Real Reason Your Grocery Bill Is Still So High:By Sonali Kolhatkar
Americans have had to weather much in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic first began, including price inflation of basic necessities. Grocery bills, especially, are a drain on household finances.
“Dubai Is a Fitting Host for the Climate Circus” by Sonali Kolhatkar.
In January 2023, nearly a year before the latest United Nations climate conference began, there was deep concern and alarm over the head of one of the world’s largest oil companies being appointed president of the COP28 summit
The Deadly Intersection of Labor Exploitation and Climate Change: By Sonali Kolhatkar
As temperatures soar in the United States this summer, some among us are lucky enough to be able to remain in air-conditioned interior spaces, ordering food, groceries, clothing, and other products to be delivered to us.
The Rise of Private Cops: How Not to Tackle Homelessness: By Sonali Kolhatkar
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. During a recent visit to Portland, Oregon, my husband and I watched a private security guard help up an unhoused man from the sidewalk. Three white women looked on at the interaction that took place in the trendy Nob Hill neighborhood on August 7, 2023, right in front of […]
TV Writers Flex Their Union Power
A strike authorization by the Writers Guild of America is threatening the television industry’s corporate business model of relying on an underpaid workforce to pay for its mergers.