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YES! 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 YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar, YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali is available as a podcast, on independent radio stations nationwide, on Free Speech TV, and right here through YES! 麻豆社事件. Learn more about the show here.

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 YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! 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 YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali to discuss SCOTUS and medication abortion

Video | Supreme Court | Abortion | Abortion Access | Mifeprestone

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," YES! Managing Editor Sunnivie Brydum previews the Spring 2024 issue of YES! Magazine.

Video | spring | YES! Magazine

鈥淐onnections,鈥� From Digital Revolutions to Queer Church

In a discussion about the "complexity of connection," YES! Managing Editor Sunnivie Brydum previews the Spring 2024 issue of YES! 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 YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! 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

Investigative Report Undermines Israel鈥檚 Mass Rape Claims

Investigative reporter Arun Gupta delves into his new, explosive story for YES! about Israeli claims of mass rape on Oct. 7, 2023.

| Mar 6, 2024

Social housing as a concept is gaining popularity. Now, the state of New York is considering a bill to make it a reality.

Video | New York | Housing | Genevieve Rand

New York Considers a Social Housing Bill

Social housing as a concept is gaining popularity. Now, the state of New York is considering a bill to make it a reality.

| Feb 23, 2024

Reparations for Black Americans are past due. Edgar Villanueva makes the case for reparations as an election issue.

Why Reparations Are a 2024 Election Issue

Reparations for Black Americans are past due. Edgar Villanueva makes the case for reparations as an election issue.

| Feb 22, 2024

Biden's unflinching support for Israel's genocide of Gaza threatens both Biden鈥檚 reelection and the United States amid fears that Donald Trump will win a second term.

Video | Palestine | Norman Solomon | Donald Trump | Joe Biden

Is Biden Determined to Lose the Election Over Israel?

Biden's unflinching support for Israel's genocide of Gaza threatens both Biden鈥檚 reelection and the United States amid fears that Donald Trump will win a second term.

| Feb 21, 2024

Video | California | Housing | Homelessness | Los Angeles

Centering the Dignity of L.A.鈥檚 Unhoused

Unhoused people in Los Angeles just survived a massive storm. What can the city do about housing before the next extreme weather event?

| Feb 15, 2024

Video | Donald Trump | Supreme Court | Colorado | Bill Blum

Can Trump Be on the Ballot?

Trump appointed a third of the Supreme Court. Now, that same court will decide his fate.

| Feb 14, 2024

Fat liberation activists worked for decades to celebrate size diversity in our society. Will the new class of popular weight-loss drugs undo that progress?

Video | Ozempic | Fat Liberation | Wegovy

New Weight Loss Drugs Aren鈥檛 a Magic Pill

Fat liberation activists worked for decades to celebrate size diversity in our society. Will the new class of popular weight-loss drugs undo that progress?

| Feb 9, 2024

Queer liberation goes hand-in-hand with anti-colonialism and anti-Zionism, says a growing movement working to expose Israel's pinkwashing.

Exposing Israel鈥檚 Attempted Pinkwashing of Genocide

Queer liberation goes hand-in-hand with anti-colonialism and anti-Zionism, says a growing movement working to expose Israel's pinkwashing.

| Feb 8, 2024

As Israel's genocide in Gaza rages on, U.S. Jewish college students say their faith inspires them to pray for a cease-fire, and an end to apartheid.

Jewish Students Organize 鈥淪habbat for Ceasefire鈥�

As Israel's genocide in Gaza rages on, U.S. Jewish college students say their faith inspires them to pray for a cease-fire, and an end to apartheid.

| Feb 7, 2024

Jamie L. Mason of Catholics for Choice explained why her organization engaged in counter-protest actions at this year's March for Life.

Pro-Choice Catholics Plaster March for Life With Posters

Jamie L. Mason of Catholics for Choice explained why her organization engaged in counter-protest actions at this year's March for Life.

| Feb 2, 2024

To the American Right, Trump Can Do No Wrong

Right-wing audiences got a deeply distorted view of the verdict against Donald Trump in E. Jean Carroll鈥檚 defamation suit. 麻豆社事件 Matters鈥� Courtney Hagle explains why and what to do about it.

| Feb 1, 2024