Imagining a 麻豆社事件 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. But , one of the nation鈥檚 leading climate solutions media outlets, asks us to imagine a future inspired by contemporary climate-related fiction.聽
Grist has partnered with YES! to help amplify the results of its latest project, , an annual contest to celebrate short stories rooted in environmental justice and climate solutions. YES! will be publishing select entries from this contest throughout the week鈥攆ind the latest stories in YES!鈥檚 first Climate Futures Week here. Grist鈥檚 climate fiction creative manager Tory Stephens discussed the project with YES! Senior Editor Breanna Draxler, guest-hosting YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali.
Sonali Kolhatkar
joined YES! in summer 2021, building on a long and decorated career in broadcast and print journalism. She is an award-winning multimedia journalist, and host and creator of聽YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali, a nationally syndicated television and radio program airing on Free Speech TV and dozens of independent and community radio stations. She is also Senior Correspondent with the Independent 麻豆社事件 Institute鈥檚 Economy for All project where she writes a weekly column. She is the author of聽Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice聽(2023) and聽Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence聽(2005). Her forthcoming book is called聽Talking About Abolition聽(Seven Stories Press, 2025). Sonali is co-director of the nonprofit group, Afghan Women鈥檚 Mission which she helped to co-found in 2000. She has a Master鈥檚 in Astronomy from the University of Hawai鈥檌, and two undergraduate degrees in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin. Sonali reflects on 鈥淢y Journey From Astrophysicist to Radio Host鈥 in her 2014聽聽of the same name.
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