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Guest Commentator

Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Sonali Kolhatkar is the host and producer of Uprising, a popular, daily, drive-time program on KPFK, Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles and co- director of the Afghan Women's Mission, a US-based non-profit organization that works with the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).

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Guest Commentary

The Epstein Class: They Are the Elites They Pretend To Hate

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

For years, MAGA has attacked minority groups in the name of "protecting women and children." It turns out the real abusers are wealthy and powerful.

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s contentious House hearing about the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files offered a clear message to the nation: sex trafficking of…

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If People Are Going Hungry, Why Can’t We Feed Them?

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

As Congress slashes SNAP, more states need to step up to fill in the gap.

The recent government shutdown was a stark reminder that 42 million people across the United States rely on federal food benefits. That’s 12 percent of the…

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Public Funding is the Solution to Media Bias, Not the Driver

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

The billionaire class has its sights set on an ignorant populace that would be more receptive to its morally bankrupt ideology.

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Sonali Kolhatkar is the host and producer of Uprising, a popular, daily, drive-time program on KPFK, Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles and co-…

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What Will It Take To End Trump’s ICE Raids?

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

Our reliance on armed agents of the state has led to fascism. The only way out is to abolish policing and militarism.

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Sonali Kolhatkar is the host and producer of Uprising, a popular, daily, drive-time program on KPFK, Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles and co-…

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Why the Right Really Hates the Postal Service

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

It’s not about USPS’s efficiency or viability. It’s about equity and collective good, values that are anathema to predatory capitalism.

President Donald Trump has tapped a former board member of the private mail delivery corporation FedEx to be the next United States Postmaster General. David Steiner’s…

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What We Can Learn From Gen Z Workers

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

Rather than blame young workers for bad attitudes, we need to understand why Gen Z prioritizes its well-being over company health—and learn from them.

My oldest born is a high school junior, taking his first steps into the hypercompetitive and bewildering world of undergraduate college applications and future careers. So,…

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Who’s a Bigger Threat to Democracy—Immigrants, or Billionaires?

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

Don’t be distracted by the anti-immigrant rhetoric this election. The real impact on democracy comes from moneyed elites.

When President Joe Biden said in a phone call to MSNBC’s Morning Joe recently, “I’m getting so frustrated with the elites… the elites of the party.…

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Why Corporations Choose Lawlessness to Fight Unions

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

Workers at companies like Apple and Starbucks face armies of union-busting lawyers advising employers to repeatedly violate labor laws.

Workers in Towson, Maryland, have earned the distinction of becoming the first Apple retail workers in the nation to vote to strike over failed union negotiations…

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Prison Calls Are Increasingly Free, but Prisoners Still Aren’t

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

New reforms have made it easier and cheaper to make calls to and from incarcerated people. But corporate profiteering will continue until we abolish the system.

I recently saw the face of a friend whom I had never met before. In a video call to a California state prison facility, I was…

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