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- Rising Up With Sonali
As DSA Racks Wins, Pundits Clutch Pearls
Political candidates affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are winning elections in a wave that the left could only have dreamt of some…
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How India’s “Cockroach” Protests Won and What’s Next
Young people in India have been making international headlines for mass protests sparked by leaks of medical entrance exams that help students qualify for…
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Rising Up Against Media Censorship
This week on Rising Up for Justice, our guest is Mickey Huff, Director of Project Censored, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
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At the Root of American Ill Health Lies Capitalism
Most progressives attribute this to our lack of a single payer healthcare system. According to a new book, it’s even bigger than that and can be traced back to…
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Climate Change is Here. Can Suing Big Oil Work?
A Washington woman is suing major oil companies such as Exxon Mobil over the death of her mother in 2021.
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Immigration Activists are Pivoting in Response to Quieter, Deadlier ICE Raids
ICE agents are no longer announcing their presence, and they are arresting more people per day on average.
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Friends Rising Up In Service of Peace and Justice
This week on Rising Up for Justice, our guest is Joyce Ajlouny, General Secretary of the American Friends Service Committee.
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Climate Solutions In an Age of Deadly Heat
Candice Fortin is the US Campaigns Manager with 350.org, a global climate justice organization.
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Activists Declare Victory as LAPD Abandons Flock Technology
The Los Angeles Police Department just announced it would not renew its contract with Flock, the controversial company whose AI-powered cameras surveil the…
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From Texas to Maine: How to Stop ICE Killings?
The latest ICE killings are part of an on-going pattern of murder and mayhem by immigration forces.
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Rising Up in Defense of Social Security
This week on Rising Up for Justice, our guest is Alex Lawson, the Executive Director of Social Security Works.
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A Tax Code for the Next 250 Years
What does the nation’s tax code have to do with the US’s 250th anniversary? It turns out, quite a lot.
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How Illinois Organizers Won a New Tax on Tech Giants
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in June of this year signed a bill into law that slaps a tax on tech companies’ ad revenues. The movement that led to SB 3019 was…
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Calling Foul on FIFA: Corruption at the 2026 World Cup
A new book by former US Men’s Olympic soccer player Jules Boykoff traces the troubling history of FIFA.
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Rising Up For Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
This week on Rising Up for Justice, our guest is Jeff Cohen, a columnist, activist, former journalism professor and author of "Cable News Confidential." He…
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On US’s 250th Anniversary, A New Challenge to Whitewashed History
This year, the Fourth of July marks the 250th anniversary of the United States. For Indigenous and Black communities it has never symbolized independence.
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Wife of Woman Sentenced to 50 Years in "Antifa" Prairieland Case Speaks Out
Eight people were recently given draconian prison terms in the first case of "Antifa"-related sentencing.
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Supreme Court Hands Down Shattering Immigration Rulings
In back-to-back 6-3 rulings on the same day, conservative justices upheld the practice of turning away asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border. And, they…
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Rising Up For Our Digital and Free Speech Rights
This week on Rising Up for Justice, our guest is Reem Suleiman, Senior Campaign Director at Fight For the Future, who leads campaigns against surveillance and…
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Insurgent Progressive Candidate in Los Angeles Heads to November Midterm
Southern California has recently been plagued by a massive industrial fire at a warehouse in Boyle Heights, a historically Latino neighborhood in LA.