Opinion
A Tale of Two Pastors, and Two Versions of Christianity
Will Americans of faith choose progressive values of compassion over the gospel of prosperity and power?
Sonali Kolhatkar
January 29, 2024
Sonali Kolhatkar
Opinion
If UAW Wins Its Contract Demands, It Would Be A Huge Step Forward In Establishing a People’s Economy
Meeting the United Auto Workers’ demands would be a win-win for the climate and for workers’ rights. So, what’s stopping the Big Three from acquiescing?
Sonali Kolhatkar
September 9, 2023
Opinion
Making Sense of Florida’s Nonsensical History Curriculum
‘Slavery wasn’t so bad; white men are the real victims’: these are the messages that appear to stem from the right-wing war on history. It’s part of a bigger picture rooted in the politics of fear.
Sonali Kolhatkar
August 22, 2023
Opinion
Five Critical Lessons From UPS’s Union Workers
The UPS Teamsters’ negotiations with the world’s largest delivery company offer the American labor movement lessons in organizing. One in particular: Labor militancy works.
Sonali Kolhatkar
July 29, 2023
Opinion
Burn the Barbies, Pause the Pink
The highly anticipated live-action film starring Margot Robbie is an attempt to redeem the problematic toy. But it’s really just an expensive ad campaign for an outdated doll.
Sonali Kolhatkar
July 24, 2023
Opinion
How to Solve Homelessness in the United States
Our economic priorities have created a serious housing crisis and fueled homelessness. Solving the problem simply requires us to change our priorities from profits to people.
Sonali Kolhatkar
July 10, 2023
Opinion
Republicans Want to Defund Our Libraries
“Defund the Library” succinctly encompasses the GOP’s free-market agenda to destroy public funding of institutions that enlighten and educate, all under the disingenuous banner of “protecting children.”
Sonali Kolhatkar
May 20, 2023
Opinion
The Game-Changing Promise of an OTC Birth Control Pill
The U.S. appears likely to legalize over-the-counter contraception—a critical step in increasing women’s bodily autonomy and economic independence.
Sonali Kolhatkar
May 13, 2023
Opinion
It’s Time for Supreme Court Term Limits
The mounting scandals surrounding Clarence Thomas show the danger of lifetime appointments without ethical standards.
Sonali Kolhatkar
May 4, 2023
Pennsylvania Homeless Advocates Condemn Trump’s Plans to Punish the Unhoused, Involuntarily Commit Them
August 7, 2025
“Homelessness is caused by poverty,” said Estelle Richman, HUD Chief Operating Officer during the Obama administration. “These are poor people … Many of them are working. They just don’t have enough money to pay the rent.”
80 Years After the US Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Nuclear Threat Remains Grave
August 5, 2025
Nuclear war is a real and present danger that we must acknowledge and confront, writes Ira Helfand.
Rivot Magazine Provides Bucks County a Much-needed Print Music and News Publication With a Punk Rock Ethos
August 4, 2025
Founder James Lamb said print media was a void that needed to be filled. “I just really like a physical, handheld thing that can be saved, that can migrate when I drop one at the bus stop.”
DOJ’s Demand for State Voter Lists Are a Major Battleground in Fights Over Access to the Polls
August 4, 2025
The Trump administration wants to scoop up voter registration lists and other election data from all 50 states.
New Pennsylvania Project Opens Office in Bensalem, Its First in Bucks County
August 2, 2025
The nonpartisan voting rights organization wants everyone in the county to be registered, educated, engaged and active voters.
