Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Federal shutdown continues amid impasse over health insurance subsidies; Supreme Court hears challenge to Illinois vote-by-mail law; Newsom signs bill supporters call landmark antisemitism protection, opponents call it pro-Israel censorship; White House Antifa round-table blasts anti-fascist movement … Continued
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sits down with award-winning tech journalist Karen Hao to unpack her book Empires of AI—a sweeping critique of how today’s AI boom concentrates power while eroding public agency. Hao traces OpenAI’s arc from a purportedly altruistic nonprofit to a profit-driven juggernaut shaped by the egos and ambitions of its founders. She … Continued
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Jessica Mitford was a muckracking journalist and memoirist, radical activist and wit. Born to an English aristocratic family, she became a Communist and eloped with Winston Churchill’s nephew to fight in the Spanish Civil war. Two of her sisters were infamous fascists and friends with Hitler. Jessica, known as Decca, moved to the United States, … Continued
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Guest: Deborah G. Plant is an African American and Africana Studies Independent Scholar, Writer, and Literary Critic specializing in the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston. She is editor of Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston and the author of Alice Walker: A Woman for Our Times, a philosophical biography.
On today’s show: Rep. Ro Khanna: Republicans Could End Shutdown, Lower Healthcare Costs Today “Scary Precedent”: GOP Blocks Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva from Taking Seat Amid Epstein Files Fight Bari Weiss to Head CBS News as Pro-Trump, Pro-Israel Billionaire Ellison Family Expands Media Empire “Stripped for Parts”: Secretive Hedge Fund Accused of Plundering U.S. Newspapers Democracy … Continued
