Today on the Show: The extreme right wing supreme court takes aim at student loan-debt relief. Also, Supremes gut affirmative action in higher education. And Roots action says: Step aside Joe, you’re a loser and Trumps a killer
Featured Episode
Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption and Poor News Network – Hard Knock Radio – June 30, 2023
We speak with Mitchell Schwarzer (Author) about his book, Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption. Later Poor News Network explores America’s war on the poor.
Rising Up With Sonali – June 30, 2023
A weekly digest of independent news analysis, investigation, education, artistic expression, and activism in the public interest, emphasizing the connection between global issues and those in local communities. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
Proud Stutter – Pushing Limits – June 30, 2023
Stuttering with Confidence: A Conversation with a Speech Therapist Who Stutters We air an episode of the podcast, Proud Stutter, with Maya Chupkov and Cynthia Chin. Their guest is the wonderful, thoughtful, interesting Bailey Levis. Read more about it on their website here.
Revolutionary Mothering and Reproductive Justice – Making Contact – June 30, 2023
In the mid 1990s, the Reproductive Justice movement was formed by Black and indigenous women as a response to the limitations of the “reproductive rights” movement. Movement leaders argue, “rarely do we find ourselves fighting for just one aspect of reproductive justice such as abortion rights” – SisterSong. Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, scholar and writer, … Continued
Venezuela Update/ NC Case Could Undermine Press Freedom – Project Censored – June 30, 2023
Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s Project Censored Show. First, an update on the case of Alex Saab, incarcerated in the US without trial, despite his status as a diplomat. We also learn how Venezuela has adapted its economy to cope with punitive U.S. sanctions. Then the news about a recent verdict in a press-freedom case … Continued
Talkies – June 30, 2023
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Over the past year, there have been a growing number of non-violent disruptive actions by climate activists across the US and beyond against politicians, business leaders, lawyers, etc who are linked to, or seen as, supporters of fossil fuel projects. We’ve seen activists shut down highways, throw soup and mashed potatoes at works of art, glue themselves to … Continued
Declining Global Inequality and Socialism – Economic Update – June 30, 2023
This week’s updates focus on the ridiculously low ranking of the U.S. among OECD nations, why & how mega-corps get richer faster than we do, the palpable solidarity between the Labor Unions and the writers’ strike in the U.S, the UPS teamsters 97% vote to strike beginning on Aug 1, and how Pfizer fails to … Continued
Democracy Now 9am – June 30, 2023
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.