Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Senate funds Homeland Security Department for 2 weeks while negotiations continue over restrictions on ICE; Oakland mayor Lee signs orders to protect city’s immigrants from Trump’s enforcement campaign; Minneapolis mayor says defenders of parks and streets are … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

Environmental Racism, Data Centers, and Community Health Impacts

On this episode, we speak with LaTricea Adams, MAT, EdS (she/her/hers)—Founder, CEO, and President of Young, Gifted & Green—about the growing fight against data centers as a form of environmental racism, with a focus on frontline communities like Boxtown, Tennessee. As the tech and AI economy rapidly expands, large-scale data centers are increasingly being built … Continued


Background Briefing

Background Briefing – January 29, 2026

Terrorizing Minnesota, the Trump/Miller Administration is Violating the First, Second, Fourth and Tenth Amendments We begin with the Trump/Miller administration’s violations of the First, Second, Fourth and 10th Amendments of the Constitution in Minnesota and speak with Bruce Fein, a constitutional lawyer who formerly served as associate deputy attorney general under the Reagan administration, general … Continued


Part One: Actor/Pianist Hershey Felder discusses his world premiere stage show, “The PIano and Me,” playing at TheatreWorks Mountain View through February 8, Part Two: Oscar nominated actor and theatre director talks about his work directing August Wilson’s play “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” in this interview recorded in November, 2008
Also: Review of “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams, at ACT’s Tony Rembe Theatre through February 1, 2026.