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Hard Knock Radio

In Conversation with musician Kassa Overall

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We speak with Kassa Overall about hip-hop and Jazz music and his latest projects. Later Poor News Network explores America’s war on the poor. Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.

Pushing Limits

Beyond the Buzzword: Self-Advocacy in Action

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Self-advocacy by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities has become a big part of the disability movement’s approach to this part of our community. Essentially it means that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can and should be supported to speak for themselves, help make policy, serve on boards, and more. Sadly, too often organizations … Continued

Making Contact

Mothers, Markets, and Migration: How South Korea Became a Major Source for International Adoptions

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In today’s episode, we look at how, over six decades after the Korean War, South Korea processed the most international adoptions in history and how the demand for a “domestic supply of (adoptable) infants” may be playing a role in increasing threats to autonomy over pregnancy in the U.S. GUESTS: Independent Producer and Founder of … Continued

Economic Update

The U.S. Capitalist Class and the Election / Solving a Fiscal Crisis by Switching to a 32-Hour Work Week

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In this week’s episode, Professor Wolff discusses how U.S. foreign aid serves the interests of corporations and their profits. He highlights how San Juan County in Washington state handled its fiscal crisis by cutting its employees’ work week to 32 hours; updates you on workers of Wells Fargo Bank who are currently conducting a unionization … Continued