Hard Knock Radio

Assassination Attempt on Aristide

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Today on HardKnock: Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and former presidential candidate Maryse Narcisse evades an assassination attempt that leaves at least two people wounded. When Haitian police fired at a motorcade carrying former president Aristide, Haiti’s first democratically elected president. We’ll speak with Pierre Labossiere,  the co-founder of Haiti Action Committee about the assassination … Continued


We speak with journalist and music critic John Villanova, about the limitation of Black Excellence within the confines of Award shows. John Vilanova is a third-year PhD student at the Annenberg School for Communication. His broad research and writing agenda focuses on the production, reception, and consumption of African American and Afro-diasporic music. His current … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

In Conversation with Chris Hedges

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After Trump and Pussy Hats, With Chris Hedges.  Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter & Asian Women Coalition Ending Prostitution produced an event, AFTER TRUMP AND PUSSY HATS, A discussion of next steps With Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and leading Vancouver feminist Suzanne Jay. Hedges is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, New York Times best … Continued