Syrian Conflict and Sports
We speak with Syrian journalist Mayat Al-Hassan about Syria. Also we speak with Jason Jones of the Sacramento Bee about Sports and Social Justice and the upcoming Bay Area Black Journalist forum happening this Thursday.
Hard Knock Radio
4:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: MONDAYS - FRIDAYS
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. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
We speak with local activist, comedian and journalist Donald Lacy about the Love Life Movement in Oakland and Jeff Sessions War on Drugs. Later we chop it up with author Adrienne Maree Brown about her new book Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds. Details about Emergent Strategy: Inspired by Octavia Butler’s explorations of our human … Continued
A Baltimore school has come up with an innovative way to stop kids from acting out in class. Instead of sending children to detention, they elect to send kids to a Mindful Moment Room for meditation. In partnership with Holistic Life Foundation, a Baltimore-based nonprofit organization committed to nurturing wellness, Robert W. Coleman Elementary School … Continued
Brother J and Sidney Jacobs
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we continuing conversation with Davey D and Brother J of X Clan; music and conversation with vocalist Sidney Jacobs
Brother J discusses Famed Hip Hop Group, X Clan
Davey D speaks with Brother J about the history of X-Clan and much more
Davey speaks with activist Dorsey Nunn; we remember Rev. Martin Luther King’s speech against Vietnam war.
Chicago educator and activist David Stoval speaks about the state of education under Trump and his new book
Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor talks about the real changes that could lead to progress and Big Dan discusses his new one man play.
We discuss the increase targeting of Colombia’s human rights activists and Poor News Network, examines America’s War on the Poor.
Today on HardKnock: The hashtag #MissingDCGirls have become a hot topic on social media, and have sparked public outrage as to the several cases involving missing Black and Latina teenagers in the Washington, DC area. However, there seems to be a bit of confusion as to what’s fact or fiction as it relates to Missing … Continued