James W. Loewen is an acclaimed historian and best-selling author whose mission is to overturn myths and misinformation that too often pass for U.S. history. A highly sought-after speaker and author, he engages audiences with intelligence and humor, honing in on a range of topics encompassing U.S. history, multicultural education, civil rights, race relations, voting … Continued


Friday is the 45th anniversary of the 1971 Attica Prison uprising. Twenty-nine prisoners and ten hostages were killed when police took back control of the facility after inmates resisted state repression, demanding better conditions. To mark the occasion in 2016, we’ll broadcast the CD Prisons on Fire: George Jackson, Attica & Black Liberation produced by … Continued


Today’s left generates an increasingly bold and resonant criticism of contemporary capitalism and the severely compromised everyday life that it produces. From Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter to escalating climate justice and gender freedom demands and the movement against mass incarceration, state sanction terrorism to the restructuring of party politics, left critique is … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

Fund Drive Special: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

On today’s show we once again have the opportunity to bring to you the work of author Ta-Nehisi (pronounced Tan-Na-Ha-See ) Coates. He is an Atlantic National Correspondent, and has written many influential articles, that have covered “The Obama Era” “ Mass Incarceration” and “The Case for Reparations,” which reignited the long-dormant conversation of how … Continued