Pan African Day and Poor News Network
We speak with Travis Watts about the upcoming Fam Bam Picnic and Pan African Day. Also Poor News Network discusses America’s war on the working poor.

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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 Travis Watts about the upcoming Fam Bam Picnic and Pan African Day. Also Poor News Network discusses America’s war on the working poor.
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