As Deadly Wildfires Rage in California, a Look at How Global Warming Fuels Decades of Forest Fires; Weeks After Hurricane, Puerto Rico Lacks Water, Working Hospitals, Electricity & Considers Solar; Rev. Jesse Jackson: Colin Kaepernick is a “Martyr” & Deserves the Right to Play Football; Rev. Jesse Jackson: Defend the Constitutional Right to Vote & … Continued


As Deadly Wildfires Rage in California, a Look at How Global Warming Fuels Decades of Forest Fires; Weeks After Hurricane, Puerto Rico Lacks Water, Working Hospitals, Electricity & Considers Solar; Rev. Jesse Jackson: Colin Kaepernick is a “Martyr” & Deserves the Right to Play Football; Rev. Jesse Jackson: Defend the Constitutional Right to Vote & … Continued


Take the Knee: Athletes Unite in Historic Protest Against Racism & Police Brutality, Defying Trump; Former NFL Player Donté Stallworth: Don’t Let Trump Hijack the Conversation on Racism & Violence; Dr. Harry Edwards: Nominate Football Player Colin Kaepernick for the Nobel Peace Prize; Dr. Harry Edwards on the Injustice of Brain Injuries & CTE as … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

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.


We speak with Ernesto Omar Falcon of Electronic Frontier Foundation about the newly proposed laws to get rid of privacy on the internet. Later we talk to Oakland businessman Ray Bobbitt about lawsuit against the Raiders leaving Oakland. And sports columnist Dave Zirin chimes in about the NFL, the Raiders and Colin Kaepernick.


Chicago Cops Who Broke “Code of Silence” to Report Police Drug Gang Face Deadly Retaliation; New York Mayor Apologizes for Police Killing of Mentally Ill Woman, But Will Accountability Follow? Shaun King: Black Lives Matter is Not a Carbon Copy of Black Panther Party, Our Time is Different; Shaun King on Colin Kaepernick: He is … Continued