Hard Knock Radio

Battleground States: Election, 2016

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On today’s program, we speak with folks on the ground in two battleground states, Ohio and Pennsylvania to get an assessment of what’s going on as we are on the eve of the 2016 election.


A federal court has denied innocent political prisoner and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal the life-saving medicine that could cure his Hepatitis-C. Based on a technicality–that Mumia didn’t file the suit against a Pennsylvania state agency that didn’t exist at the original time of filing over one year ago. Federal Judge Robert Mariani has denied … Continued


With Harry Enten, senior political analyst at fivethirtyeight, on last night’s primaries in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware and Maryland. And Eric Liu, author, educator, and civic entrepreneur. Liu is founder of Citizen University and executive director of the Aspen Institute Citizenship and American Identity Program. His latest book is called A Chinaman’s Chance: One Family’s Journey and … Continued