U.S. troops will be going to Syria, while international talks look for a political solution to the civil war there. Reese Erlich just returned from the area. PLUS: President Obama says testing is a problem in U.S. schools! as a video of violence to a student goes viral. With host Kris Welch.
It’s the second one in two weeks here in Oakland and just one of far too many to keep track of that has taken place in the Bay Area, California. From San Jose to Sunnyvale and beyond.. Seems like everyday we keep hearing and seeing these shootings occur. This latest one happened in the Lake … Continued
Sadly we have yet another officer involved shooting. It’s the second one in two weeks here in Oakland and just one of far too many to keep track of that has taken place in the Bay Area…from San Jose to Sunnyvale and beyond.. Seems like everyday we keep hearing and seeing these shootings occur. This … Continued
On this edition of Hard Knock, we’ll speak with Louisiana based community organizer Sukura Kone, about Hurricane Katrina ten years later and the visible differences between the old and new populations residing in New Orleans.
We hear accounts from mothers that lost the children to state sanction violence. This audio was recorded at the Black Lives Convening in Cleveland Ohio, 2015. The mother of Oscar Grant Jr., Kendrick Johnson, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner spoke. Also Erica Gordon-Taylor, the cousin of Emmett Till spoke began the discussion.
We speak with Rosa Clemente about what it means to define a Black Lives Matter agenda in an upcoming election year. Later we speak with Matthew on policy in Cleveland where Trans people can be removed from bathrooms and Youth Radio’s Katie Saturn reports on minecraft gaming.
We speak with Jamala Rogers the author of the new book Ferguson is America: Roots of Rebellion. Also Poor News Network brings us insight to the plight of the economically challenged in America. http://fergusonamerica.com/ Jamala currently resides in St. Louis, MO where she has devoted all of her adult life to creating a child-centered, family-oriented … Continued
“You Can Replace Property, You Can’t Replace a Life”: Voices of the Unheard in the Baltimore Streets; Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Marks 100th Anniversary as War Rages on Worldwide; Japan Agrees to New Military Cooperation Plan with United States Despite Its Pacifist Constitution; From Police Violence to Boko Haram, African Activist Says … Continued
“You Can Replace Property, You Can’t Replace a Life”: Voices of the Unheard in the Baltimore Streets; Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Marks 100th Anniversary as War Rages on Worldwide; Japan Agrees to New Military Cooperation Plan with United States Despite Its Pacifist Constitution; From Police Violence to Boko Haram, African Activist Says … Continued
National Guard Deployed as Baltimore Erupts After Years of Police Violence, Economic Neglect; Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi on Nuclear Deal, Islamic State, Women’s Rights.
