Hard Knock Radio

Coronavirus in Italy and Poor News Network

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We speak with activist and filmmaker Giuseppe Pipitone about the outbreak of Covid-19 in Italy. Italy has the highest cases of coronavirus in Europe, putting the nation on a high alert. Later Poor News Network explores America’s War on the poor.    


Hard Knock Radio

America’s War on the Poor

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We speak with activist Needa B about lawsuits being filed on behalf of the homeless. And later Poor News Network examines America’s War on the Poor.   photo credit @Needa B Left photo is of the encampment. Right photo is of Needa B, Homeless advocate.


We think of public utilities operating for the public good — it’s right there in the name. But most public utilities are investor-owned and, like corporations as a whole in this country, have enormous power to dispossess poor people through government-backed mechanisms like eminent domain. Sociologist Loka Ashwood discusses how such dispossession, along with state-sanctioned … Continued