We present audio from the Hard Knock Radio audio collection, Diggin in The Vault. Recorded interviews with Jelani Cobb, Kali Akuno, Steve Martinot, Kimberley “Goddess” Ellis, Ph.D, Danny Glover, Vanessa Diaz, Michele E. Lee, Jarad Ball, Oronike Odeleye, Michelle Mush Lee, Dr. Sumi Cho, Melissa May Borja, Ph.D and many more.
We present audio from the Hard Knock Radio audio collection, The Future is Female. Recorded interviews and talks with Naomi Klein, Laura Briggs Ph.D, Alicia Garza, Sonia Sanchez, Rosa Clemente, Safiya Umoja Noble, Layidua Salazar, Aimee Arrambide, Malia C. Lazu and many more.
While the Trump Administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the US-Mexico border drew intense condemnation, the practice has been going on in this country for centuries. Historian Laura Briggs argues that it has been part of strategy of counterinsurgency, as during the anti-communist wars in Latin America, in which rebellious populations are … Continued
Racism is finally getting the attention it deserves, including the violence that people of color experience at the hands of the police. But can contemporary racism be understood outside of capitalism? Historian Touré Reed argues against artificially separating race from class — what he terms race reductionism. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Touré F. Reed, Toward Freedom … Continued
The middle of the 19th century — between the abolition of slavery in much of the British Empire and the end of slavery in the United States — is often seen as an age of emancipation. But historian Zach Sell argues that it would be better known as an age of capitalist crisis, upheaval, and … Continued
We speak with Steve Martinot about race and policing in communities of color. Later Poor News Network reports on America’s constant assault on low-income communities. Guest: Steve Martinotis Instructor Emeritus at the Center for Interdisciplinary Programs at San Francisco State University. He is the author of The Rule of Racialization: Class, Identity, Governance; Forms in … Continued
Racism is finally getting the attention it deserves, including the violence that people of color experience at the hands of the police. But can contemporary racism be understood outside of capitalism? Historian Touré Reed argues against artificially separating race from class — what he terms race reductionism. Resources: Touré F. Reed, Toward Freedom The Case … Continued
What if the chasm of political difference in U.S. society was all about status? What IS status? How is it different from race, gender, class, age, wealth—all those other differences? Cecilia Ridgeway explains. Cecilia L. Ridgeway is the Lucie Stern Professor of Social Sciences, Emerita, in the Sociology Department at Stanford University. Her latest book … Continued
People of color — whether welfare recipients or immigrants — are routinely characterized in the United States as shiftless, even parasitic, and not deserving of the social supports of the state. Ethnic Studies scholar Daniel Martinez HoSang argues that in recent years, as the social safety net has been chopped away, the right has branded … Continued
Most of us have a growing sense that something’s deeply wrong with the way that digital data is used to track and monitor us. But most of us don’t realize that the poorest among us are particularly vulnerable. Virginia Eubanks argues that such data is used to criminalize and turn the poor away from public … Continued
