Our lives are filled with innumerable choices, such as for the countless array of products for us to buy, assuming we can afford them. Our politics are often framed as a question of individual, not collective, choice such as the freedom to choose to have an abortion or the act of casting one’s vote in … Continued
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In a recent Hard Knock Radio episode, host Davey D led an insightful discussion with three prominent voices—Pecolia Manigo from Oakland Rising Action, political analyst Dr. James Taylor, and vice presidential candidate Melina Abdullah—on the impact of the 2024 election results. Their conversation unpacked the narratives driving voter behavior, significant local races, and the persistent … Continued
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We speak with Melanie Campbell of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation about the fight for voting rights. Guest: Melanie Campbell is president/CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, convener, Black Women’s Roundtable. Campbell is recognized as one of the hardest working servant leaders in today’s Civil Rights, Women’s Rights and Social Justice Movement. Campbell recently celebrated … Continued
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We speak with the family members of Angelo Quinto and attorney John Burris about the case of Angelo Quinto, a 30-year-old Asian-American Navy veteran who died days after police officers kneeled on the back of his neck to subdue him. We speak with Texas organizer Christina Tzintzun about the attempts to suppress the vote in … Continued
W-E-L-C-O-M-E! TO THE WIDE WORLD OF VOTING!!! Without doubt, this is THE strangest election in recent history…perhaps in all of this country’s history. In addition to the usual bonds, props, “Yes” means “No”, “No” means “Yes”, bickering candidates and plethora of conflicting messaging that are the features of a normal election, ALONG COMES COVID-19, and … Continued
Republicans at the state and federal level did everything they could to stop them—but Wisconsinites took their lives in their hands, literally, and voted in a new, liberal, state Supreme Court justice last Tuesday. Take that, Koch Machine! We talk with John Nichols. Hosted by Kris Welch, with Mitch Jeserich.
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Corporate Coup D’Etat This investigative documentary shows how corporations and billionaires have taken control of the American political process, and in doing so have brought economic hardship and ruin to vast swaths of the country. It combines insights from political thinkers and journalists with the experiences of citizens from the Rust Belt, where factory closures … Continued
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we speak with artist, environmental justice advocate Aisha Fukushima about the Global Climate Crisis. Later we air a portion of a panel discussion that features T.I., Killer Mike, Candace Owens, Steven Pargett Of Trap The Vote, Katrina Pierson, & Tamika D Mallory. The panel was part of the Revolt Summit held in Atlanta Georgia the … Continued
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we speak with Akinyele Umoja, professor at Georgia State University about the 2018 election outcomes.
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we look at voting and political activism with hip hop artist and entrepreneur Mr. F.A.B.
