(HKR-04-14-25) As Oakland heads into a critical special election, Hard Knock Radio gathered a powerhouse panel of community voices—organizer and political strategist Pamela Drake, housing advocate Needa Bee, journalist Eric K. Arnold, and Pecolia Manigo of Oakland Rising Action—for a no-holds-barred breakdown of the city’s political crossroads. The Stakes: More Than Just a Mayoral Seat […]
Archives for April 2025
Zahra Billoo on the Politics Behind Student Visa Revocations and Political Retaliation
By Davey D, Hard Knock Radio April 8 2025 In a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, civil rights attorney and CAIR Bay Area Executive Director Zahra Billoo joined Davey D to address the alarming revocation of student visas across California and Nevada. The issue appears to target international students connected to pro-Palestinian advocacy. 53 […]
Tef Poe’s Political Songs Shakes Up St. Louis Mayoral Race
By Dave ‘Davey D’ Cook (HKR-April 7 2025)Tef Poe, the Ferguson activist and emcee, is under fire. His crime? Not violence. Not threats. Just verses. The controversy surrounds two songs released during a tense St. Louis mayoral race. In them, Tef criticized Cara Spencer, a corporate-backed challenger seeking to unseat the city’s first Black woman […]
Is the Green Party’s Butch Ware Destined to be Cali’s Next Governor?
(HKR-04-01-25) On a powerful episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with Professor Butch Ware—hip hop artist, Green Party vice presidential candidate, human rights organizer, and gubernatorial hopeful—for a deep and wide-ranging conversation about culture, politics, resistance, and the dangerous crossroads we find ourselves in as a society. “The War Is in […]
Ending the Mass Deportation Pipeline: Alex Sanchez of Homies Unidos Speaks Out
By Dave “Davey D” Cook | Hard Knock Radio (HKR-04-03-25) Over the past few months, deeply unsettling images have emerged showing men with shaved heads, shackled, and made to kneel—lined up in scenes disturbingly reminiscent of war prisons. These aren’t images from a foreign battlefield, but snapshots of what’s happening in El Salvador. Even more […]
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