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 […]
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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 […]
Oakland’s Political Landscape Under Siege: Dark Money, Doom Loops, & Corporate Takeovers
By Dave ‘Davey D’ Cook | Hard Knock Radio March 31 2025 As Oakland faces a pivotal special election on April 15, Hard Knock Radio’s Davey D brought together a powerhouse panel to unpack the rising influence of dark money, the spread of right-wing political tactics, and the media-driven doom loop narrative that’s gripping the […]
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