(HKR-04-29-25) Across the country, a growing number of conservative-led efforts are targeting the very existence of Ethnic Studies. There are many actions taken, from the banning of books to the defunding of DEI programs. Legislation like California’s AB 1468 also plays a role. Educators and communities are fighting to protect hard-earned progress. On this episode […]
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Professor Tina Bell Wright on Self-Determination & Collective Survival in the Face of Fascism
(HKR 04-24-25) On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D speaks with Professor Tina Bell Wright. She is the author of 360 Degrees: A Blueprint to Black Self-Determination. The conversation provides a timely and urgent breakdown. It explains how communities can resist growing authoritarianism. Communities can do this by building power through cooperative […]
Who Speaks for Oakland? Community Leaders Call Out MAGA Influence in Local Race
(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 […]
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 […]
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