Continuation of our conversation with Melissa May Borja, Ph.D., about the Virulent Hate Project, an interdisciplinary research initiative that studies anti-Asian racism and Asian American activism during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report from the project focuses on the nature of anti-Asian racism reported by the news media in 2020. Forthcoming reports will analyze Asian … Continued


A two-part series on The Virulent Hate Project. We speak with lead researcher Melissa May Borja, Ph.D., about the Virulent Hate Project, an interdisciplinary research initiative that studies anti-Asian racism and Asian American activism during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report from the project focuses on the nature of anti-Asian racism reported by the news … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

Hard Knock Radio – June 28, 2021

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Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.


We speak with community activists about the mass shooting in Oakland that left one dead (Dashawn Rhoades, an Oakland and San Francisco resident) and seven people injured at Lake Merritt last weekend. Davey D spoke with activists at yesterday’s Peace Rally held at Oakland’s Lake Merritt. Featured Speakers: Donald Lacy, Chaney Turner, William from All … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

Hard Knock Radio – June 21, 2021

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Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.


Hard Knock Radio

Angelic Troublemaker: Bayard Rustin and The Dark Side of Alcatraz

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On today’s program we honor Bayard Rustin, one of the most central figures in the African American struggle for Civil Rights and Freedom. Rustin was a pacifist, homosexual and practitioner of nonviolence who dedicated his life to racial equality, economic justice and ending warfare. And we speak with writer Kevin Epps about his new book … Continued