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On this episode, we take a deep look at the current state of Black maternal health in America and the ongoing crisis impacting Black women and birthing people. We’re joined by Raena Granberry, Director of Maternal and Reproductive Health at the California Black Womens Health Project, and Racha Tahani Lawler, Program Manager with the Black Infant Health Program in West Oakland. Our guests unpack the systemic racism driving disparities in maternal and infant outcomes; share what they’re seeing on the ground; and highlight community-centered approaches that are working to protect Black mothers, babies, and families.
Audio from Hard Knock Radio broadcast on February 6, 2026. Thandisizwe Chimurenga sitting in for Davey D.
Hard Knock Radio (HKR) is a daily, award-winning drive-time Hip-Hop talk show produced at KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley, CA and broadcast on the 5-station Pacifica Radio Network as well as dozens of independent radio stations affiliated with Pacifica. (Monday-Friday, 4-5 PM). Hosted by Davey D and produced by Anita Johnson, the program bridges politics, social justice, and hip-hop culture, providing a voice for community issues ignored by mainstream media.
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Thandisizwe Chimurenga is a New Afrikan revolutionary nationalist, a longtime activist and independent grassroots journalist based in South Central Los Angeles, CA.
She is the creator, host and producer of “Rootwork: Getting Down to the Roots,” a broadcast of Interviews, News and Analysis of people, ideas, concepts and events that aim to dig deeper than mainstream colonial media.
A co-founder of Black August Los Angeles and a member of the editorial committee of the ReBuild Collective, Chimurenga is also the author of No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant; Reparations … Not Yet: Reparations and Why We Must Wait; Some Of Us Are Brave: Interviews and Conversations with Sistas on Life, Art and Struggle (Volumes 1 and 2), and the co-author of What We Stood For: The Story of a Revolutionary Black Woman with Deborah Jones.
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