Author Archives: sshakir
Memoirists Reyna Grande, Julissa Arce.
THURSDAY, JULY 23 PROGRAM # 8954 12:00 PM PT Memoirists Reyna Grande, Julissa Arce. They searched for the American dream. They rose from struggling undocumented kids to thriving leaders in the US. They now use their special talent and the power of their pen and their spoken word to help inspire and educate Latino youth […]
Keeping Kids Learning and Playing. Also, Outdoors as Medicine.
THURSDAY, JULY 23 PROGRAM # 8953 11:00 AM PT Keeping Kids Learning and Playing. As schools close for the rest of the year, parents wonder how to keep their children educated and entertained. A renowned musician and bilingual educator talks about how to use singing, dancing and folk arts to play with young kids and […]
Nationalist Rafael Cancel Miranda.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 PROGRAM # 8952 12:00 PM PT Nationalist Rafael Cancel Miranda. Lifetime advocate for Puerto Rico’s independence, Rafael Cancel Miranda was imprisoned for 25 years after a nationalist commando attack on the U.S. Congress on March 1st of 1954. Cancel Miranda, who was the last surviving participant in that attack, died last March […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JULY 21 PROGRAM # 8951 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. The Supreme Court ruled that migrants whose initial requests for asylum were rejected have no right to a federal court hearing. On other news, a federal appeals court gave the Trump administration a green light to expand expedited removal or deport immigrants without passing […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition.
TUESDAY, JULY 21 PROGRAM # 8950 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition. Millions of workers have lost their jobs and their families are at risk of losing their homes or places to live. An advocate calls on governments to prevent a crisis of evictions and foreclosures with measures such as eviction moratorium, temporary rent freeze, […]
Author Eduardo Galeano.
MONDAY, JULY 20 PROGRAM # 8949 12:00 PM PT Author Eduardo Galeano. Acclaimed Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano talks about his latest book “Mirrors,” a collection of short stories about the history of the world. In this interview, recorded in San Francisco and aired for the first time on July 8, 2009, the late writer discusses […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JULY 17 PROGRAM # 8948 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. In this weekly program, a federal public defender in Mexico tells the story of an indigenous Oaxacan woman, arrested in a drug checkpoint, who became trapped in and railroaded by the criminal justice system for being a woman and for being indigenous, as she […]
The Opioid Crisis.
THURSDAY, JULY 16 PROGRAM # 8947 12:00 PM PT The Opioid Crisis. The crisis of opioid, heroin, and fentanyl has been ravaging small towns in Washington State. There is a devastating and silent epidemic of drug overdose deaths. What are the hidden consequences of the opioid epidemic on the North West’s health system and rural […]
Extra Edition: A Repeat.
THURSDAY, JULY 16 PROGRAM # 8946 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: A Repeat. Radio Bilingüe is celebrating 40 years of community radio service. Its first station went on the air in Fresno, CA in 1980 with the mission to give access to the airwaves to Latinos in the California’s Central Valley. It eventually became the […]
College Reopening Plans.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 PROGRAM # 8945 12:00 PM PT College Reopening Plans. As coronavirus cases rise to record levels in several states, the Trump administration is pushing for colleges and schools to reopen, even threateing to cut their funds. Higher education leaders are pushing back demanding additional help from Washington to help prevent outbreaks among […]
