Author Archives: sshakir
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JUNE 12 PROGRAM # 8914 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Susana Prieto Terrazas, an activist and labor lawyer, was detained in Tamaulipas. The litigator, spearhead of the 20/32 labor movement, which last year won wage increases for maquila workers in more than 80 companies, is accused of riot, threats and crimes against public officials. […]
Schools Reopening and Child Hunger. Also, Packing the Courts Amid Pandemic.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11 PROGRAM # 8913 12:00 PM PT Schools Reopening and Child Hunger. The CDC, the nation’s health protection agency, has released guidelines for parents and teachers on reopening schools that were closed in response to the pandemic. School leaders say returning to school will be risky without treatment or a vaccine and warn […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition – Eviction Tsunami Delayed.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11 PROGRAM # 8912 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition – Eviction Tsunami Delayed. The expected tsunami of evictions of tenants has been postponed due to court orders or protection laws that ban such actions against those affected by the pandemic. Advocates for the poor comment on such protective actions and the most […]
First Catholic Bishop Takes a Knee. Texas Ranger Statue Removed. Georgia’s Voting Disaster.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 PROGRAM # 8911 12:00 PM PT First Catholic Bishop Takes a Knee. After taking a knee during a Black Lives Matter protest, El Paso’s Catholic bishop got a call from Pope Francis thanking him for speaking out. Bishop Sietz talks about his action of protest and solidarity, the unusual call from the […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 9 PROGRAM # 8910 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Coinciding with George Floyd’s funeral service in Houston, Línea Abierta airs the song “A Change Is Gonna Come,” considered an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement, in coordination with community stations around the country. On other news, as USCIS resumes in-person services in many […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 9 PROGRAM # 8909 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition. A Latino resident who was killed by Vallejo police during public protests against police brutality was unarmed and on his knees with his hands up. This incident has raised outrage to new levels in the area at a time when national protests are […]
Attacks on Journalists. Border Patrol Troops Deployed Against Protests. Plans for Police Reform.
MONDAY, JUNE 8 PROGRAM # 8908 12:00 PM PT Attacks on Journalists. As reporters cover protests against police brutality following the murder of George Floyd, dozens have become targets for arrest, intimidation, and brutal physical assault with batons, rubber bullets and tear gas by police officers. How unprecedented are those attacks? Are the journalists being […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JUNE 5 PROGRAM # 8907 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. In the overcrowded Mexican prisons, more than 400 people have been infected with Covid-19, and almost 60 have died from it, reports a human rights organization. According to their figures, most of the infected and dead are prisoners, but more than 20 guards and […]
Digital Divide and the New Redlining. Racism Affects Health for Generations. Armed man arrested after threatening protestors.
THURSDAY, JUNE 4 PROGRAM # 8906 12:00 PM PT Digital Divide and the New Redlining. Latino households have disproportionately lacked access to home Internet and this divide is growing bigger now that more students need to be online for distance learning. The co-author of the publication “On the Wrong Side of the Digital Divide” says […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition.
THURSDAY, JUNE 4 PROGRAM # 8905 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition. After being delayed due to Covid-19, census workers have started delivering questionnaire packets at the front doors of households while community leaders encourage people to self-respond online to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. A census official reports on this. Also, a legendary […]
