Author Archives: sshakir
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 PROGRAM # 8794 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. This is a conversation with the new head of Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission. The daughter of Rosario Ibarra, the renowned pioneer of the human rights movement in Mexico, Rosario Piedra promises to seek the truth in the numerous cases of political repression and […]
Impeachment, Primaries, Education.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30 PROGRAM # 8793 12:00 PM PT Impeachment, Primaries, Education. From Washington, a reporter fills us in on the news about Trump impeachment’s process and the advance of the USMCA trade deal in the Senate. A political analyst takes a look into how presidential candidates arrive to the first caucuses and primaries of […]
Corridos de Río Arriba.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 PROGRAM # 8792 12:00 PM PT Corridos de Río Arriba. From the raid to a courthouse by a group of insurgents to the death in Viet Nam of a Chicano soldier to the flooding of a small town, corridistas in the Rio Grande del Norte region have for centuries brought the news […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 PROGRAM # 8791 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Less than a week from the first presidential primary voting of the election season, where do leading candidates stand on critical immigration issues? Also, in the absence of federal action on immigration reform, advocates are winning a number of protective laws at the state […]
“El Linchamiento Gráfico de Francisco I. Madero.”
MONDAY, JANUARY 27 PROGRAM # 8790 12:00 PM PT “El Linchamiento Gráfico de Francisco I. Madero.” Mexican political cartoonist and writer Rafael Barajas Durán, better known as “El Fisgón”, released a new book looking into the number of hard-hitting cartoons against President Madero, the early-century Mexican revolutionary who defeated dictator Porfirio Díaz in the polls […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 PROGRAM # 8789 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Línea Abierta provides a weekly edition to report and provide analysis on top news developments around Mexico. In this collaboration, Martha Elena Ramírez host of the Voz Pública program in Mexico City, facilitates interviews with newsmakers and calls from listeners. Photo: México a través de […]
The Census: Counting Everyone.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 PROGRAM # 8788 12:00 PM PT The Census: Counting Everyone. With the Census scheduled to start in less than two months, advocates ramp up efforts to reach out to hard-to-count communities, including indigenous migrants and families with young children. Leaders of the outreach campaign talk about the challenges brought by the first […]
Drug Cartels: Critical Trial and New Novel.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 PROGRAM # 8787 12:00 PM PT Drug Cartels: Critical Trial and New Novel. After pleading not guilty to drug-trafficking charges and as he is scheduled a new bail hearing, the former point man of Mexican President Calderon negotiates an agreement to serve as a cooperating witness. A top Mexican investigative journalist comments […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 PROGRAM # 8786 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Mayors from large cities from around the country are opposing the proposed new rules for citizenship application fees, warning that those hikes will foreclose naturalization for some low-income Green-cards. An immigration-law expert comments on this and other news and gives advice about the worst […]
Afro-Mexicans. Also, Merequetengue.
MONDAY, JANUARY 20 PROGRAM # 8785 12:00 PM PT Afro-Mexicans. This program, a Martin Luther King Jr Holiday special, features an interview with a distinguished expert on Afro-Mexican history. He comments on a recent constitutional amendment granting Afro-Mexican peoples new rights, including the right to self-determination and access to government resources for public programs. How […]
