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Extra Edition: Vaccines for Kids (Program Repeat.) Also, Latina Workers Hit Hardest by the Pandemic.
TUESDAY, APRIL 26 PROGRAM # 9603 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Vaccines for Kids (Program Repeat.) COVID-19 vaccines are now available to children ages 5 and up in the U.S. A leading public health physician shares facts about California’s vaccination campaign for kids and answers common questions from parents. Why do kids need Covid-19 vaccines? […]
Elena Poniatowska (Program Repeat).
TUESDAY, APRIL 26 PROGRAM # 9604 12:00 PM PT Elena Poniatowska (Program Repeat.) This is a conversation with the well-known Mexican journalist and writer Elena Poniatowska about her new novel “Dos veces única,” in which she tells about the life and times of diva Lupe Marín, the second wife of celebrated muralist Diego Rivera. Marín […]
Stressed About Climate Change. Also, Climate Change Worsens Air Pollution.
MONDAY, APRIL 25 PROGRAM # 9602 12:00 PM PT Stressed About Climate Change. Gripped by anxiety about the future of children and grandchildren or the trauma of those displaced by wildfires or storms, a majority of Latinos say they are anxious about how climate change will affect future generations. Surveys show Latinos worry more than […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22 PROGRAM # 9601 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, a human rights pioneer and champion for the disappeared in Mexico, passed away this week at the age of 95. This program includes archival interviews featuring Ibarra’s testimony on the forced disappearance of her son Jesús, her decades-long quest to […]
Extra Edition: “Mexamerica.” (Program Repeat) Also, “Silence of Spanish Florida.”
THURSDAY, APRIL 21 PROGRAM # 9599 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: “Mexamerica.” (Program Repeat) Countering the current rhetoric in the US, which casts Mexicans as criminals and job stealers, a “Mexamerican” journalist published a collection of her stories, interviews, and essays with Mexican artists, scientists, businesspeople and political leaders to give a different outlook of […]
Mass Shootings. Also, War in Ukraine.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21 PROGRAM # 9600 12:00 PM PT Mass Shootings. A mass shooting that left six people dead in Sacramento renewed the debate on gun violence, with some calling to restrict early prison release and others demanding tougher gun restrictions. State legislators are working on gun control measures, including a bill that would let […]
Speaking Indigenous Languages in Times of Emergency.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 PROGRAM # 9598 12:00 PM PT Speaking Indigenous Languages in Times of Emergency. Mexican indigenous migrants have been among the worst hit by the heat, fire and smoke of the extreme wildfires that have devastated California’s rural areas. Many spent weeks saving summer crops from the fires and in the absence of […]
Extra Edition: “Todo nació aquí en Alamosa!” (Program Repeat.)
TUESDAY, APRIL 19 PROGRAM # 9596 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: “Todo nació aquí en Alamosa!” (Program Repeat.) This is a conversation with Mexican folk dancing master Herman Martínez, a life-long advocate for bailables folklóricos in Colorado and throughout the Southwest. Maestro Martínez, a founder of the almost five-decades-old Asociación Nacional de Grupos Folklóricos, talks […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, APRIL 19 PROGRAM # 9597 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. The day after Tax Day, a community organizer reflects on the billions of dollars undocumented workers contribute to the public treasure and how three out of four undocumented workers are considered essential in pandemic times and still, they continue being excluded from public benefits, […]
Latinos: A Health Check. Also, Tax Day.
MONDAY, APRIL 18 PROGRAM # 9595 12:00 PM PT Latinos: A Health Check. On National Minority Health Month, a medical expert brings a reality check about Latino Health. She talks about how lack of access to health insurance and quality health care is taking a toll among Latinos during the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid-19 is among […]
