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Extra Edition: Visible at Last. Invisible Community. California Recall Election.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 PROGRAM # 9364 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Visible at Last. The 2020 US Census gave indigenous communities and multiracial people in California’s Central Valley greater visibility. How significant is the story? What does it mean for those communities going forward? Guest: Nadia López, Reporter, The Fresno Bee/Central Valley News Collaborative, Fresno, […]
Student Mired in Loan Debt. California Recall Election. Infrastructure Bill: What’s Next.
MONDAY, AUGUST 30 PROGRAM # 9363 12:00 PM PDT Students Mired in Loan Debt. The U.S. Department of Education will cancel $1.1 billion in student debt for thousands of borrowers. Who qualifies? The Biden administration has now canceled student debt for more than half a million borrowers, and, after extending the freeze on student loans […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 PROGRAM # 9362 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. Political analysts discuss headline news developments around Mexico. Stories include the return to in-person classes in schools around the country amid a third wave of Covid. What states are and what states are not going back to school? What are the federal guidelines? Photo: capital21.cdmx.gob.mx […]
Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. Además, Banning Chlorpyrifos.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 PROGRAM # 9360 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. As a record number of Latino students are headed to college in the fall enrollment season, many are looking into community colleges as a viable option to continue higher education. College leaders are reaching out to Latino students highlighting the […]
Communities Responding to Emergencies.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 PROGRAM # 9361 12:00 PM PDT Communities Responding to Emergencies. Raging wildfires in California are engulfing mountain towns in flames, covering skies with huge clouds of smoke, and forcing first responders to operate in crisis mode. How can families and communities prepare for emergencies? How can vulnerable communities build collective resiliency? How […]
Cities Defying State Bans on Anti-Covid Masks. Also, Infrastructure Bill.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 PROGRAM # 9359 12:00 PM PDT Cities Defying State Bans on Anti-Covid Masks. As Delta Covid cases and hospitalizations surge, a growing number of cities and schools in Florida, Texas and Arizona defy their Republican governors’ bans on masks mandates. Meantime, Texas Gov. Abbott tested positive for coronavirus and a local court […]
Extra Edition: Covid Long Haulers and Vaccines.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 PROGRAM # 9357 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Covid Long Haulers and Vaccines. Covid-19 can lead to inflammation in the lungs and long-term lung damage. What are the long term effects of Covid infection? An immunologist examines this topic and the risk of severe Covid after being exposed to wildfire smoke. Community […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 PROGRAM # 9358 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. This week, Congress begins work on the proposed budget resolution and reconciliation process that includes $107 billion to invest in immigration initiatives, including a pathway to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants, TPS holders, farmworkers, and essential workers. In other news, a federal judge in […]
California Recall Election: A Debate.
MONDAY, AUGUST 23 PROGRAM # 9356 12:00 PM PDT California Recall Election: A Debate. Despite being a small minority of the California electorate, Republicans are mounting a serious battle in their effort to oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The California recall election is already under way via mail-in ballots and Sept. 14. will be the last day […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 PROGRAM # 9355 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. Leaders of Mexican emigre groups are staging coordinated rallies in more than a dozen Mexican consulates in the US protesting long delays in processing documents, negligence and contemptuous treatment by Mexican officials. They also allege a system of illegal trafficking of appointments at the […]
