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Extra Edition: One Dollar Health Insurance. Also, “Combat COVID.”
THURSDAY, JULY 1 PROGRAM # 9304 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: One Dollar Health Insurance. Thousands of Californians who received unemployment insurance benefits in 2021 may be able to get health care coverage under Covered California for as low as $1 per month. This announcement comes days after the US Supreme Court rejected the latest […]
Eviction Moratorium Extended. The California Budget Plan. The Child Tax Credit.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 PROGRAM # 9303 12:00 PM PDT Eviction Moratorium Extended. The Biden administration has extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month to help tenants who are struggling to pay their rent due to the pandemic crisis. While this was announced as a final extension, lawmakers are calling for more time to […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 29 PROGRAM # 9302 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the US-Mexico border in El Paso, a week after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a $250 state fund to continue building Trump’s wall and after Sen. Bernie Sanders announced that Democrats are planning to include a pathway to citizenship […]
Extra Edition: Farm Workers Rights.
TUESDAY, JUNE 29 PROGRAM # 9301 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Farm Workers Rights. A number of leading farm worker advocates traveled through small towns in the agricultural heartlands of California’s Central Valley talking to field workers about workers’ rights to sick leave for Covid-19, including seeking vaccination and protection from employer retaliation. They also […]
Gun Violence Escalates. Also, Powerful Gun Lobbyists Duped.
MONDAY, JUNE 28 PROGRAM # 9300 12:00 PM PDT Gun Violence Escalates. Deaths from gun violence in the US reached their highest levels in decades. The number of people who own guns escalated during the pandemic and so did the deaths. It was the worst year in the last two decades. And this year may […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JUNE 25 PROGRAM # 9299 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. The Yaqui tribe has been shaken by a series of attacks and disappearances against members of the community in northern Mexico, allegedly perpetrated by members of organized crime. The recent murder of Tomás Rojo, a prominent spokesperson of the movement for the historic rights to […]
Extra Edition: A Repeat. – Healing Farm Worker Trauma. Also, Preparing for the Next Public Health Crisis.
THURSDAY, JUNE 24 PROGRAM # 9297 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: A Repeat. – Healing Farm Worker Trauma. The nearly 3 million mostly Latino farmworkers in this country have experienced decades of traumatic working conditions, economic insecurity and vulnerability, all of which has worsened in the last year by COVID-19. A first-of-its-kind mental health initiative […]
California Reopens, Pushes Vaccines. Also, Cartoons against Covid.
THURSDAY, JUNE 24 PROGRAM # 9298 12:00 PM PDT California Reopens, Pushes Vaccines. While California is celebrating the full reopening of businesses and activities, health officials are ramping up vaccination and offering vaccines to kids as young as 12. Is the Covid pandemic over in California? When should we wear a mask? Are vaccines required […]
“Our Grandfathers Were Braceros…”
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 PROGRAM # 9296 12:00 PM PDT “Our Grandfathers Were Braceros…” Survivors of the Bracero or guest worker program of the 1940s, 50s and 60s between the US and Mexico tell their stories of their experience with exploitation and racism and their current quest for compensation for the money that was held from their […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 22 PROGRAM # 9295 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. New York was the first state to move to provide universal representation to immigrants in detention. The New York Immigrant Family Unity Project is a first-of-its-kind program that provides publicly funded lawyers to every detained or incarcerated immigrant in the state. Advocates say that […]
