Author Archives: sshakir
Celebrating Essential Workers.
MONDAY, MAY 3 PROGRAM # 9244 12:00 PM PDT Celebrating Essential Workers. On the heels of International Workers’ Day, California’s Labor Commissioner joins this edition to explain the State Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Act of 2021, a new and temporary law that just took effect granting workers up to 80 paid sick hours if they […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, APRIL 30 PROGRAM # 9243 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. For the first time in history, people from the Mexican capital will be able to vote on June 6 for a “migrant legislator” to represent them in the local Congress. Mexico City’s emigres may vote for a legislator who will be elected under the […]
Biden Address to Congress. Hate Crimes Bill. Plans to End White Supremacist Violence.
THURSDAY, APRIL 29 PROGRAM # 9242 12:00 PM PDT Biden Address to Congress. This is a report on President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress. A news reporter files a report and a political analyst gives perspective to Biden’s proposed “American Families Plan,” which includes universal preschool, free community college and a national […]
Extra Edition: California and US Relief for Immigrant Families (A Repeat).
THURSDAY, APRIL 29 PROGRAM # 9241 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: California and US Relief for Immigrant Families (A Repeat). California is giving relief to immigrant families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Undocumented immigrants can receive stimulus checks as long as they file taxes with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN.) Many Californians with ITINs may […]
Update on Covid, Oral Health and Stroke.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 PROGRAM # 9240 12:00 PM PDT Update on Covid, Oral Health and Stroke. Latinos continue being the hardest hit by the pandemic and public health officials are ramping up efforts to combat false information and promote trust in science. A public health leader dispels rumors about the Covid-19 vaccine circulating in the […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, APRIL 27 PROGRAM # 9239 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. The US needs to substantially increase the number of immigrants each year to grow its competitive advantage and expand its future workforce. Without it, the US will sacrifice its position as the world’s largest economy and leave Social Security depleted, according to researchers at […]
Extra Edition: New Help for Health Insurance and Medicare Plans (A Repeat.) Also, Parkinson’s Disease Update.
TUESDAY, APRIL 27 PROGRAM # 9238 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: New Help for Health Insurance and Medicare Plans (A Repeat.) – While less adults between 50 and 64 years old lack health insurance after the Affordable Care Act went into effect, one fifth of all Latinos can’t afford a health policy. Recent public policy […]
Climate Crisis Summit.
MONDAY, APRIL 26 PROGRAM # 9237 12:00 PM PDT Climate Crisis Summit. As carbon emissions are expected to surge after the pandemic, President Biden pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent by 2030. He also called on world leaders joining the climate crisis summit on Earth Day to accelerate their own […]
Mexico Edition. Climate Change: Trees for Visas. Also, Chilango Vote, Migrant Legislator.
FRIDAY, APRIL 23 PROGRAM # 9236 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. Climate Change: Trees for Visas. At a virtual climate summit hosted by the White House, President López Obrador proposed a reforestation plan in exchange for a migration agreement, planting trees for US visas. Mexican and US environmentalists say the plan is inadequate and insufficient […]
Migrant Worker Death; Funerary Relief. Also, The Race to Vaccinate Latinos.
THURSDAY, APRIL 22 PROGRAM # 9235 12:00 PM PDT Migrant Worker Death; Funerary Relief. A news reporter tells the story behind the death from Covid-19 of a farm worker from Kings county that has registered one of the largest increases in deaths among Latino immigrants in California. On another topic, this program brings news about […]
