Author Archives: sshakir
Extra Edition: A Baseball Legend.
TUESDAY, APRIL 13 PROGRAM # 9224 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: A Baseball Legend. Orlando Cepeda discussed his new autobiographical book: “Baby Bull: From Hardball to Hard Time and Back.” Mr. Cepeda recalled his early days as a child in Puerto Rico; his arrival to the United States and encounter with racist attitudes, and his […]
Biden Infrastructure Plan.
MONDAY, APRIL 12 PROGRAM # 9223 12:00 PM PDT Biden Infrastructure Plan. Announcing it as a jobs bill, President Biden put forward a giant infrastructure plan for a massive overhaul of corporate taxes that would raise 2 trillion to help fix roads and bridges, as well as create clean water programs, high-speed internet, and the […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, APRIL 9 PROGRAM # 9222 12:00 PM PST Mexico Edition. The lawyer who filed a lawsuit against Mexico’s electoral authorities to establish the figure of a migrant congressmember in Mexican law gives details of his legal complaint. An emigrant activist for the vote of Mexicans abroad comments on the issue and also talks about […]
California and US Relief for Immigrant Families.
THURSDAY, APRIL 8 PROGRAM # 9221 12:00 PM PST California and US Relief for Immigrant Families. 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 also receive two tax […]
Extra Edition: Extra Help for Housing. Also, Extra Help for Health Care.
THURSDAY, APRIL 8 PROGRAM # 9220 11:00 AM PST Extra Edition: Extra Help for Housing. Due to job loss and financial hardships, about ten million households in the nation are behind on rent. Californians who are behind in rent and are at risk of eviction because of the pandemic can now apply for the California […]
Vaccination Efforts and Street Vendors.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7 PROGRAM # 9219 12:00 PM PST Vaccination Efforts and Street Vendors. As the vaccination campaign picks up pace in California and the United States, thousands of young people are getting vaccinated before schedule. Who can get the vaccine and where? A leading analyst comments on this and the news about the secondary […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, APRIL 6 PROGRAM # 9218 12:00 PM PST Immigration Edition. Two well known immigration attorneys comment on immigration news, including warnings for DACA applicants regarding their criminal background checks, as well as important dates for Venezuelans applying for their new TPS program. They also comment on the immigrant asylum case process at the border. […]
Extra Edition – Repeat – “Language in the Trump Era.” Also, Covid Ravaging Latinos.
TUESDAY, APRIL 6 PROGRAM # 9217 11:00 AM PST Extra Edition – Repeat – “Language in the Trump Era.” Trump used language in a polarizing rhetorical style that alarmed many and excited his followers, leading his followers into an alternate reality, sowing political conflict and further dividing the nation along racial, gender, and class lines. […]
“Once I Was You.”
MONDAY, APRIL 5 PROGRAM #9216 12:00 PM PST “Once I Was You.” This is a conversation with Emmy Award-winning journalist María Hinojosa about her new memoir, “Once I Was You, a Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America.” In her book, the anchor of NPR’s Latino USA shares stories about the current immigration […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, APRIL 2 PROGRAM # 9215 12:00 PM PST Mexico Edition. An international human rights lawyer and advocate on issues of migration, refugees and gender comments on the death of Victoria Salazar, a Salvadoran migrant living in Mexico with a humanitarian visa and killed by police agents in the state of Quintana Roo. She provides […]
