Author Archives: sshakir
Extra Edition.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22 PROGRAM # 9124 11:00 AM PST Extra Edition. Climate Crisis in the Central Valley. Communities in California’s San Joaquin Valley have fewer water supply options, are located in areas more likely to flood and experience extreme heat, suffer the worst air and water quality in the state, and are less able to […]
Is Relief on Sight? Black, Latino Businesses Struggle to Get PPP Loans. Farmworkers and Coronavirus.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 PROGRAM # 9123 12:00 PM PST Is Relief on Sight? Negotiators in Congress worked over the weekend to finalize a deal on a smaller coronavirus stimulus bill. What’s the content of the relief deal? How much was included in the package for the unemployed, tenants in trouble, the hungry, mixed-status immigrant families? […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 PROGRAM # 9122 12:00 PM PST Mexico Edition. After the Electoral College voters have officially chosen Joe Biden as president, will Mexico’s President López Obrador finally congratulate the winner? Analysts comment on the repercussions in Mexico of the end of the Trump era, the changes expected in the US-Mexico relationship under Biden, […]
Health For All: New Push. Also, Fighting the Hunger Crisis.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17 PROGRAM # 9121 12:00 PM PST Health For All: New Push. Stating that the Covid-19 pandemic has hit hardest communities of color, farmworkers and other essential workers, a state legislator from California’s Central Valley is renewing his effort to expand Medi-Cal health care coverage to undocumented immigrants. In this conversation, he explains […]
Extra Edition. How to Have Safer Holiday Celebrations during the Pandemic.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17 PROGRAM # 9120 11:00 AM PST Extra Edition. How to Have Safer Holiday Celebrations during the Pandemic. With the holiday season upon us, public health leaders are calling on everyone to celebrate safely by cutting back traditional gatherings to help prevent further spread of COVID-19 to friends and loved ones. What to […]
“Crossing Borders, Building Bridges.” Also, “Music Stories from the Cosmic Barrio.”
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 PROGRAM # 9119 12:00 PM PST “Crossing Borders, Building Bridges.” In her book of memories “Crossing Borders, Building Bridges,” award-winning journalist María Martin tells her story of decades in the frontlines covering Latinos in the US for public radio. In this conversation, she talks about her early days in a pioneering community […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 PROGRAM # 9118 12:00 PM PST Immigration Edition. After a year and a half in immigration detention and afflicted by chronic medical conditions, Rene Ramírez Alatorre is free due to high risk of Covid-19 complications. In this interview, Ramírez talks about his life as a detainee and in solitary confinement in the […]
Extra Edition.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 PROGRAM # 9117 11:00 AM PST Extra Edition. Without a stimulus deal, an eviction crisis is looming in 2021, after a federal eviction moratorium expires in December. Housing experts discuss the news and provide advice on tenants rights, potential exceptions to protections and resources available under California’s Covid-19 Tenant Relief Act and […]
Electoral College Casts Votes. Also, Early Voting in Georgia US Senate Runoffs.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14 PROGRAM # 9116 12:00 PM PST Electoral College Casts Votes. All 50 states and DC have certified their presidential election results and the members of the Electoral College meet today to choose the president. Meantime, the US Supreme Court dismissed a legal challenge by Trump and Texas to invalidate millions of votes […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 PROGRAM # 9115 12:00 PM PST Mexico Edition. An expert on political asylum of Mexicans and the author of the book “Crimen Autorizado” say that the way to explain the predominance of drug cartels, violence and impunity in Mexico is by seen this as a phenomenon of “authorized crime” and a “supplanted […]
