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Covid, Flu Surge After Holidays.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 PROGRAM # 9877 12:00 PM PT Covid, Flu Surge After Holidays. Public health officials expect a rise in Covid-19 cases as millions of people travel and gather indoors for the holidays. Hospitalization admissions are surging, compounded by flu and RSV infections. Analysts comment on how to prevent infection or reinfection, at-home test […]
Planning for the New Year.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4 PROGRAM # 9875 12:00 PM PT Planning for the New Year. As we look forward to the new year, news producers reflect on the issues that may shape Línea Abierta’s coverage in 2023. Plans include continuing covering the escalating climate disasters such as wildfires and heat waves, the West’s mega drought and […]
Extra Edition: “1938: When the Oil Was Ours.” (Repeat)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 PROGRAM # 9873 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: “1938: When the Oil Was Ours.” (Repeat) When President Lázaro Cárdenas decreed the expropriation of the oil industry in 1938, the people of Mexico turned to paying compensation to foreign companies. Almost eight decades later, the filmmaker once again summons Mexicans to finance the […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 PROGRAM # 9874 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Policy analysts comment on news developments that may impact immigrant communities during 2023, including the situation of Dreamers and asylum seekers, whose fate is being decided by the courts, the efforts in Congress to legalize farmworkers through the Farm Worker Modernization Act or the […]
“Dar los días.” (Repeat)
MONDAY, JANUARY 2 PROGRAM # 9872 12:00 AM PT “Dar los días.” (Repeat) Every first of January, musicians from the towns of Río Arriba in New Mexico and Colorado brighten up the first hours of the new year. For centuries, folk troubadours have been heard singing in the cold streets from New Year’s Eve until […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30 PROGRAM # 9871 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. With the year drawing to a close, this edition offers a look back at some of the biggest news events of 2022. This year, Línea Abierta headlined Mexico-US disputes and achievements in the implementation of USMCA, Mexico’s presidential recall election, the quest for justice […]
Extra Edition: “A Ballad of Love and Glory.”
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29 PROGRAM # 9869 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: “A Ballad of Love and Glory.” In this interview, author Reyna Grande talks about her recent novel A Ballad of Love and Glory, a story inspired by the 1846 US war against Mexico and the dramatic fate of the San Patricios, the Irish soldiers […]
The Year in Review.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29 PROGRAM # 9870 12:00 PM PT The Year in Review. From the efforts to stem the pandemic crisis to the devastating wildfires in New Mexico and heat waves along the Pacific Coast to the gun-violence tragedy in Uvalde, this edition features stories that made headlines during 2022. Other big stories include the […]
New Retirement Savings Rules. Early Education in New Mexico. Racism: A Public Health Crisis.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28 PROGRAM # 9868 12:00 PM PT New Retirement Savings Rules. As part of the Omnibus bill, the Senate passed new retirement savings provisions – known as Secure 2.0 – that could make it easier to accumulate retirement savings — and make it less costly to withdraw them. The provisions include requiring employers […]
Extra Edition: East Harlem Barrio. (Repeat.)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27 PROGRAM # 9866 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: East Harlem Barrio. (Repeat.) This archival program features an interview with Petra Allende, “the mayoress of the East Harlem neighborhood.” Allende, a longtime neighbor and community advocate for civil rights, talks about the revitalization of the struggling and impoverished barrio after the arrival of […]