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Extra Edition: California Reopening Today.
TUESDAY, JUNE 15 PROGRAM # 9287 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: California Reopening Today. California reopens the economy today, June 15, removing restrictions for most businesses and activities after 15 months of emergency measures. What will change starting today? What are the new mask and social distancing rules? What about the new Covid testing rules? […]
LGBTQ Pride Month. Also, Help for Renters and Homeowners.
MONDAY, JUNE 14 PROGRAM # 9286 12:00 PM PDT LGBTQ Pride Month. LGBTQ Pride Month. The National LGBTQ Task Force has named Mayra Hidalgo Salazar its new national leader. As a teen ager, the Costa Rica-born organizer began leading young immigrants in Florida, and now she is ready to lead a wider movement, with the belief […]
Mexico Edition: Election Results.
FRIDAY, JUNE 11 PROGRAM # 9285 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition: Election Results. News contributors report on the results of Mexico’s massive midterm elections, with a focus on the new Congress and the races for governorships in battleground states that are home for millions of Mexican emigres. Analysts examine the news, including the voter turnout, […]
Immigrant Families in the California Budget.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10 PROGRAM # 9284 12:00 PM PDT Immigrant Families in the California Budget. Policy makers are working against the clock to finalize California’s state budget amid a historic windfall. Many see this as an opportunity for California to make good to those essential workers who, while contributing to the state’s fast recovery, are […]
Extra Edition: Lucha Corpi.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10 PROGRAM # 9283 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Lucha Corpi. This is a repeat of a conversation with award-winning poet and writer Lucha Corpi about her book “Where Fireflies Dance,” her first one for children. The book captures memories of her childhood listening to her grandma’s stories and her father’s ballads growing […]
Clash on Voting Bills. Also, Environmental Justice Law.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 PROGRAM # 9282 12:00 PM PDT Clash on Voting Bills. Texas Republicans are redoubling their push for new voter restrictions after Democrat state legislators staged a walkout last week and succeeded in blocking a massive elections bill that would drop voting sites in the biggest counties, and ban late-night voting, drive-thru voting […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 8 PROGRAM # 9281 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. In her first international trip, Vice President Kamala Harris visits Guatemala and Mexico to begin talks about migration, corruption, economic development, climate and food insecurity as well as women’s issues. Plans include working on opening centers for migrants in Guatemala to offer legal services […]
Extra Edition: Climate Corps, Hunger Aid.
TUESDAY, JUNE 8 PROGRAM # 9280 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Climate Corps, Hunger Aid. Young activists are marching for more than 250 miles from the wildfire-ravaged town of Paradise to San Francisco to urge US legislators to support an equity-focused Civilian Climate Corps that would employ thousands to combat the climate crisis. A parallel […]
Healing Farm Worker Trauma. Also, Preparing for the Next Public Health Crisis.
MONDAY, JUNE 7 PROGRAM # 9279 12:00 PM PDT 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 called ‘Healing Voices’ aims to […]
Mexico Edition: Elections eve.
FRIDAY, JUNE 4 PROGRAM # 9278 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition: Vísperas de la elección. On the eve of Mexico’s June 6 midterm election, news contributors report from battleground states. At stake are Congress and half of Mexico’s governorships, as well as the agenda of President López Obrador. Tens of thousands of Mexicans living abroad […]