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Extra Edition: Susana Baca.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 PROGRAM # 9127 11:00 AM PST Extra Edition: Susana Baca. Peruvian singer-songwriter Susana Baca recently won the 2020 Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album for her album “A Capella” (A Cappella), which was recorded at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and features 17 songs and poems. To mark the occasion, […]
Eviction Crisis and Housing Rights.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 PROGRAM # 9126 12:00 PM PST Eviction Crisis and Housing Rights. California’s Central Valley has been seen as a low-rent sanctuary amidst a full-fledged housing crisis. But the valley actually has the highest rates of rent-burdened tenants and the highest rates of evictions in the state and there are virtually no permanent […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22 PROGRAM # 9125 12:00 PM PST Immigration Edition. A federal judge in Texas hears a case today and considers invalidating DACA. This is the same judge who in 2015 cancelled the Obama administration’s order to extend DACA protections to immigrant parents. On other news, millions of people were left out of the […]
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 […]
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