Economy
Extra Edition: California’s Budget Plan.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 PROGRAM # 9508 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: California’s Budget Plan. Gov. Newsom unveiled his proposed state budget. He is planning to spend California’s historic surplus by ramping up Covid boosters and testing, fighting the climate crisis, including extreme heat, wildfires and the drought, expanding CalFresh to include undocumented people 55 and […]
Extra Edition: Historic Overtime Pay for Farmworkers. Also, Help for Health Insurance Buys.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 PROGRAM # 9505 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Historic Overtime Pay for Farmworkers. California farmworkers have now the right to get the same overtime pay that most other workers have. The new law, first of its kind in the nation, began taking full effect on January 1st for most businesses and farms. […]
Extra Edition: Jazzing Up Mariachi Music. (Repeat)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 PROGRAM # 9501 11:00 AM PT Jazzing Up Mariachi Music. (Repeat) In the 1940s and ‘50s, Miguel Martínez changed mariachi music forever, from folk music that mostly highlighted string instruments to a music marked first by a single trumpet and later by a trumpet duet. Maestro Martínez was the main individual responsible […]
“Chavela.” (Repeat), also “Vanishing Frontiers.”
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 PROGRAM # 9502 12:00 PM PT “Chavela.” (Repeat). The film “Chavela: Trailblazer, Rebel, Icon,” showcases the life of the late ranchera singer Chavela Vargas. Born in Costa Rica, Chavela moved at an early age to Mexico City, where during the 1950s broke with Mexican mainstream conventions by dressing in pants, drinking tequila, smoking […]
Extra Edition: Repeat Program. Impact of Racism on Immigrants. Also, Migrant Housing.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 11 PROGRAM # 9498 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Repeat Program. Impact of Racism on Immigrants. Most Latino and Asian immigrants in California experienced discrimination in the workplace due to skin color or accent. Most also feel their access to legal immigration status would be threatened if they use government benefits, such as […]
(Español) Reducción de número de trabajadores inmigrantes alerta a economistas
(Español) Han pasado más de tres décadas desde la última gran reforma al sistema de inmigración, y se sigue con un sistema caduco que ya no resuelve el problema de los flujos de inmigración que no responden a las demandas de hoy. Y hay un masivo exceso de retrasos para ventilar miles de solicitudes.
(Español) California paga horas extras a trabajadores agrícolas después de las 8 horas al día
(Español) Con esto California es ahora uno de los 6 estados además de Hawái, Maryland, Minnesota, Nueva York y Washington, que ofrece pago de horas extras a sus campesinos, como los trabajadores de otras industrias, y no como muchos otros estados que los hacen sólohasta alcanzar el umbral de 60 horas a la semana.
(Español) Moratoria contra desalojos en Valle Central de CA no impidió miles de desplazados
(Español) “Por lo general, un desalojo por falta de pago es el más fácil de hacer, si usted es un propietario, porque es una pregunta de ¿Pagaron el alquiler? y la respuesta es de sí o no. Sin embargo, durante estas protecciones por falta de pago, dichos desalojos fueron los más difíciles”.
(Español) El crédito fiscal de $ 300 por niño llegó a su fin, entre otras cosas gracias a Joe Manchin
(Español) “Los créditos fiscales les permitieron durante los primeros meses de la pandemia reducir los pagos de la hipoteca y contar con un pequeño fondo de ahorro y hasta gastaron dinero en ropa, regalos de Navidad y comidas fuera de casa”.
Extra Edition: Repeat Program – Prescription Drug Prices, Diabetes. Also, Coronavirus: An Update.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30 PROGRAM # 9487 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Repeat Program – Prescription Drug Prices, Diabetes. US consumers pay the highest prices in the world for the drugs they need. In response, the House of Representatives recently included in the Build Back Better Bill a provision that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug […]
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