Youth
Dreamer Moms. Also, Arpaio Suit Rejected. Also, presidential candidate Donald Trump unveiled his immigration plan.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18. PROGRAM # 7589 12:00 PM PT Dreamer Moms. A conversation with the leader of a group of deported moms, who represents families separated by deportation. Living in Mexico and separated from her children, she speaks about her children plight and her efforts to pass a bill in the U.S. House to allow […]
From Child to Social Justice Activist
A girl’s 15th birthday party, or quinceañera, in Los Angeles, went beyond the traditional ceremony celebrating the transition of a girl into a woman, and became a double rite of passage, celebrating the transition of a young, ordinary citizen into an active, promising community leader. Our correspondent in Los Angeles, Rubén Tapia, witnessed Kenia Castillo’s […]
Voting Rights Act at 50.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6. PROGRAM # 7581 12:00 PM PT Voting Rights Act at 50. On the day marking the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which included landmark protections against voting discrimination on the basis of race or language, we bring a conversation with a pioneering legislator who four decades ago broke ground as […]
Drinking Fountains Installed to Fight Obesity
Concerned about the lack of clean drinking water in many rural areas of California, a coalition of organizations is installing drinking fountains of filtered water in certain communities.
The Bilingual Advantage.
TUESDAY, JULY 28. PROGRAM # 7574 12:00 PM PT The Bilingual Advantage. Is being bilingual good for your job prospects? Contrary to what English Only proponents would say, leading scholars conclude that bilingual speakers enjoy a number of economic benefits in today’s globalized U.S. labor market. An education expert discusses the economics of bilingualism for […]
“Spare Parts.” Also, “McFarland, USA.”
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22. PROGRAM # 7570 12:00 PM PT “Spare Parts.” This drama film tells the real life story of four Mexican students from a Phoenix high school who form a robotics club and compete in a national underwater robotics contest. With a robot made out of used car parts, they go up against MIT, […]
Young People Push for Anti-Wage-Theft Law in California
The bill would give the California Labor Comissioner the tools to demand that companies pay a bond if they have been ordered to pay backwages and still have not.
Dreamer Youth Travel to South to Promote Latino Vote
The young people will be talking with civic groups and lawmakers about the importance for their families of President Obama’s immigration measures, DACA and DAPA.
DAPA Hearing in New Orleans.
TUESDAY, JULY 14. PROGRAM # 7564 12:00 PM PT DAPA Hearing in New Orleans. The appeal to lift DAPA injunction was heard on Friday in a court of appeals in New Orleans. Many advocates from around the country rallied in front of the court urging the judges to allow the temporary deportation relief program to […]
Son Huasteco Brings Joy to Migrants and Young People in San Francisco Bay Area
“Doing this, I feel like this is part of Mexico, too,” says immigrant worker Héctor Plascencia.
Noticias
- Report from Beirut: Israel Intensifies Bombardment of Lebanon, Displacing 1.2 Million October 7, 2024
- Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha: One Year After Oct. 7, U.S. Is Still Arming Israel's Slaughter in Gaza October 7, 2024
- "The Path Forward": Palestinian and Israeli Activists Working Toward Peace Featured in New Film October 7, 2024
- Israeli Peace Activist Maoz Inon Lost His Parents on October 7. He's Calling for an End to War & Occupation. October 7, 2024
- Headlines for October 7, 2024 October 7, 2024
