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Ayotzinapa 43 Hour 2: Live Forum.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4 PROGRAM # 7491 6 PM PT Ayotzinapa 43 Hour 2: Live Forum. A delegation of parents and friends of the 43 students disappeared by police in Southern Mexico meet with US supporters in a live community forum in San Francisco’s Mission District. The forum is convened and broadcast by Radio Bilingüe, KPOO, […]
Ayotzinapa 43 Hour 1: Live Forum.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4 PROGRAM # 7490 4 PM PT Ayotzinapa 43 Hour 1: Live Forum. A delegation of parents and friends of the 43 students disappeared by police in Southern Mexico meet with US supporters in a live community forum in San Francisco’s Mission District. The forum is convened and broadcast by Radio Bilingüe, KPOO, […]
Budget Clash. Also, Impasse in San Quintin.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1. PROGRAM # 7487 12:00 PM PT Budget Clash. The House and the Senate approved a budget with severe cuts in areas such as health care coverage, education and job training. The plan calls to undo the Affordable Care Act and turning Medicare into a voucher-based system. A leading Latino legislator comments on […]
Fair Food Concert.
MONDAY, MARCH 23. PROGRAM # 7480 12:00 PM PT Fair Food Concert. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is celebrating their Fair Food movement with a grand parade and concert in St. Petersburg in Florida. Headlined by the award-winning LA-based bands La Santa Cecilia and Ozomatli, the concert celebrates the signing of a historic agreement with […]
Immigration Edition: Activist Deported. Also, Six Months in Sanctuary.
Cipriano Ríos, who gain national notoriety after leading a hunger strike in a detention center in Tacoma, WA, was deported to Mexico. Rios had spent 18 months in detention while fighting his asylum case. He is now reportedly stranded in the border area and separated from his family. Guest: Maru Mora Villalpando, Coordinator, Latino Advocacy, […]
New DACA Halted.
A federal judge temporarily blocks DACA expansion and the new DAPA, the deportation relief programs created by President Obama’s executive action. The ruling comes as thousands were getting ready to apply for the new DACA program that was scheduled to rollout the next day. Guests: Larry Kleinman, Member, Board of Directors, Fair Immigration Reform Movement […]
Free Community College Education.
President Obama announced a proposal to pay the tuition of millions of community college students and make two years of college free. The plan, announced at a Tennessee college and modeled after a Tennessee’s community college program, is expected to run into strong Republican opposition in Congress. A White House representative discusses the details. Guests: Marco […]
Latino Education: Crisis and Response.
This is a repeat of a live broadcast from a community forum in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on the crisis in the education of Latino students. A renowned scholar says that Latinos, the fastest-growing group, is the most poorly educated and warns of a looming social disaster. Intellectual leaders of the national […]
No Tanks in LA. Also, Racial Profiling Ban.
Community advocates are urging LAUSD and Los Angeles School Police Department to end collaboration with the US Department of Defense 1033 Program, under which the federal government provides armored vehicles and weapons of war to law enforcement agencies. Activists are also calling on LAUSD to stop expansion of police in school campuses. Guest: Manuel Criollo, […]
Executive Action Challenged. Also, Apparel Industry and Central American Children.
House Republicans voted to block President Obama’s executive actions on deportations and a coalition of Republican states led by Texas announced a lawsuit challenging Obama’s authority on immigration. A top representative of the White House comments on the prospects for the deportation relief program as well as its financing plans. Guest: Cecilia Muñoz, Assistant to […]
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
