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Officials Struggle to Regulate Pop-Up Covid Testing Sites — And Warn Patients to Beware
One weak spot in the system is that although city and state health departments keep close regulatory tabs on the labs that process covid tests, they typically don’t regulate the site operators that administer the tests.
(Español) Biden dijo que el dinero no debe usarse para prisiones, pero la lucha aún no ha terminado
(Español) “Durante la crisis de separacion de familias… esos bancos que todos conocemos, Bank of America, Chase Morgan Bank, estan involucrados en el financiamiento a prisiones privadas”.
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. […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 PROGRAM # 9506 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. The US Treasury Department released a final rule that prohibits states from using COVID-19 relief funds to build new prisons or expand existing ones. Yet, Alabama and other states have outlined plans to sidestep and use American Rescue Plan funds to finance new prisons […]
(Español) El obstruccionismo daña el avance democrático de las minorías
(Español) Martin Luther King, Jr, hace 59 años: “Me parece que la tragedia es que tenemos un Congreso con un Senado que tiene una minoría de senadores equivocados que usarán el obstruccionismo (filibuster) para evitar que la mayoría de la gente vote”.
(Español) Primera vez que juez desestima por razones inconstitucionales caso de allanamiento en cruce fronterizo
(Español) Cosas del destino quizás, el caso de Jesús Guzmán Curipoma vino a dar a manos de un juez demócrata en una fiscalía de distrito progresista, como la del Condado de Travis, que se alineó con el inmigrante si se interpone una apelación contra el fallo del juez.
(Español) Termina paciencia de demócratas y discuten hoy la Ley de Derechos de Voto en el Senado
(Español) La Ley de Avance de Votación o protecciones electorales de John Lewis fue despojada de sus componentes por la Corte Suprema, que de otra manera habría permitido nuevamente el escrutinio del Departamento de Justicia a los estados con un patrón de violaciones electorales.
Racial Healing Day. Also, Tribute to Civil Rights Icon.
MONDAY, JANUARY 17 PROGRAM # 9506 12:00 PM PT Racial Healing Day. Stating that it is time for the US to reckon with racism and healing is at the heart of racial equity, leaders from philanthropy and media, and culture-bearers are calling for another national day of racial healing to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr’s […]
Mexico Edition (REPEAT).
FRIDAY, JAN 14 PROGRAM # 9503 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. (REPEAT) As the year comes to a close, journalists look back into events that left an indelible mark in Latino communities and talk about developments that will gain headlines in 2022. Amid a turbulent ending to the 2020 election, a new administration took office […]
First Migrant Caravan of the Year Beginning in Honduras
Hundreds of migrants from several countries are seeking to reach the United States from Honduras in the first caravan of 2022. Supported in social media, most of the travelers from Central America are expected to be joined by migrants from Haiti, Cuba, South America and other regions along the way.