Health
Overturning Roe: Impact on Migrant Women. Also, Red Flags and Another Mass Shooting.
MONDAY, JULY 11 PROGRAM # 9679 12:00 PM PT Overturning Roe: Impact on Migrant Women. An advocate talks about the impact that overturning Roe v. Wade may have on migrant and rural women, their families and farmworker and civil rights. Many farmworking women live in states where abortion is being declared illegal or heavily restricted. […]
Extra Edition: Combating Deadly Heat Threat in the Fields (Program Repeat.)
THURSDAY, JULY 7 PROGRAM # 9676 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Combating Deadly Heat Threat in the Fields (Program Repeat.) Millions are under heat watches as a dangerous heat wave is warming the fields throughout the US South and Southwest. Exacerbated by climate change, temperatures for this summer season are expected to be worse than […]
Extra Edition: How to Coexist with Covid. Also, Eviction Protections End.
TUESDAY, JULY 5 PROGRAM # 9673 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: How to Coexist with Covid. As the nation struggles to move Covid-19 from being a pandemic to an endemic, an infectious disease expert discusses new approaches to fight the pandemic. Instead of planning to eradicate the virus, scientists suggest learning how to coexist with […]
Immigration Edition. Also, Health for All in California.
TUESDAY, JULY 5 PROGRAM # 9674 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Former US Rep. Luis Gutiérrez came out of retirement to launch a new campaign called “Our Nation’s Future,” in order to help 1 million permanent residents become naturalized citizens within four years. He explains his plan. Also, as federal agencies swore in thousands of […]
(Español) Corte Suprema golpea a mujeres latinas y de color de forma desproporcionada
(Español) “Cuando una mujer no puede obtener un aborto el impacto psicológico obstaculiza la productividad… y también enfrentan costos médicos asociados con la atención prenatal, el parto y la recuperación posparto, además de costos asociados con la crianza de un hijo que superan los 9 mil dólares al año”.
Reproductive Freedoms.
MONDAY, JULY 4 PROGRAM # 9672 12:00 PM PT Reproductive Freedoms. The US Supreme Court’s conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the 50-year federal right to abortion. On this 4th of July, a traditional day of civil freedoms, women advocates reflect on the meaning of the Court’s decision on reproductive freedom. They also comment […]
(Español) Renuncia Pete Arredondo como concejal de Uvalde, exjefe de la policía durante el tiroteo
(Español) Suplicó a los oficiales armados que entraran a la escuela y que le dijeran que “todo estaba bien”, a pesar de que la gente todavía podía escuchar disparos. “La verdad es que podrían haber salvado a muchos niños y no lo hicieron”, dijo Cervantes. “Todo esto es demasiado poco, demasiado tarde”.
California to Provide Health Coverage for All Undocumented Immigrants
California made history again this week by becoming the first state in the nation to guarantee health insurance to all its residents. Governor Newsom announced the landmark budget deal reached with the legislature that expands the state’s subsidized health insurance program, Medi-Cal.
Supreme Court Decision on Abortion Fuels Debate in Georgia –
The Supreme Court’s decision to end the federal right to abortion has sparked an intense debate throughout the state of Georgia. Some Latina women have expressed outrage at the decision. Meanwhile, sectors of the Catholic Church and Republican and conservative groups have applauded it.
(Español) Ahora sí California, el 1er estado en la nación con cobertura médica para todos los indocumentados
(Español) “… 92% de los californianos actualmente tienen algún tipo de seguro médico… Pero una vez el presupuesto se implemente, de los adultos que viven ‘ilegalmente’ en el país, este grupo, uno de los más grandes sin seguro, quedará cubierto en el estado”.