Health
Protecting Field Workers Against Toxic Smoke. Also, Rural, Young Adults Hit Hard by Covid.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 PROGRAM # 9388 12:00 PM PDT Protecting Field Workers Against Toxic Smoke. A bill sitting in California Gov. Newsom’s desk would designate farm laborers as “essential workers” and would give them access to N-95 masks, the kind of masks healthcare workers wear, to protect against wildfire smoke particles during the harvest season. […]
Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. Also, Banning Chlorpyrifos.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 PROGRAM # 9386 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. A Repeat Program. As a record number of Latino students are headed to college in the fall enrollment season, many are looking into community colleges as a viable option to continue higher education. College leaders are reaching out to Latino […]
(Español) Gobierno establecerá nuevos estándares contra el calor en el sitio de trabajo
(Español) Entre los requisitos contemplados se ordena a los empleadores a proporcionar sombra, agua y aire acondicionado cuando sea posible, “y que brinden acceso a atención médica a los trabajadores que están expuestos regularmente al calor”.
(Español) Presentan la primera demandas contra un médico de Texas que dijo practicó un aborto
(Español) “La prohibición del aborto en Texas depende de ciudadanos privados y no de funcionarios estatales ni de las fuerzas del orden para hacerla cumplir.
Emergency Order to Block Texas Abortion Ban Sought. Latino Leaders Tackle Pandemic Los Angeles Student Vaccines Mandate.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 PROGRAM # 9385 12:00 PM PDT Senate Parliamentarian Rules Against Immigration Reform Draft. The Senate Parliamentarian ruled last night that Democrats cannot include immigration reform into their budget reconciliation package because the policy change does not belong in a strictly fiscal matter. The news is a major setback to the Biden administration, […]
No Papers, No Care: Disabled Migrants Seek Help Through Lawsuit, Activism
In an interim ruling, the federal judge hearing Baca’s class action lawsuit this summer ordered ICE to offer vaccination to all detained immigrants who have chronic medical conditions or disabilities or are 55 or older. The Biden administration appealed the order on Aug. 23.
(Español) Arranca mañana Asamblea General de la ONU sobre cambio climático y pandemia de Covid
(Español) “La construcción de plantas de fabricación de vacunas adicionales puede ser un paso razonable para prepararse para la próxima pandemia –dijo Fauci-, pero eso no puede suceder lo suficientemente rápido como para poner fin a ésta”.
Expert Supports President Biden’s National Vaccine Mandate
In an effort to halt the explosion of Covid-19 Delta variant and spur economic recovery, President Biden ordered new federal requirements to vaccinate two thirds of workers in the country.
Extra Edition: Tips for Talking to Youth About Suicide.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 PROGRAM # 9382 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Tips for Talking to Youth About Suicide. Children and youth have been particularly hit by the pandemic. Their emotional, physical and academic health has been hit after isolation and remote learning. As they go back to school and readjust to in-person learning, many may […]
Biden Vaccination Mandate. Also, Los Angeles Student Vaccines Mandate.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 PROGRAM # 9383 12:00 PM PDT Biden Vaccination Mandate. President Biden ordered new federal vaccine requirements for as many as 100 million workers, two thirds of all workers, in an effort to curb the surging COVID-19 delta variant and spur economic recovery. He warned the US cannot expect to end the pandemic […]
Noticias
- Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated. Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth October 8, 2024
- "The Message": Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Power of Writing & Visiting Senegal, South Carolina, Palestine October 8, 2024
- Headlines for October 8, 2024 October 8, 2024
- 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
