Health
Hazard Alerts for Pesticide Spraying.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 PROGRAM # 9914 12:00 PM PT Hazard Alerts for Pesticide Spraying. As the state of California develops a system that will notify schools and people when a hazardous pesticide is sprayed in neighboring farms, two journalists set out to report on the dramatic human toll that pesticide exposure is having on farm […]
New Mexico Proposes Free, Healthy Meals in its Public Schools
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is pushing an initiative to ensure that all students in the state’s public schools have access to free, healthy meals. The Healthy School Meals for All bill is currently under discussion.
(Español) No hay suficiente comida en la mesa”, una mirada a la inseguridad alimentación en niños latinos de comunidades rurales
(Español) “Sólo los ciudadanos estadunidenses pueden solicitar programas federales de nutrición, pero muchas de nuestras familias tienen hijos nacidos en Estados Unidos y sí califican porque son ciudadanos americanos”.
Extra Edition: Madera Hospital Closing: The Human Toll.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 PROGRAM # 9911 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Madera Hospital Closing: The Human Toll. The general hospital in Madera County closed its doors, leaving out many people who don’t have insurance in this rural, high-poverty area of Latino majorities. Community leaders fear other community hospitals in financial troubles around the state may […]
(Español) Nuevo México hace inversión histórica en almuerzos escolares saludables y gratuitos
(Español) “Estos niños de familias pobres tienen poco acceso a comida saludable. Y hemos visto en nuestras comunidades un aumento de obesidad, diabetes y otras enfermedades que interfieren con el aprovechamiento académico de nuestros niños”.
Restoring Voting Rights. Free School Meals. Hunger in Small Town US.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 PROGRAM # 9912 12:00 PM PT Restoring Voting Rights. Advocates in New Mexico are working with legislators to bring back a bill to restore voting rights for people on probation or parole, after a similar package died in the Senate last year. The New Mexico Voting Rights Act would make it easier […]
State of the Union. Also, The End of the Public Health Emergency.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 PROGRAM # 9910 12:00 PM PT State of the Union. President Biden delivered his second State of the Union speech before a divided Congress and a House controlled by Republicans. As Republicans launch congressional investigations into his administration on matters like the handling of the border, Biden is expected to talk about […]
Extra Edition: Bilingual Anti Covid “Chatbot.” (Repeat)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 PROGRAM # 9908 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Bilingual Anti Covid “Chatbot.” (Repeat) California health officials are fighting COVID-19 misinformation with a new Spanish-speaking health chatbot on the WhatsApp messaging platform. The “chat bot,” which is a digital assistant that allows the agency to communicate with people without live website service representatives, […]
Millions of Californians Are at Risk of Losing Medi-Cal Coverage
As the nation’s massive Medicaid unwinding begins, California is using government databases, billboards, and navigators to help people who get dropped from Medi-Cal reenroll or find other coverage.
(Español) California lanza asistente virtual con respuestas sobre el covid y contra la desinformación
(Español) “Así como se comparte tan fácilmente la desinformación, queremos que la gente comparta la información correcta”.
Noticias
- Defund Genocide: Activists at COP29 Link Climate Fight to Militarism, Gaza, Lebanon & Sudan November 21, 2024
- "They're Expanding Fossil Fuels": Indian Activist Harjeet Singh on Rich Countries' Hypocrisy at COP29 November 21, 2024
- "Pay Up!": At COP29, Poor Countries Demand $1 Trillion a Year in Climate Finance November 21, 2024
- Despite White House Pressure, 19 U.S. Senators Back Bernie Sanders's Bills to Block Arms Sales to Israel November 21, 2024
- Wanted for War Crimes: ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant over Gaza November 21, 2024
