Record Audience for First Presidential Debate – More than 80 million people watched the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, breaking records. The candidates talked about the economy and race relations, as well as attitudes toward women. One Latina woman, former Miss Universe, Venezuelan Alicia Machado, who said she was humiliated by the millionaire, became the center of attention. José López Zamorano reports.
New Yorkers March for Disappeared Students – This week marks two years since 43 teacher’s college students in Mexico disappeared after being attacked by police. To mark the occasion, in Mexico and in several cities in the United States, protests were organized to demand an in-depth investigation and punishment for those responsible. In New York City, family members of the victims, activists and members of the Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street movements marched from the United Nations to Times Square. Marco Vinicio Gonzalez reports from the march.
Lack of Water, but Abundance of Civic Activism in California Town – The worst drought in California history is still impacting a tiny Latino town in the Central Valley, causing chronic scarcity of drinking water. But the drought has also caused something else: a flood of energy among local youth to bring more voters to the polls this November and push forward an agenda to respond to the community’s biggest problems. Our correspondent Rubén Tapia witnessed this unusual electoral activism.
