Youth Protest Juvenile Detention Center in Seattle – Young people and other residents of Seattle have been publicly protesting plans to build a new juvenile detention center in this city in the state of Washington. Statistics show juvenile detention centers all over the country jail more Black and Latino youth, compared to white youth. José Luis Buen Abad reports from Seattle. This feature is part of our series, “Hablando de la Raza”.
Will the New Water Law Relieve Poor Families’ Crisis? – Because of the extreme drought, hundreds of wells have dried up and thousands of poor rural families have been living without water in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Radio Bilingüe’s news director Samuel Orozco spoke with Noé Páramo, co-director of the Project for Sustainable Rural Communities with the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, about the recently-signed federal water law, which will supposedly reduce the effects of the drought in California. The law gives more water to farmers in San Joaquin’s valley, but what is there in the project to help working families and rural communities?
20 Years After Peace Accords, Mayan Survivors Seek to Heal Wounds – This week marks 20 years since the signing of the peace accords that ended a long civil war in Guatemala. The armed conflict between rebel groups and the government of Guatemala left around 200,000 people dead. The vast majority of victims were indigenous Mayans. The violence was especially disastrous for Mayan women, who lost loved ones, suffered torture and sexual abuse, and had to find new ways to survive. On the anniversary of the peace accords, Maria Martin takes us to one Mayan community where the victims are trying to heal the wounds left by the armed conflict.
