Tag Archives: Desarrollo Económico
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JAN 21 PROGRAM # 9510 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Mexicans in the US have sent historic amounts of remittances back home amid the hardships of the pandemic. An expert talks about efforts to transform remittances into productive investments in the emigres’ hometowns, including migrant bonds and microbanks in San Quintin and other rural […]
Extra Edition: California’s Budget Plan.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 PROGRAM # 9508 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: California’s Budget Plan. Gov. Newsom unveiled his proposed state budget. He is planning to spend California’s historic surplus by ramping up Covid boosters and testing, fighting the climate crisis, including extreme heat, wildfires and the drought, expanding CalFresh to include undocumented people 55 and […]
Extra Edition: Historic Overtime Pay for Farmworkers. Also, Help for Health Insurance Buys.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 PROGRAM # 9505 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Historic Overtime Pay for Farmworkers. California farmworkers have now the right to get the same overtime pay that most other workers have. The new law, first of its kind in the nation, began taking full effect on January 1st for most businesses and farms. […]
Extra Edition: Jazzing Up Mariachi Music. (Repeat)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 PROGRAM # 9501 11:00 AM PT Jazzing Up Mariachi Music. (Repeat) In the 1940s and ‘50s, Miguel Martínez changed mariachi music forever, from folk music that mostly highlighted string instruments to a music marked first by a single trumpet and later by a trumpet duet. Maestro Martínez was the main individual responsible […]
“Chavela.” (Repeat), also “Vanishing Frontiers.”
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 PROGRAM # 9502 12:00 PM PT “Chavela.” (Repeat). The film “Chavela: Trailblazer, Rebel, Icon,” showcases the life of the late ranchera singer Chavela Vargas. Born in Costa Rica, Chavela moved at an early age to Mexico City, where during the 1950s broke with Mexican mainstream conventions by dressing in pants, drinking tequila, smoking […]
Extra Edition: Repeat Program. Impact of Racism on Immigrants. Also, Migrant Housing.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 11 PROGRAM # 9498 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Repeat Program. Impact of Racism on Immigrants. Most Latino and Asian immigrants in California experienced discrimination in the workplace due to skin color or accent. Most also feel their access to legal immigration status would be threatened if they use government benefits, such as […]
Extra Edition: Repeat Program – Prescription Drug Prices, Diabetes. Also, Coronavirus: An Update.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30 PROGRAM # 9487 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Repeat Program – Prescription Drug Prices, Diabetes. US consumers pay the highest prices in the world for the drugs they need. In response, the House of Representatives recently included in the Build Back Better Bill a provision that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug […]
Extra Edition: “Experts in their Fields.”
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21 PROGRAM # 9477 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: “Experts in their Fields.” Farmworkers, and most of all Indigenous farmworkers, have been among the hardest hit by the pandemic. As essential workers, they constantly run the risk of getting infected when they show up to work during the pandemic, they lack access to […]
“Experts in their Fields.”
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 PROGRAM # 9460 12:00 PM PDT “Experts in their Fields.” Farmworkers, and most of all Indigenous farmworkers, have been among the hardest hit by the pandemic. As essential workers, they constantly run the risk of getting infected when they show up to work during the pandemic, they lack access to health care, […]
Infrastructure Plan and Preparedness for Disasters.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 PROGRAM # 9458 12:00 PM PDT Infrastructure Plan and Preparedness for Disasters. The Infrastructure Act signed this month into law invests billions in communities to help them deal with the devastating effects of extreme weather events such as wildfires, droughts and floods. The investments will help communities to adapt to climate change […]
