Tag Archives: Desarrollo Económico
Latinos and Covid-19. Also, Job Loss, Financial Shock.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 PROGRAM # 8890 12:00 PM PT Latinos and Covid-19. In California, Latinos in certain groups are dying in worrying numbers because the social “umbrellas” that Latinos rely on for protection have huge holes in them. This is a conversation with a distinguished academic who is following Covid-19 cases among Latinos. Guest: Dr. […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, MAY 19 PROGRAM # 8889 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Advocates applaud the House’s Heroes Act relief package, which includes more money for stimulus checks, unemployment benefits and rent assistance, praising the relief provided to immigrant families that were left behind. On other news, human and civil rights groups insist in their demand to […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition.
TUESDAY, MAY 19 PROGRAM # 8888 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition. A community financial analyst reports on emergency financial relief available for immigrant families, frontline workers, and low-income students. She also explains how micro and small business can get emergency bridge loans to help them get through the crisis. Analysts also comment about new […]
Emergency Relief Plans.
THURSDAY, MAY 14 PROGRAM # 8885 12:00 PM PT Emergency Relief Plans. While some governors are instructing states to immediately reopen despite growing numbers of Covid-19 deaths and worrisome federal projections, other governors are taking a gradual approach and plan to reopen in phases. Experts discuss those approaches. On other news, California Gov. Newsom announced […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition.
THURSDAY, MAY 14 PROGRAM # 8884 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition. Experts discuss recent bans on evictions and other tenant protections and explain how to get rent and mortgage relief. They also clarify employment rights for undocumented workers and disaster relief funds and other resources available for undocumented families to survive the crisis. And […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition.
THURSDAY, MAY 7 PROGRAM # 8877 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition. Millions of workers have lost their jobs and their families are at risk of losing their homes or places to live. An advocate calls on governments to prevent a crisis of evictions and foreclosures with measures such as eviction moratorium, temporary rent freeze, […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, MAY 5 PROGRAM # 8875 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Leading Democrats in the House are pushing to cancel a provision in the recent coronavirus relief package that bars families with mixed immigration status from getting stimulus payments. A New York congressman comments on this, and on the mixed signals Latinos are getting in […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition.
TUESDAY, MAY 5 PROGRAM # 8874 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition. After a major push for testing in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco, Los Angeles is now offering free coronavirus testing to all county residents. Guest analysts expand on those news and representatives from Central Valley counties give details about efforts to open […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30 PROGRAM # 8870 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition. Surveys show that Covid-19 is disproportionally affecting Black and Latino college students, who suffer of increased food and housing insecurity. Tenant advocates talk about this and, anticipating a wave of evictions, discuss efforts to fight for rent and mortgage relief. Photo: wpr.org For more […]
Latino Workers, Small Business: The Hardest Hit.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 PROGRAM # 8869 12:00 PM PT Latino Workers, Small Business: The Hardest Hit. Latinos are the hardest hit by job losses and pay cuts due to coronavirus. At the same time, those who continue working in essential jobs are most exposed to coronavirus and yet are twice as likely to be uninsured […]
