Tag Archives: Politics
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 PROGRAM # 9713 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Rescue teams are working against the clock to save at least ten workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in Northern Mexico. What’s being done to rescue them? What went wrong? Who is responsible? On other news, a union leader warned he may appeal […]
Extra Edition: March from Delano to Sacramento.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 PROGRAM # 9711 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: March from Delano to Sacramento. Dozens of farmworkers marching to demand the right to vote absentee in union elections made their arrival to Fresno, where Catholic Bishops Brennan and Ochoa are scheduled to join the 24-day pilgrimage to Sacramento. These and other news are […]
Uvalde Mothers Speak Up. March from Delano to Sacramento. Kansas Vote on Abortion.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10 PROGRAM # 9710 12:00 PM PT Uvalde Mothers Speak Up. After families from Uvalde protested, members of the powerful NRA in Texas canceled plans to raffle an AR-15 rifle, the type of weapon that a shooter used to massacre children at a local elementary school. An activist mother from Uvalde talks about […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 PROGRAM # 9709 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Reporting tens of deaths and a number of racial profiling cases in connection with Operation Lone Star, congress members and civil rights groups ask the federal government to intervene in Texas. Meantime, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has bused 6,500 migrants to Washington, forcing the […]
Climate, Health Care and Tax Bill.
MONDAY, AUGUST 8 PROGRAM # 9707 12:00 PM PT Climate, Health Care and Tax Bill. Congress worked through the weekend on the Inflation Reduction Act and Democrats are expected to pass it through the budget reconciliation process. The legislation, funded in part by a corporate minimum tax, would spend big on energy and climate change, […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 PROGRAM # 9706 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Berries, Mexico’s top agri-food export product, is rapidly replacing the traditional corn crops in the state of Jalisco, one of the largest berry producers. The state government touts the sudden development of the agroindustry. They call this project “Jalisco gigante agroindustrial.” Yet, local community […]
March from Delano to Sacramento.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 PROGRAM # 9703 12:00 PM PT March from Delano to Sacramento. Following on the steps of the Chavez-led 1966 pilgrimage, farm workers begin in Delano a 24-day march to Sacramento. In the state capitol, they will place a number of grievances to the governor and the legislature, including a petition for the […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 PROGRAM # 9702 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Voters in Arizona and Washington state go to the polls today for primary elections. Analysts review new laws impacting this election season and high profile races and issues driving voters to the polls. On other news, human rights groups in El Paso remember the […]
Big Climate and Tax Deal. Also, Educating Latino Voters in Georgia.
MONDAY, AUGUST 1 PROGRAM # 9700 12:00 PM PT Big Climate and Tax Deal. Senators Schumer and Manchin reached a spending deal that will raise taxes on the rich to fund investments in climate and health care. The “Inflation Reduction Act,” announced as the biggest pro-climate investment in US history, is set to be voted […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JULY 29 PROGRAM # 9699 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Berries, Mexico’s top agri-food export product, is rapidly replacing the traditional corn crops in the state of Jalisco, one of the largest berry producers. The state government touts the sudden development of the agroindustry. They call this project “Jalisco gigante agroindustrial.” Yet, local community […]
