Tag Archives: Politics
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 […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 11 PROGRAM # 9499 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. A federal operation revealed that hundreds of Mexican and Central American migrants were being forced, sometimes at gunpoint, to work in farms in Georgia. Members of Congress are now asking: how were the farms able to bring the victims to the U.S. using a […]
Reunion of Pioneers of the Latino Movement. This program is a repeat.
MONDAY, JANUARY 10 PROGRAM # 9497 12:00 PM PT Reunion of Pioneers of the Latino Movement. This program is a repeat. Pioneering labor and civil rights leaders Bert Corona and Josefina Fierro, organizers of the National Congress of the Spanish-Speaking People in 1938, reunite in public for the first time in decades to share memories […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JAN 7 PROGRAM # 9496 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. Mexico authorized the Cuban Covid-19 vaccine Abdala for emergency use. Analysts comment on this development as well as on Mexico’s booster vaccination campaign for senior citizens and the resistance of the Mexican government to vaccinate children. These and other news are discussed in this […]
Extra Edition: Repeat Program. Drought and Corporate Water Abuse. Also, Emergency Alerts in Spanish.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6 PROGRAM # 9494 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Repeat Program. Drought and Corporate Water Abuse. A drier and warmer winter is in the forecast for the Pacific Southwest, which means that the two-year drought will continue affecting the region. As farmers drill deeper wells and deplete groundwater, California is preparing for more […]
Millions Urge Clemency for Truck Driver.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6 PROGRAM # 9495 12:00 PM PDT Millions Urge Clemency for Truck Driver. Millions have signed a petition for Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to grant clemency to Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, a 26-year-old Cuban American truck driver who was sentenced to 110 years in prison for a crash that killed four people. Mederos stated his […]
Extra Edition: Repeat Program: Abortion Rights Hearing. Parkinson’s Disease Stigma. Historic Election in Honduras.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 4 PROGRAM # 9491 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Repeat Program: Abortion Rights Hearing. The Supreme Court heard arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, on a Mississippi law that makes abortion illegal after 15 weeks of pregnancy. This is one of the most important cases challenging the constitutional right to an […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31 PROGRAM # 9489 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. As the year comes to a close, journalists look back into events that left an indelible mark in Latino communities. Amid a turbulent ending to the 2020 election, a new administration took office with promises of vaccines for all and full recovery from the […]
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 […]
The Mysteries of Coronavirus.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29 PROGRAM # 9486 12:00 PM PDT The Mysteries of Coronavirus. This is a conversation with an award-winning op-ed writer about his new book, where he examines the unprecedented times that we are living in. In this collection of opinion articles, he explores the mysteries of Covid-19, life after the pandemic, the impact […]
