Tag Archives: Politics
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 PROGRAM # 9419 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. Mexican analysts comment on headline news developments in Mexico. This week, the US will soon reopen its land border with Mexico for fully vaccinated visitors and President Lopez Obrador meets with President […]
Latina Equal Day Pay.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 PROGRAM # 9418 12:00 PM PDT Latina Equal Day Pay. More than 50 years of the passage of the Equal Pay Act, Latinas typically earn only 57 cents for every dollar earned by White men. Latinas are more likely to work on frontline, low paying service jobs, and they were among the […]
Latinos: On the Drive Seat of the Recovery.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20 PROGRAM # 9416 12:00 PM PDT Latinos: Between Recognized and Misunderstood. In a change of opinion from recent years, most in the US believe Latinos are a major contributing force to the economy. However, they also have the stereotypical image of Latinos as being a foreign and low-skilled population, and these misconceptions […]
Extra Edition: Low-wage workers lose paid sick leave.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 PROGRAM # 9414 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Low-wage workers lose paid sick leave. In California, a law that provided employees with extended paid time off during the pandemic has expired as advocates call for extending the law. They say workers of low wage are being most impacted by the pandemic, the […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 PROGRAM # 9415 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. Democratic leaders in Congress are considering to include immigration measures in the “human” infrastructure package to provide temporary legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants. The measures would expand the Homeland Security secretary’s authority to grant a temporary status known as parole to those […]
La Raza Unida Milestone.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 PROGRAM # 9413 12:00 PM PDT La Raza Unida Milestone. Dr. José Ángel Gutiérrez, one of the iconic leaders of the Chicano rights movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, along with Cesar Chavez, Reies López Tijerina, and Corky Gonzales, reflects on the legacy of the La Raza Unida Party, fifty […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15 PROGRAM # 9412 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. A distinguished Mexican economist comments on plans by the AMLO administration to overhaul Mexico’s power agency and the plans to regulate the mining of lithium, a mineral used in electric car batteries and often called the new gold. President López Obrador sent a bill to […]
Climate Crisis, Infrastructure Bill: Too Expensive? Also, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling and Asthma.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13 PROGRAM # 9409 12:00 PM PDT Climate Crisis, Infrastructure Bill: Too Expensive? Congress continues to negotiate the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, a plan dismissed by some as an expensive “social spending” bill and lauded by many as a transformational investment in the nation’s families, education, and response to the disasters of the […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12 PROGRAM # 9408 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. On Indigenous Peoples Day, Mayan human rights advocates exiled in the US speak about the continuing killing of social activists in Guatemala and the roots of Mayan migration to the US. On more news: DHS issued new guidelines for immigration agents, granting them discretion […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 PROGRAM # 9405 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. Mexican analysts comment on headline news developments in Mexico. This week, Mexico’s Supreme Court deliberates on a measure that has banned planting permits for transgenic corn. They will also comment on plans by the AMLO administration to overhaul Mexico’s power agency and the plans […]
