Tag Archives: Politics
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 PROGRAM # 9362 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. Political analysts discuss headline news developments around Mexico. Stories include the return to in-person classes in schools around the country amid a third wave of Covid. What states are and what states are not going back to school? What are the federal guidelines? Photo: capital21.cdmx.gob.mx […]
Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. Además, Banning Chlorpyrifos.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 PROGRAM # 9360 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. As a record number of Latino students are headed to college in the fall enrollment season, many are looking into community colleges as a viable option to continue higher education. College leaders are reaching out to Latino students highlighting the […]
Communities Responding to Emergencies.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 PROGRAM # 9361 12:00 PM PDT Communities Responding to Emergencies. Raging wildfires in California are engulfing mountain towns in flames, covering skies with huge clouds of smoke, and forcing first responders to operate in crisis mode. How can families and communities prepare for emergencies? How can vulnerable communities build collective resiliency? How […]
Cities Defying State Bans on Anti-Covid Masks. Also, Infrastructure Bill.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 PROGRAM # 9359 12:00 PM PDT Cities Defying State Bans on Anti-Covid Masks. As Delta Covid cases and hospitalizations surge, a growing number of cities and schools in Florida, Texas and Arizona defy their Republican governors’ bans on masks mandates. Meantime, Texas Gov. Abbott tested positive for coronavirus and a local court […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 PROGRAM # 9358 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. This week, Congress begins work on the proposed budget resolution and reconciliation process that includes $107 billion to invest in immigration initiatives, including a pathway to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants, TPS holders, farmworkers, and essential workers. In other news, a federal judge in […]
California Recall Election: A Debate.
MONDAY, AUGUST 23 PROGRAM # 9356 12:00 PM PDT California Recall Election: A Debate. Despite being a small minority of the California electorate, Republicans are mounting a serious battle in their effort to oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The California recall election is already under way via mail-in ballots and Sept. 14. will be the last day […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 PROGRAM # 9355 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. Leaders of Mexican emigre groups are staging coordinated rallies in more than a dozen Mexican consulates in the US protesting long delays in processing documents, negligence and contemptuous treatment by Mexican officials. They also allege a system of illegal trafficking of appointments at the […]
Extra Edition: Back to School Plans.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 PROGRAM # 9353 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Delta Surge, School Openings and Vaccines. Delta Covid cases and hospitalizations surge in the Central Valley at a time when children are going back to class. Covid outbreaks are hitting some districts. How safe are schools? What should the vaccinated and the unvaccinated know […]
The Census and the Fight for New Political Maps. Also, California Gubernatorial Recall: Countdown.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18 PROGRAM # 9352 12:00 PM PDT The Census and the Fight for New Political Maps. The Census Bureau released the data that states will use to draw legislative maps to be used for the next decade. Latinos account for over half of the US population growth, rising to nearly one in five […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17 PROGRAM # 9351 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. Thousands of Mexican factory workers who produce goods for the US are being bused to the US to get J&J vaccines. Officials in both countries hope the program will help reopen the border and restore their economies. A local government official gives perspective to […]
