Tag Archives: Politics
Extra Edition: Mobile Clinics, Immigrant Detainees, and More.
THURSDAY, MARCH 9 PROGRAM # 9939 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Mobile Clinics, Immigrant Detainees, and More. California Covid-19 state of emergency has ended. How does it impact the rural areas? And as rural residents face a number of challenges to access health care, Fresno County is investing in new mobile clinics to offer check-ups […]
Student Debt Relief in Limbo. How to Stay Insured After Covid Benefits End. Building a Climate Resilient Community.
THURSDAY, MARCH 9 PROGRAM # 9940 12:00 PM PT Student Debt Relief in Limbo. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical of President Biden’s plan for student loan forgiveness after hearing arguments last week. More than 16 million have been approved for relief, but the benefit has been on hold due to legal challenges from […]
International Women’s Day.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 PROGRAM # 9938 12:00 PM PT International Women’s Day. On the world holiday celebrating the women’s rights movement (and, this year, the contribution women and girls are making to technology and online education,) journalist contributors comment on their coverage of recent developments impacting Latina women. Latina workers were pushed to poverty more […]
Extra Edition: Caregiving Crisis in CaliforniaExtra . Also, “The Humans Who Feed Us.”
TUESDAY, MARCH 7 PROGRAM # 9936 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Caregiving Crisis in CaliforniaExtra . Tens of thousands of elderly people are not receiving the care they need and this crisis is expected to exacerbate as more people in California are getting older. A new state bill would reform California’s home care services to […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, MARCH 7 PROGRAM # 9937 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Florida Gov. De Santis wants to make transporting immigrants a crime, end tuition aid for immigrant students, ban cities from issuing IDs for undocumented immigrants, and other restrictions. On another story: workers arrested at a Tennessee slaughterhouse ICE raid five years ago will get […]
Water Rights and Special Interests. Also, Saving and Managing Water.
MONDAY, MARCH 6 PROGRAM # 9935 12:00 PM PT Water Rights and Special Interests. California farm operators are still 90% White and this reality in California’s water rights system impacts the water flows of the SF Bay-Delta. According to watchdogs, these special interests are determining the Delta tunnel project and leaving tribes and communities of […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, MARCH 3 PROGRAM # 9934 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Mexican legislators representing constituencies of Mexican emigres living in the US talk about top issues in their agenda, including remittances, voting rights for Mexicans living abroad, consular services, and corruption. These and other news developments are discussed in this edition. Photo: diputados.gob.mx For more information about […]
Extra Edition: FEMA Asked to Accelerate Emergency Assistance. Also, The Future of Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley.
THURSDAY, MARCH 2 PROGRAM # 9932 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: FEMA Asked to Accelerate Emergency Assistance. Thousands of farmworker’s homes in the city of Planada were seriously damaged by flooding caused by severe winter storms. Weeks after the devastation and with the threat of new rain, many residents complain that help from the Federal […]
Food for All Propose in California and Oregon.
THURSDAY, MARCH 2 PROGRAM # 9933 12:00 PM PT Food for All Propose in California and Oregon. During the pandemic, food assistance programs were developed for the most vulnerable, including those immigrants considered essential workers. Now that the end of the public health emergency has been decreed, this aid has also decreased although it is […]
California Reparations. Also, Police Reform.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 PROGRAM # 9931 12:00 PM PT California Reparations. The Reparations Task Force has been holding a series of public meetings around California to help state officials examine systemic racism have harmed African Americans and how the state should compensate African Americans for the harms caused by slavery and racism, including the unjust […]
