Tag Archives: Politics
Extra Edition: Delta Variants; Housing Aid.
THURSDAY, JULY 8 PROGRAM # 9311 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Delta Variants; Housing Aid. A new and highly infectious variant of Coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the US. In response, Los Angeles County and the W.H.O. warned that even immunized people should wear masks indoors. Also, nearly all the Covid deaths last month in […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JULY 6 PROGRAM # 9309 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. In his first days in office, President Biden instructed federal officials to eliminate barriers in the existing naturalization process, ending Trump’s controversial citizenship exam. A legal expert comments about the requirements for naturalization and the actions by local, state and federal governments to remove […]
Extra Edition: Food for All; Emergency Aid for Tenants.
TUESDAY, JULY 6 PROGRAM # 9308 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Food for All; Emergency Aid for Tenants. California becomes the first state in the nation to permanently provide free school meals to K-12 students after Governor Newsom signed the “Food for All” law that supports school nutrition workers and healthy school meals. In another […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JULY 2 PROGRAM # 9306 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition: One Year of USMCA. On the one-year anniversary of the USMCA, celebrations of the increased cross-trade have been overshadowed by disputes on labor irregularities between the US and Mexico. After Washington filed a complaint alleging labor violations against the right of free association and […]
Fighting the New Voter Suppression. Also, Two-Step Infrastructure Plan.
THURSDAY, JULY 1 PROGRAM # 9305 12:00 PM PDT Fighting the New Voter Suppression. Battling voter suppression, police brutality, job discrimination and school segregation Cesar Chavez and his mentor Fred Ross Sr. created a number of community organizations throughout California during the 1950s and waged epic battles to sign up voters and win elections. As […]
Eviction Moratorium Extended. The California Budget Plan. The Child Tax Credit.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 PROGRAM # 9303 12:00 PM PDT Eviction Moratorium Extended. The Biden administration has extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month to help tenants who are struggling to pay their rent due to the pandemic crisis. While this was announced as a final extension, lawmakers are calling for more time to […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 29 PROGRAM # 9302 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the US-Mexico border in El Paso, a week after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a $250 state fund to continue building Trump’s wall and after Sen. Bernie Sanders announced that Democrats are planning to include a pathway to citizenship […]
Extra Edition: Farm Workers Rights.
TUESDAY, JUNE 29 PROGRAM # 9301 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Farm Workers Rights. A number of leading farm worker advocates traveled through small towns in the agricultural heartlands of California’s Central Valley talking to field workers about workers’ rights to sick leave for Covid-19, including seeking vaccination and protection from employer retaliation. They also […]
Gun Violence Escalates. Also, Powerful Gun Lobbyists Duped.
MONDAY, JUNE 28 PROGRAM # 9300 12:00 PM PDT Gun Violence Escalates. Deaths from gun violence in the US reached their highest levels in decades. The number of people who own guns escalated during the pandemic and so did the deaths. It was the worst year in the last two decades. And this year may […]
Extra Edition: A Repeat. – Healing Farm Worker Trauma. Also, Preparing for the Next Public Health Crisis.
THURSDAY, JUNE 24 PROGRAM # 9297 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: A Repeat. – Healing Farm Worker Trauma. The nearly 3 million mostly Latino farmworkers in this country have experienced decades of traumatic working conditions, economic insecurity and vulnerability, all of which has worsened in the last year by COVID-19. A first-of-its-kind mental health initiative […]
