Tag Archives: Politics
Mexico Edition: Election Results.
FRIDAY, JUNE 11 PROGRAM # 9285 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition: Election Results. News contributors report on the results of Mexico’s massive midterm elections, with a focus on the new Congress and the races for governorships in battleground states that are home for millions of Mexican emigres. Analysts examine the news, including the voter turnout, […]
Immigrant Families in the California Budget.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10 PROGRAM # 9284 12:00 PM PDT Immigrant Families in the California Budget. Policy makers are working against the clock to finalize California’s state budget amid a historic windfall. Many see this as an opportunity for California to make good to those essential workers who, while contributing to the state’s fast recovery, are […]
Clash on Voting Bills. Also, Environmental Justice Law.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 PROGRAM # 9282 12:00 PM PDT Clash on Voting Bills. Texas Republicans are redoubling their push for new voter restrictions after Democrat state legislators staged a walkout last week and succeeded in blocking a massive elections bill that would drop voting sites in the biggest counties, and ban late-night voting, drive-thru voting […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 8 PROGRAM # 9281 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. In her first international trip, Vice President Kamala Harris visits Guatemala and Mexico to begin talks about migration, corruption, economic development, climate and food insecurity as well as women’s issues. Plans include working on opening centers for migrants in Guatemala to offer legal services […]
Extra Edition: Climate Corps, Hunger Aid.
TUESDAY, JUNE 8 PROGRAM # 9280 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Climate Corps, Hunger Aid. Young activists are marching for more than 250 miles from the wildfire-ravaged town of Paradise to San Francisco to urge US legislators to support an equity-focused Civilian Climate Corps that would employ thousands to combat the climate crisis. A parallel […]
Healing Farm Worker Trauma. Also, Preparing for the Next Public Health Crisis.
MONDAY, JUNE 7 PROGRAM # 9279 12:00 PM PDT 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 called ‘Healing Voices’ aims to […]
Mexico Edition: Elections eve.
FRIDAY, JUNE 4 PROGRAM # 9278 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition: Vísperas de la elección. On the eve of Mexico’s June 6 midterm election, news contributors report from battleground states. At stake are Congress and half of Mexico’s governorships, as well as the agenda of President López Obrador. Tens of thousands of Mexicans living abroad […]
Chief Balderrama on Police Reform.
THURSDAY, JUNE 3 PROGRAM # 9277 12:00 PM PDT Chief Balderrama on Police Reform. El Paso-born Paco Balderrama made history as the first Latino chief in the history of the city of Fresno. The local government created a commission on police reform after the murder of George Floyd one year ago to tackle issues of […]
The Politics of Sex Education.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 PROGRAM # 9275 12:00 PM PDT The Politics of Sex Education. Warning that sex education programs and sexual health services around the country are not accessible to young people who are LGBTQ or from communities of color, a group in Congress is introducing a bill that will give them access to education […]
Extra Edition: General Gallardo: Political Prisoner.
TUESDAY, JUNE 1 PROGRAM # 9273 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: General Gallardo: Political Prisoner. A pre-taped, exclusive interview with Gen. José Francisco Gallardo, a prisoner of conscience according to human rights advocates, who spent eight years in Mexican jails. General Gallardo’s arrest is linked to his push to create the position of human rights […]
