Tag Archives: Politics
Extra Edition: Madera Hospital Closing: The Human Toll. (Repeat)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 PROGRAM # 9918 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Madera Hospital Closing: The Human Toll. (Repeat) The general hospital in Madera County closed its doors, leaving out many people who don’t have insurance in this rural, high-poverty area of Latino majorities. Community leaders fear other community hospitals in financial troubles around the state […]
Fieldworkers Living in the Shadows.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 PROGRAM # 9919 12:00 PM PT Fieldworkers Living in the Shadows. Agriculture is a key pillar of California’s thriving economy. Yet, those working the fields face dire working conditions and serious health challenges. A new, landmark study shows many farmworkers in California live with chronic conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure […]
Extra Edition: Flood Disaster Aid.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 PROGRAM # 9915 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Flood Disaster Aid. Heavy winter storms in December and January caused levees to break and rivers to overflow in the San Joaquin Valley and Pajaro Valley, flooding thousands of farm working homes. Those rural communities suffered tens of millions of dollars in damage. Are […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 PROGRAM # 9916 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Vice President Kamala Harris announced nearly one billion in new private sector investment in Central America to support farmers, create textile jobs, and reduce migration. Will the new jobs encourage people to stay? On a related note, in his State of the Union speech, […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 PROGRAM # 9913 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Remittances to Mexico rose to a new all-time high, reaching nearly $59 billion in 2022, an increase of more than 13 percent over 2021. Remittances, almost entirely sent from the United States, are the main source foreign income for Mexico. Analysts comment on this […]
Extra Edition: Madera Hospital Closing: The Human Toll.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 PROGRAM # 9911 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Madera Hospital Closing: The Human Toll. The general hospital in Madera County closed its doors, leaving out many people who don’t have insurance in this rural, high-poverty area of Latino majorities. Community leaders fear other community hospitals in financial troubles around the state may […]
Restoring Voting Rights. Free School Meals. Hunger in Small Town US.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 PROGRAM # 9912 12:00 PM PT Restoring Voting Rights. Advocates in New Mexico are working with legislators to bring back a bill to restore voting rights for people on probation or parole, after a similar package died in the Senate last year. The New Mexico Voting Rights Act would make it easier […]
State of the Union. Also, The End of the Public Health Emergency.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 PROGRAM # 9910 12:00 PM PT State of the Union. President Biden delivered his second State of the Union speech before a divided Congress and a House controlled by Republicans. As Republicans launch congressional investigations into his administration on matters like the handling of the border, Biden is expected to talk about […]
Extra Edition: Bilingual Anti Covid “Chatbot.” (Repeat)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 PROGRAM # 9908 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Bilingual Anti Covid “Chatbot.” (Repeat) California health officials are fighting COVID-19 misinformation with a new Spanish-speaking health chatbot on the WhatsApp messaging platform. The “chat bot,” which is a digital assistant that allows the agency to communicate with people without live website service representatives, […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 PROGRAM # 9909 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Immigrant rights advocates are denouncing a lawsuit filed by 20 Republican states against the Biden administration seeking to block the new parole program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. In other news, Colorado is the first state to create an unemployment assistance […]
