Tag Archives: Politics
Nationalist Rafael Cancel Miranda.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 PROGRAM # 8952 12:00 PM PT Nationalist Rafael Cancel Miranda. Lifetime advocate for Puerto Rico’s independence, Rafael Cancel Miranda was imprisoned for 25 years after a nationalist commando attack on the U.S. Congress on March 1st of 1954. Cancel Miranda, who was the last surviving participant in that attack, died last March […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JULY 21 PROGRAM # 8951 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. The Supreme Court ruled that migrants whose initial requests for asylum were rejected have no right to a federal court hearing. On other news, a federal appeals court gave the Trump administration a green light to expand expedited removal or deport immigrants without passing […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition.
TUESDAY, JULY 21 PROGRAM # 8950 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition. Millions of workers have lost their jobs and their families are at risk of losing their homes or places to live. An advocate calls on governments to prevent a crisis of evictions and foreclosures with measures such as eviction moratorium, temporary rent freeze, […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JULY 17 PROGRAM # 8948 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. In this weekly program, a federal public defender in Mexico tells the story of an indigenous Oaxacan woman, arrested in a drug checkpoint, who became trapped in and railroaded by the criminal justice system for being a woman and for being indigenous, as she […]
Extra Edition: A Repeat.
THURSDAY, JULY 16 PROGRAM # 8946 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: A Repeat. Radio Bilingüe is celebrating 40 years of community radio service. Its first station went on the air in Fresno, CA in 1980 with the mission to give access to the airwaves to Latinos in the California’s Central Valley. It eventually became the […]
College Reopening Plans.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 PROGRAM # 8945 12:00 PM PT College Reopening Plans. As coronavirus cases rise to record levels in several states, the Trump administration is pushing for colleges and schools to reopen, even threateing to cut their funds. Higher education leaders are pushing back demanding additional help from Washington to help prevent outbreaks among […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JULY 14 PROGRAM # 8944 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. In response to the Trump administration plans to expel international students if they are unable to attend –in-person classes in the fall, major universities are designing alternative plans to ensure international students can stay in the country and along with a group of states […]
Extra Edition: A Program Repeat.
TUESDAY, JULY 14 PROGRAM # 8943 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: A Program Repeat. With states continuing with reopening plans, many cities are concerned about street crowds and public health and safety over the Covid pandemic. And as states and countries begin to open up. Is it safe to travel by plane? What are the […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JULY 10 PROGRAM # 8941 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Línea Abierta provides a weekly edition to report and provide analysis on top news developments around Mexico. In this collaboration, Martha Elena Ramírez host of the Voz Pública program in Mexico City, facilitates interviews with newsmakers and calls from listeners. Photo: México a través de […]
New Trade Deal Starts. Also, California Ballot.
THURSDAY, JULY 9 PROGRAM # 8940 12:00 PM PT New Trade Deal Starts. The week after the USMCA new trade deal went into effect, official start of the new agreement, replacing NAFTA, Presidents Trump and AMLO meet in Washington to celebrate. The official start of the new agreement takes place in a business climate clouded […]
