Tag Archives: Health
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JULY 9 PROGRAM # 9313 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. The three trade representatives from Mexico, the US and Canada met in Mexico City to mark the first year of TMEC. They agreed in celebrating the economic growth under the agreement and comparing integration to a hamburger, where meat comes from Mexico, lettuce from […]
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 […]
Deadly Heat Wave. Also, Early Wildfires.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7 PROGRAM # 9310 12:00 PM PDT Deadly Heat Wave. A deadly heat wave is scorching the Pacific Northwest, an area that’s largely unprepared to deal with weather like the current record-breaking temperatures. Dozens have died, power cables have melted, and roads have buckled because of the unprecedented heat wave. Migrant workers are bearing […]
Extra Edition: One Dollar Health Insurance. Also, “Combat COVID.”
THURSDAY, JULY 1 PROGRAM # 9304 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: One Dollar Health Insurance. Thousands of Californians who received unemployment insurance benefits in 2021 may be able to get health care coverage under Covered California for as low as $1 per month. This announcement comes days after the US Supreme Court rejected the latest […]
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 […]
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 […]
California Reopens, Pushes Vaccines. Also, Cartoons against Covid.
THURSDAY, JUNE 24 PROGRAM # 9298 12:00 PM PDT California Reopens, Pushes Vaccines. While California is celebrating the full reopening of businesses and activities, health officials are ramping up vaccination and offering vaccines to kids as young as 12. Is the Covid pandemic over in California? When should we wear a mask? Are vaccines required […]
Extra Edition: Covid Variants.
THURSDAY, JUNE 17 PROGRAM # 9290 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: “Get the Vaccine, Prudencio.” A renowned poet, writer and performer got together former students, formed the theater group “La Familia Feliz,” and is now touring small towns around the Central Valley performing the play “Vacúnate, Prudencio.” In the story, the family succeeds in pressuring […]
Extra Edition: California Reopening Today.
TUESDAY, JUNE 15 PROGRAM # 9287 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: California Reopening Today. California reopens the economy today, June 15, removing restrictions for most businesses and activities after 15 months of emergency measures. What will change starting today? What are the new mask and social distancing rules? What about the new Covid testing rules? […]
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 […]
