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Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JUNE 15 PROGRAM # 8360 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts the program Voz Pública from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments. Photo: unclineberger.org For more information about Linea Abierta click here To visit Linea Abierta audio archives go to archivosderb.org
Supreme Court Gives Ohio Green Light to Purge Voter Rolls
This week, the Supreme Court ruled that Ohio may continue eliminating voters who have not cast a ballot in six years from voter rolls. This practice, implemented in the state for more than two decades, was questioned by voters’ rights organizations that accuse the state of suppressing the vote of poor people and people of color.
Companies Charged with Wage Theft
California labor authorities slapped the cleaning company Magic Touch with over $4 million in fines for wage theft. The violations include paying workers less than minimum wage and failure to pay overtime or provide mandatory breaks.
House Republicans Announce Votes on Immigration
Amid debates within the Republican party between the hard-line faction and a small group calling for a vote in the House to address the DACA crisis, Republican leadership announced it will allow voting next week on two bills.
Health Care and Tax Relief.
THURSDAY, JUNE 14 PROGRAM # 8359 12:00 PM PT Health Care and Tax Relief. In the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration urges the courts to end the Obamacare rule that requires insurers to provide coverage for the sick, claiming protections for preexisting conditions are unconstitutional. Texas and several Republican states […]
(Español) Fiscalía de Nueva York demanda a Trump por amplias violaciones a la ley
(Español) La Fundación Trump es poco más que una chequera para pagos ilegales de Trump o sus negocios a organizaciones sin fines de lucro. “Esta no es la forma en que las fundaciones privadas deberían funcionar y mi oficina tiene la intención de responsabilizar a la fundación Trump por su uso indebido de los bienes caritativos”.
(Español) La sombra del autoritarismo
(Español) A ello se suma su política de “cero tolerancia” a quienes vienen buscando asilo tras huir de una violencia sin cuartel en países vecinos. De hecho, se reporta que menores de meses de nacidos e infantes han sido arrebatados a sus padres como parte de su cruel política migratoria.
(Español) Sessions cierra la puerta a víctimas de pandillas que Estados Unidos ayudó a crear, a cuenta de los niños
(Español) Hoy se realizarán en todo el país eventos de Families Belong Together / La Familias Pertenecen Juntas, “para oponerse a la separación cruel, inhumana e injustificada de los niños arrancados de sus padres en las fronteras de Estados Unidos con México”,
Of Primaries and Voter Purges.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 PROGRAM # 8358 12:00 PM PT Of Primaries and Voter Purges. On the day after the primaries in Nevada, Virginia and other states, a journalist comments on the election in Nevada, focusing on the gubernatorial races, the climate surrounding the battle for a US Senate seat, and the prospects for the Energy […]
(Español) Paul Ryan anuncia voto de DACA la próxima semana y así mata ‘petición de descargo’
(Español) La última ronda de negociaciones se produjo cuando la solicitud de aprobación de los moderados parecía estar perdiendo fuerza. Creían contar con los representantes Dennis Ross y Dan Newhouse para las firmas de la petición de descargo que faltaban.
Noticias
- Rev. William Barber: Jeff Sessions Using Religion to Justify Family Separations Is "Biblical Heresy" June 15, 2018
- Rev. William Barber: U.S. Policies on Healthcare, Poverty Are Immoral & a Threat to Democracy June 15, 2018
- Blistering U.N. Report: Trump Administration's Policies Designed to Worsen Poverty & Inequality June 15, 2018
- Lawyer: Jeff Sessions' Attacks on Migrant Domestic Violence Survivors Drags U.S. Back to "Dark Ages" June 15, 2018
- Headlines for June 15, 2018 June 15, 2018
