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Candidate Forum: TJ Cox in Conversation with Voters.
Línea Abierta hosted a roundtable with residents and voters of California’s District 21, a hotspot in the battle for Congress.
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 PROGRAM # 8405 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: Oswaldo Vazquez/Facebook For more information about Linea Abierta click here To visit Linea Abierta audio archives go to archivosderb.org
Small Farming Town Tightens Regulations on Oil Industry
Despite strong opposition from the powerful oil industry, the city council of Arvin, California, decided to reform an old municipal ordinance to place limits on the drilling of new wells near schools, clinics and residential areas.
Cruelty Reported in Federal Immigration Raid in Nebraska and Minnesota
As part of a large-scale raid, immigration agents have arrested more than 130 immigrant workers and 14 owners and managers of businesses in Nebraska and Minnesota.
In a Populous Texas County, Latinos and African-Americans Are Now the Majority of Voters
In Harris County and its seat of Houston, a remarkable electoral shift has been reported. According to official figures, Latinos and African-Americans now make up the majority of those registered to vote in this populous region.
(Español) Bajo custodia federal todavía 565 niños inmigrantes separados de sus padres
(Español) Nadie sabe la ubicación de sus padres, muchos de los cuales han sido ya deportados, lo que muy bien puede significar la pérdida para siempre de sus hijos que pasarían al sistema de adopción estadunidense, como ha venido sucediendo silenciosamente desde hace más de una década.
Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. Also, “A La Mar.”
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 PROGRAM # 8404 12:00 PM PT Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. The Smithsonian Folkways Tradiciones series releases this week an album celebrating the story of women in mariachi music and the groundbreaking role Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles has played in this resurgent musical movement. In its nearly 25 years, the all-female […]
(Español) Negligencia institucional podría estar envenenado a los niños
(Español) Este viernes un jurado de California encontró responsable a Monsanto en una demanda presentada por Dewayne Johnson, jardinero de una escuela, quien dijo que los herbicidas de la compañía Monsanto, incluido Roundup y otros que contienen glifosato le causaron cáncer.
Midterm Election Watch.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 PROGRAM # 8403 12:00 PM PT Midterm Election Watch. An initiative in November’s Florida ballot seeks to restore the right to vote to 1.5 million of formerly incarcerated people. And Latino groups are reaching out to Puerto Ricans living in continental US after reports that a majority of the hurricane-displaced Puerto Ricans […]
(Español) Algunos resultados de las primarias del martes
(Español) Otra contienda que resulta llamativa a es la de la candidata demócrata de Vermont, Christine Hallquist, quien podría convertirse en la primer gobernador transgénero de la nación, con un mensaje que incluye el salario mínimo más alto y Medicare para Todos.
Noticias
- Angela Davis: Aretha Franklin "Will Forever Animate Our Collective Sense of Desire for Change" August 17, 2018
- Angela Davis: Aretha Franklin Offered to Post Bail for Me, Saying "Black People Will Be Free" August 17, 2018
- Respect: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin, an Icon of the Civil Rights & Feminist Movements August 17, 2018
- Headlines for August 17, 2018 August 17, 2018
- "I'm Bringing My Bullhorn to Congress": Rashida Tlaib Poised to Become First Muslim Congresswoman August 16, 2018
