MONDAY,
AUGUST 16.
PROGRAM
# 6181 12:00 PM PST
WHOOPING
COUGH EPIDEMIC. There have been more than seven thousand cases of whooping
cough in the U.S. this year, the worst season for the disease in the past 50
years. The problem is worst in California, where seven infants have died. The
disease is hitting Latino infants more than others. This edition takes a look
at why.
Guests:
Gilberto Chavez, Chief, Center for Infectious Diseases, California Department
of Public Health, Sacramento, CA,
http://www.cdph.ca.gov
; Jane
Delgado, President, National Alliance for Hispanic Health, Washington, DC,
http://www.hispanichealth.org/; Félix Aguilar, Medical
Director, South Central family Health Center, Los Angeles, CA; María Gutiérrez,
Immunization Coordinator, Clinica Sierra Vista, Fresno, CA,
www.clinicasierravista.org.
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 17.
PROGRAM # 6182 12:00 PM PST
WHO
CONTROLS THE NET? The Internet is founded in the concept of network neutrality,
which guarantees that all information posted on the internet is treated equally
and is available to everyone. Yet cable and phone companies that provide
broadband service are attempting to be able to buy and sell the privilege to
make some online content available more quickly than the rest. What does this
mean for Latino internet users who already face the challenge of the digital
divide?
This program is part of our series
“Conéctate,” on the internet and the digital divide.
Guests:
Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, Washington DC,
www.fcc.gov
; Edyael
Casaperalta, Program Associate, Center for Rural Strategies, Elsa, TX,
www.ruralstrategies.org;
Manny Diaz, Vice Chair, Alliance for Digital Equality, Miami, FL,
www.alliancefordigitalequality.org/contact.php;
Milena Velis, Organizer, Media Mobilizing Project, Philadelphia, PA,
http://mediamobilizingproject.org
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 18.
PROGRAM # 6183
12:00 PM PST
WORKERS
TURNED OWNERS. As more and more jobs are being lost in the United States,
worker-owned cooperatives are growing, many following the model of Mondragón
Internacional, a co-op founded in the Basque region
50
years ago with a small technical school, credit union and a small workshop
manufacturing kerosene stoves.
In rural
areas of the U.S., cooperatives are becoming an alternative for some farm
workers turned farmers. In more urban settings, unions such as t
he United
Steelworkers, are seeking to create jobs by setting up sustainable businesses,
owned by workers.
Guests: Michael
Peck, North American Delegate, Mondragón Corporation, Washington, DC,
http://www.mondragon-corporation.com/language/en-US/ENG.aspx;
Sergio Márquez, President, Manzaneros Mexicanos de Washington
Cooperative, Yakima, WA; Luz Bazan Gutierrez, CEO, Center for Latino Farmers,
Yakima, WA; Yvette Zaragoza, Small Business Regional Training and Outreach
Manager, Latino Economic Development Corporation, Wheaton, MD,
www.ledcdc.org.
THURSDAY,
AUGUST 19.
PROGRAM # 6184
12:00 PM PST
JUSTICE IN THE SUPREME COURT.
Mexico’s Supreme Court made international history when it decided that same-sex
marriage is constitutional, as is to allow same-sex couples to adopt children.
In California, same-sex marriage has also been declared legal, although the
decision is being appealed and could reach the U.S. Supreme Court. What other cases
might reach the Supreme Court, which now includes Elena Kagan, as the fourth
woman to sit on the highest court of the land.
Guests: Alejandro Brito Lemus, Director, Letra S (Salud Sexualidad y Sida), Mexico, DF, http://www.letraese.org.mx/ ; Lizette Jenness Olmos, Spokeswoman, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Washington, DC, http://www.lulac.org/ ; Veronica Bayetti Flores, Senior Policy Analyst, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Washington D.C., http://latinainstitute.org ; Estuardo Rodríguez, Spokesman, Hispanics for a Fair Judiciary, Washington, D.C.; Marcia Dávalos, Director of Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, Sacramento, CA
FRIDAY,
AUGUST 20.
PROGRAM
# 6185 12:00 PM PST
MEXICO EDITION. Mexico’s Supreme Court declares a law constitutional that will allow same-sex couples to adopt children. Listeners call in to discuss their viewpoints, with part of the migrant community expressing concern and rejection of the law, while others state that it will help children who have no home, and that it is a social advancement. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.
Guests: Mayra Rojas, Director, Infancia Común, Mexico City, Mexico; Lillian Liberman, Filmmaker, Mexico City, Mexico.
Funds
for Línea Abierta are provided in part by The National Endowment for the Arts,
The California Endowment, the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, the William and
Flora Hewlett Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, and the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting.