Linea Abierta Programming: July 29, 2024

MONDAY, JULY 29
PROGRAM #10451 12:00 PM PT

Harris vs. Trump: A Tight Race. Vice President Harris and former President Trump are engaged in a heated battle to gain the Latino vote. Civil rights organizations are warning about widespread attacks with racist and xenophobic overtones. What are the stakes in this election? How are the new voters reacting to the new situation?

Guests: David R. Ayón Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Author of “Power Shift,” Research Associate, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Jaime Florez, Hispanic Outreach and Communications Director, Republican National Committee, Miami, FL; Miguel Cardona, US Secretary of Education, Washington, DC.

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TUESDAY, JULY 30
PROGRAM #10452 11:00 AM PT

Extra Edition: Homeless Camps. One month after the Supreme Court conservative majority ruled allowing civil and criminal penalties for camping in public areas, California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies to clear homeless encampments. What to expect from California’s action?

Guest: Miguel Carrera, Housing Justice Organizer, Coalition On Homelessness, San Francisco, CA.

Farm Worker Housing. Senior farmworker housing is approved in Half Moon Bay after years of advocacy and a tragic mass shooting last year that left seven people dead and revealed inhuman housing conditions for the farmworkers.

Guest: Cassandra Garibay, Housing Reporter, El Tímpano, Oakland, CA.

Inspecting Worker Housing. California’s Department of Housing employs just three inspectors to oversee all employer-provided housings. According to a journalistic investigation, due to understaffing, issues such as overcrowding are rarely caught by the inspectors, and when they do, employers face few consequences such as citations. These and other findings are part of a recent news story in Sacramento.

Guests: Felicia Mello, Lead Reporter, Cal-Matters, Sacramento, CA; Antonio Bravo, Profiled Worker, Michoacan, MX.

PROGRAM #10453 12:00 PM PT

Immigration Edition. Worried about the outcome of the 2024 election, congressional Democrats urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to ensure DACA recipients can actually access health insurance provided under the Affordable Care Act when they become eligible in November by reaching out to inform them during the enrollment period. In other news, since the last presidential election, about 3.5 million people have become naturalized U.S. citizens; according to a survey, most of them say they will vote in the November election; the majority are women, Mexican, young or middle-aged, and show a high interest in voting, concerned about the high cost of living, immigration and democracy. Finally, the use of force against immigrants is again the subject of a hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center. Immigrants detained at that facility are demanding immediate deportation and transfers to their home states rather than continued detention there, where it is reported that the mentally ill are placed in solitary confinement for periods double or triple the national average, among other things. A community organizer explains.

Guests: Nancy Flores, Deputy Director, National Partnership for New Americans, Milwaukee, WI; Alexis Manzanilla, Health Policy Researcher, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, Berkeley, CA; Maru Mora Villalpando, Community Organizer and Founder, La Resistencia, Seattle, WA.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 31
PROGRAM #10454 12:00 PM PT

Venezuela Election Results. Venezuelans went to the polls on Sunday. President Nicolás Maduro, seeking a third term, is facing opposition candidate Edmundo González, a match that is closely watched in the region. political analysts comment on the results. What does the outcome mean for the country and how does it impact the region, including the US. With millions of Venezuelans migrating in recent years and immigration a hot topic ahead of the U.S. presidential election, how is the news being received in the U.S.?

Guests: Andreína Chávez Alava, Venezuelan Journalist and Editor, Venezuelanalysis, Caracas, VE; Alejandro Velasco, Professor of Latin American History, New York University-NYU, Author of “Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Political and the making of modern Venezuela” and former Executive Editor, NACLA Report on the Americas, New York, NY.

Cost of Living: Top Concern. New poll among Coloradans reveals that the cost of housing and health care and the cost of living are top concerns for the state citizens. How are local and state officials responding to these concerns and bringing relief?

Guest: Virginia Garcia Ovejero, Spokesperson, The Colorado Health Foundation, Aurora, CO.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1
PROGRAM #10455 11:00 AM PT

Extra Edition: Hurricane Beryl: The Aftermath. (Program Repeat). It’s been several days since Hurricane Beryl hit, and millions of people in Houston are still without power, internet, and gas. A dangerous heat wave is scorching the area, and it’s clear that power needs to be restored as soon as possible. How long will it take to restore power for everyone? What do we know about the power outages? What are the consequences on people? Who is getting emergency aid? This archival program was originally aired on Jul 17, 2024.

Guests: Alejandra Martinez, Environment Reporter, Texas Tribune, Austin, TX; Luis Sanchez, Press Secretary, Climate Power En Acción, New York, NY.

Bird Flu Cases Double Up in Colorado. Five workers at a poultry farm in northeastern Colorado have tested positive for avian flu, bringing the known number of cases in the United States to nine. The H5N1 virus has been spreading among poultry farms around the world for nearly 30 years, while in the United States, H5N1 made an unprecedented shift this year, “jumping” to dairy cattle. A reporter explains why this shift represents a major threat, how the H5N1 virus was detected in this recent outbreak, what the aftermath has been among the workforce and other related issues.

Guest: Paula Andalo, News Editor, KFF Health News, Silver Spring, MD.

PROGRAM #10456 12:00 PM PT

Vaquita, Totoaba: World Heritage in Danger. UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee renewed its call for urgent action to protect the critically endangered vaquita in Mexico. With an estimated population of six to eight individuals, the vaquita faces imminent extinction due to entrapment in nets used for illegal shrimp and totoaba fishing. The Gulf of California, the vaquita’s only home, is on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Ocean conservation groups talk about this and about the efforts to support and involve local fishermen and train local youth to develop sustainable fishing and help the Mexican cetacean survive. On a related note, a grassroots Latina organization surveyed Latinos and found that Latinos across the US strongly support restoring the ocean to protect marine life against illegal fishing.

Guests: Enrique Sanjurjo, Director, Pesca ABC, La Paz, Baja California Sur, MX; Víctor Rodríguez, Communications Coordinator, ProNatura Noroeste, Ensenada, MX; Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš, Founder and Executive Director, Azul, San Francisco, CA.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2
PROGRAM #10457 12:00 PM PT

Mexico Edition. Two top leaders of Mexico’s drug cartels were arrested in Texas; Mexican President López Obrador sends a letter to presidential candidate Donald Trump asking him to reconsider his plans on immigration and import tariffs against Mexico; and AMLO delivered a presidential report on the case of the 43 disappeared students. Also, the Mexican government asked the Venezuelan authorities to publicly announce the election results, calling for restraint and caution in the demonstrations, as well as respect for the popular sovereignty of the Venezuelan people. These and other news are reported and discussed in this program.

Guests: Jesús García, Editor and Writer, La Opinión/El Diario, Milwaukee, WI; Cristina Bautista, the mother of Benjamín Asencio Bautista, one of the missing Ayotzinapa students, Mexico City, MX; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.