MONDAY, JANUARY 16.

PROGRAM # 6582  12:00 PM PT

HOLIDAY EDITION: BLACK-BROWN BRIDGES. As immigrant communities in Alabama and other states experience a civil rights crisis, veteran African American leaders have stepped up to march with Latinos against anti-immigration laws. On the national holiday to remember civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., this pre-recorded edition takes a look at other bridges between Black and Brown communities: popular African-American singers sang decades ago in Spanish to reach out to Latino audiences, and the ways in which young Latino musicians are using African and African-American rhythms to create new music for all audiences.

Guests: James Early, Director of Cultural Heritage Policy, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Washington, DC, www.folklife.si.edu; Quetzal Flores, Musician, Grupo Quetzal, Los Angeles, CA, http://quetzaleastla.com.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17.

PROGRAM # 6583   12:00 PM PT

HATE RADIO. A new report from the National Hispanic Media Coalition explores how hate groups and hate crimes have spiked while hate radio's popularity and reach have grown across the country. The report details hundreds of consumer complaints to the Federal Communications Commission against powerful talk radio stations. The complaints allege that radio announcers used racist, hate terminology against African-Americans, Jews, and Latinos, and in some cases, encouraged physical violence against people from these groups.

Guest: Alex Nogales, President, National Hispanic Media Coalition, Pasadena, CA, www.nhmc.org.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18.

PROGRAM # 6584  12:00 PM PT

MEXICO EDITION. “No Más PRI” is the name of a new campaign to be launched by Mexican cartoonists in this 2012 election year, according to renowned cartoonist Eduardo del Río, “Rius,” who won the National Journalism Prize in November. In 2011, Rius and other cartoonists published in Mexican media a series of cartoons to protest the deaths left by President Felipe Calderón’s fight against organized crime. The writer of more than 100 books and comics, such as Los Agachados and Los Supermachos, says the slogan and image will be the same as the campaign “No Más Sangre” (No More Blood), but it will now be against the political party PRI and perhaps also the PAN party. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guest: Eduardo Del Río García, “Rius”, Cuernavaca, Morelos.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19.

PROGRAM # 6585  12:00 PM PT    

HEALTH ACTION 2012: DAY ONE, FIRST HOUR. Health advocates from around the country come together near Capitol Hill to discuss the next steps for
implementing the Affordable Care Act. One of the questions on the table: who will be considered a “navigator” to help put people understand the new health insurance system: community health promoters or insurance brokers?

Linea Abierta broadcasts live an extended edition from Radio Row at the conference site for two days. This first hour includes interviews with public officials, community health care promoters, and health care justice activists.

Guests: Mayra Álvarez, Director of Public Health Policy in the Office of Health Reform, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., www.hhs.gov; Alma “Chely” Romero, Director in Northern California, Visión y Compromiso, El Cerrito, CA, www.visionycompromiso.org; Miriam Hernández, Supervisor, Visión y Compromiso, and Providence Center for Community Health Improvement, Los Angeles, CA; Fanny Ballester, Vice President, Hispanic Health Initiatives, Casselberry, FL; and Brenda Serrano, Hispanic Health Initiatives, Casselberry, FL.

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PROGRAM # 6586  1:00 PM PT    

HEALTH ACTION 2012: DAY ONE, SECOND HOUR. This second hour of a two-hour extended edition of Linea Abierta, live from Radio Row at the Health Action 2012 summit on Capitol Hill, includes details of Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius’ speech at the conference, an interview with a top spokesperson for the Democratic Party regarding the Supreme Court case surrounding the Affordable Care Act, and with a security expert about efforts to stop the trafficking of illegal prescription drugs. Listeners call in to share their concerns and hopes about the Affordable Care Act.

Guests: Ricardo Ramírez, Spokesperson, Democratic National Committee, Washington, D.C., www.democrats.org; Celina Realuyo, Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs, Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University, and President, CBR Global Advisors LLC, Washington, D.C., www.cbrglobal.com.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20.

PROGRAM # 6587   12:00 PM PT   

HEALTH ACTION 2012: DAY TWO, FIRST HOUR. This year is critical for the movement for health care coverage for all. The constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act will be brought before the Supreme Court, funding for different components of the law will remain under attack in Congress, and state legislatures will vote on funding to implement the health reform law. This first hour of the second day of live reporting from Radio Row at Health Action 2012 on Capitol Hill includes conversations with leading health experts and advocates.

Guests: Marlon Cuellar, Program Manager, Health & Human services, The California Endowment, San Francisco, CA, www.calendow.org ; Alejandra Gepp, Associate Director, Institute for Hispanic Health, National Council of La Raza, Washington, D.C., www.nclr.org ; Diana Varela, Spokesperson, Social Security Administration, Washington, D.C., www.ssa.gov

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PROGRAM # 6588  1:00 PM PT     

HEALTH ACTION 2012: DAY TWO, SECOND HOUR. As more and more segments of the Affordable Care Act go into effect, health advocates come together on Capitol Hill to discuss how to protect Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, as well as how to secure the funds necessary for the reform law. In this fourth hour of a special edition from Radio Row at the Health Action 2012 conference in Washington, D.C., advocates speak about issues facing the health reform law.

Guests: Diana Varela, Spokesperson, Social Security Administration, Washington, D.C., www.ssa.gov; Josephine Mercado, Founder and Executive Director, Hispanic Health Initiatives, Casselberry, FL; Cary Sanders,Director of Policy Analysis and the Having Our Say Coalition, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, Oakland, CA, www.cpehn.org.

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