MONDAY, JANUARY 23.

PROGRAM # 6589  12:00 PM PT

THE HEALTH LAW : A REPEAT. 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. This is a repeat edition of the fourth hour of a special edition of Línea Abierta from Radio Row at the Health Action 2012 conference in Washington, D.C.

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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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24.

PROGRAM # 6590   12:00 PM PT

DEPORTATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. The U.S. has deported over 160,000 immigrants without giving them access to a lawyer or allowing them a day in court, over the past decade. Meanwhile, those who do get a day in court are often poorly represented. According to a recent report in New York, almost half of immigrants with lawyers received inadequate representation. What can be done to solve this problem?

Guest: Claudia Slovinsky, Immigration attorney and co-author of report “Accessing Justice”, New York, NY, http://www.cardozolawreview.com/content/denovo/NYIRS_Report.pdf.

ALSO, “BOOK BAN” IN TUCSON. After Arizona banned Mexican American Studies programs in state schools, the Tucson Unified School Board removed ethnic studies books from classrooms and reportedly told teachers to stop teaching anything involving race or oppression. Hundreds of people are calling for the board to return books from off-site storage and allow students to access them easily.

Guests: Lupita Cavazos-García, Assistant Superintendent, Tuscon Unified School District, Tucson, AZ, www.tusd1.org; Norma González, Teacher of Native American Studies, Tuscon Unified School District, Tucson, AZ, http://www.tusd1.org/contents/depart/native/index.asp.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25.

PROGRAM # 6591  12:00 PM PT

MEXICO EDITION. A drought is affecting 19 states in the country. Small rural farmers left Mexico City after three days in which they protested because of the high electrical bills that have drowned them in debt, the increase in cost of diesel, the fact that small subsidies of $1200 pesos per hectare have not been given to everyone, and they lack the money to buy seeds and fertilizer. Mexico’s president Felipe Calderón ordered that 34 billion pesos be given to farmers, but agricultural leaders say the funds are insufficient to stop the devastation in the countryside. Also, writer and journalist Ricardo Montejano, speaks about the farm struggles of Rubén Jaramillo, of the Army of the South, commanded by Mexican Revolution hero, Emiliano Zapata. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Artemio Silva, Caholán, Palmarito, Puebla; Alonso Suvías Fino, Jesús Carpio Gardel, Benito Juárez, and Humberto Grijalva Nevares, Ciudad Madera, Chihuahua; Miguel Castillo García, Cusiguriachi, Chihuahua (the former were pretaped interviews); and Ricardo Montejano, writer and host of the program Cosas de Indios, and producer of Pueblo de Patinetas, Radio Educación, Mexico City, Mexico.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26.

PROGRAM # 6592  12:00 PM PT     

BULLET TRAIN TROUBLES. The high speed train planned to race through California’s Central Valley and along its coast could help reduce traffic on highways and air pollution in communities. But estimated costs keep going up, and a recent report says the train could be an immense financial risk. What do Latinos who live along the train’s projected rails have to say about the project?

Guests: José Martínez, Los Angeles to San Diego Regional Program Manager, California High-Speed Rail Authority, Santa Ana, CA , www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov; Nadia Naik, Co-founder, Californians Advocating Responsible Rail Design, Palo Alto, CA, http://www.calhsr.com/; Steven Lopez, Reprentative, Operating Engineers Local Union 3, Stockton, CA, http://www.oe3.org.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27.

PROGRAM # 6593   12:00 PM PT    

DEBATE IN FLORIDA. Republican presidential candidates debate in Jacksonville, Florida, at a conference organized by Jeb Bush’s Hispanic Leadership Network. As the candidates vie for a position to go up against President Obama in November, how are they catering to the Latino vote? This edition analyzes last night’s debate with top leaders from different factions within the Republican Party.

Guests: Jose Luis "Joe" Penalosa, Immigration Attorney, Phoenix, AZ; Adolfo Franco, Republican Strategist, Washington, DC; Maria Cardona, Democratic Strategist, Dewey Square Group, Washington, D.C., http://deweysquare.com/maria-cardona ; Nancy López, News Production Intern, Radio Bilingüe, www.radiobilingue.org

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