MONDAY, JULY 23

PROGRAM # 5191. 12:00 PDT.

CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE. A Senate committee approved a plan to expand health insurance for children of low-income working families, paving the way for a clash with President Bush. What’s the future of health care plans for uninsured children?

Guest: Geraldine Henrich-Koenis, Spokesperson, Family USA Foundation, Washington, DC.

ALSO, DEADLY CANAL. To save water, the federal government is lining with concrete the All American Canal, a waterway that carries water from the Colorado River. When the lining is completed, water will flow faster, and the canal sides will be steeper. The canal runs parallel to the Mexican border and is crossed by many undocumented migrants. Critics say the lining will lead to an increase in canal drownings.

Guest: Rudy Maldonado, former board member and employee, Imperial Irrigation District, Calexico, CA.

TUESDAY, JULY 24

PROGRAM # 5192. 12:00 PDT.

MILITARY FAMILIES. Longer deployments, the continued chaos in Baghdad, and the growing death toll are eroding the morale of military families according to experts. Opinion polls show that most military members and their families think the invasion in Iraq is going badly. What impact are these shifting opinions having on the war in Iraq? What help is available for family members of deployed soldiers to cope with long deployments and post-war trauma?

Guests: Rossana Cambrón, Military Families Speak Out, California; Gloria Dittmer, Military Families Speak Out, CA www.mfso.org

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25

PROGRAM # 5193. 12:00 PDT.

TEXAS EDITION – FAMILIES SEPARATED. A Human Rights Watch report titled "Forced Apart: Families Separated and Immigrants Harmed by U.S. Deportation Policy" analyzes the effects of the deportation of hundreds of thousands on families and communities in the U.S. These deportation policies that have separated 1.6 million children and adults are "cruel and senseless," says the group.

Guest: Jamie Fellner, Director, Human Rights Watch - US Program, New York, NY.

THURSDAY, JULY 26

PROGRAM # 5194. 12:00 PDT.

GUADALAJARA SIMULCAST: TRES POR UNO. This is a cross-border simulcast with the three-station network of Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara, México. In this edition, leaders of Jalisciense clubs in the U.S. and state government representatives discuss plans to help develop basic utility services in hometowns of Jalisco émigrés. Under the local development project, called Tres por Uno, government agencies match funds provided by émigré community-based organizations. This is a follow up to a recent town hall meeting in Los Angeles.

Guests: David Villalpando, Clubes Jaliscienses de Oregon, Portland, OR; Jesús Alberto González, president, Federación de Clubes Jaliscienses del Norte de California, Modesto, CA. 

FRIDAY, JULY 27

PROGRAM # 5195. 12:00 PDT.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. Ramírez interviews community activist José Antonio de la Cruz, with the NGO Voces Ciudadanas, on the detention and imprisonment of attorney Santiago Pérez Alvarado, a well-known human rights activist and leader of the Mazahua indigenous community. She also interviews oppositionist commentator Mario Di Constanzo on the case of Zhenli Ye Gon, a wealthy businessman linked to drug trafficking and the Calderon administration.

PROGRAM # 5196. 13:00 PDT.

PUERTO RICO EDITION. In this pre-taped edition from San Juan, PR, WRTU’s Wanda Colón Cortés, brings news and analysis on major developments in the Caribbean basin.