Box 35
Container
Contains 87 Results:
Week # 28-99, Air Date 7/11/1999 - 7/17/1999
File — Box: 35, Item: 325
Scope and Contents
Segment #1: "SUPREME COURT RULINGS" (4:33) Latino USA's Michelle Garcia reports on the latest Supreme Court rulings and how they will affect Latinos. Subject Types: Other - Politics Segment #2: "E.U. & LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT" (4:00)Lise Alves reviews the results of an historical economic summit between Latin American countries and the European Union held last June in Rio de Janeiro. Subject Types: Economics Segment #3: "OPERATION PEDRO PAN"...
Dates:
Air Date 7/11/1999 - 7/17/1999
Week # 29-99, Air Date 7/18/1999 - 7/24/1999
File — Box: 35, Item: 326
Scope and Contents
Segment #1: "LEAD POISONING" (5:22) Lex Gillespie reports on how lead poisoning continues to be an environmental hazard and a particular threat to Latino and African American children. Subject Types: Environment Segment #2: "PUERTO RICO UPDATE" (5:47) Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa speaks with Juan Manuel Garcia Passalaqua, a political analyst in San Juan, Puerto Rico, about some issues on the island's political horizon. Subject Types: Other - Politics;...
Dates:
Air Date 7/18/1999 - 7/24/1999
Week # 30-99, Air Date 7/25/1999 - 7/31/1999
File — Box: 35, Item: 327
Scope and Contents
Segment #1: "WELFARE REFORM IN CALIFORNIA" (4:15) Ancel Martinez reports on the challenges the state of California faces in light of federal welfare reforms. Subject Types: Economics; Politics Locations: U.S. Regions - West; States - California Segment #2: "INTERVIEW: RAY SUAREZ" (4:15) Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa speaks with NPR's "Talk Of The Nation" host Ray Suarez about his new book entitled, "The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost In The Great Suburban...
Dates:
Air Date 7/25/1999 - 7/31/1999
Week # 31-99, Air Date 8/1/1999 - 8/7/1999
File — Box: 35, Item: 328
Scope and Contents
Segment #1: "COLOMBIANS IN MIAMI" (4:40) Derek Reveron reports from Miami on why an increasing number of Colombians are seeking political asylum after fleeing economic turmoil and intensified violence in their country. Subject Types: Economics; Politics Locations: U.S. Regions - Southeast; States - Florida; Non-U.S. Regions - South America Segment #2: "COLOMBIA UPDATE" (4:14) Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa speaks with Andres Oppenheimer, author and Miami...
Dates:
Air Date 8/1/1999 - 8/7/1999
Week # 32-99, Air Date 8/8/1999 - 8/14/1999
File — Box: 35, Item: 329
Scope and Contents
Segment #1: "THE OTHER BORDER" (9:37) Latino USA's Maria Martin reports on the difficulties immigrants endure along the Mexico-Guatemala border. Subject Types: Immigration Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Central America; Central American Countries - Guatemala Segment #2: "WRITER LOIDA MARITZA PEREZ" (4:40) Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa speaks with emerging writer Loida Maritza Perez, author of the new novel "Geographies Of Home." Subject Types:...
Dates:
Air Date 8/8/1999 - 8/14/1999
Week # 33-99, Air Date 8/15/1999 - 8/21/1999
File — Box: 35, Item: 330
Scope and Contents
Segment #1: "UNION RECRUITMENT" (5:03) Lex Gillespie reports from Washington D.C. on the growing number of Latino workers being recruited by union organizers. Subject Types: Other - Labor Locations: U.S. Regions - Northeast; States - D.C. Segment #2: "LACK OF BILINGUAL PROFESSIONALS" (4:03) Derek Reveron reports from Miami on the need for truly bilingual professionals in the workforce, especially in business with Latin American countries....
Dates:
Air Date 8/15/1999 - 8/21/1999
Week # 34-99, Air Date 8/22/1999 - 8/28/1999
File — Box: 35, Item: 331
Scope and Contents
Segment #1: "CUBA ANTI-CRIME CAMPAIGN" (5:03) Reese Erlich reports from Havana on the success of recent government measures to curb an increase of crime in Cuba. Subject Types: Other - Crime Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Cuba Segment #2: "LIVING WAGE" (6:05) Lex Gillespie reports on how some workers face the disparity that exists between a minimum wage and a living wage. Subject Types: Economics Segment #3: "Y2K PREPAREDNESS" (3:55)...
Dates:
Air Date 8/22/1999 - 8/28/1999
Week # 35-99, Air Date 8/29/1999 - 9/4/1999
File — Box: 35, Item: 332
Scope and Contents
Segment #1: "PUERTO RICAN PRISONERS CLEMENCY 3-WAY" (7:38) Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa speaks with Chicago attorney Jan Susler, who represents 11 Puerto Rican activists offered clemency by the Clinton administration, and in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with Ivan Roman, bureau chief for the Orlando Sentinel. Subject Types: Other - Prison; Politics Locations: U.S. Regions - Puerto Rico Segment #2: "WORKER SAFETY" (6:23) Lex Gillespie reports on Latinos and...
Dates:
Air Date 8/29/1999 - 9/4/1999
Week # 36-99, Air Date 9/5/1999 - 9/11/1999
File — Box: 35, Item: 333
Scope and Contents
Segment #1: "LATINOS AND WELFARE REFORM" (5:21) Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa speaks with Sonia Perez, a welfare research specialist for the National Council of La Raza, about the current situation of Latino families three years after welfare reform. Subject Types: Economics; Politics Segment #2: "JULIE'S STORY" (2:51) Commentator Claudia Perez brings an update on a former welfare teenage mother. Subject Types: Economics; Women; Youth Segment...
Dates:
Air Date 9/5/1999 - 9/11/1999
Week # 37-99, Air Date 9/12/1999 - 9/18/1999
File — Box: 35, Item: 334
Scope and Contents
Segment #1: "DAY LABORERS" (4:58) Robin Urevich reports on recent efforts by California day laborers to organize. Subject Types: Economics Locations: U.S. Regions - West; Staets - California Segment #2: "WRITER: ELVA TREVIÑO HART" (6:37) Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa speaks with Elva Treviño Hart about her new book "Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child." Subject Types: Arts - Literature; Immigration Segment #3: "MONTERREY...
Dates:
Air Date 9/12/1999 - 9/18/1999