Civil RIghts and Wrongs for May 10, 2022

This Tuesday we’ll have a special edition of the show.  In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we will listen to excerpts from a new podcast called “Asian in Austin.”  The hosts are Sandra Pham and Minh Vu, who identify as Vietnamese Americans.  Their stories are two of the many that they plan to feature in coming months.  Sandra and Minh share touching, deeply personal accounts of their own experiences growing up in Texas as children of immigrant parents, and offer perceptive insights into their own experiences as Asian Americans.

Later we’ll hear from Austin Sanders, Staff Writer for the Austin Chronicle.  Austin reports on a pilot program approved by City Council this past Thursday that will provide a guaranteed income to 85 qualifying households for a 12-month period.  Unlike most other government assistance programs, cash received under this program will be unrestricted.  In addition, we hear about how the Austin Firefighters Association succeeded in keeping arbitration as an option in upcoming wage negotiations.

A quick editorial note: May 31^st will be the final episode of Civil Rights and Wrongs.