PRIVATE SECURITY FORCES TAKE OVER IN IRAQ. All combat troops have withdrawn from Iraq, fulfilling President Obama’s deadline of August 31. Meanwhile, t he State Department has asked Congress to approve funds to more than double the number of private security contractors in Iraq. Private contractors have been denounced by some civil organizations for human rights violations. What does this shift in security mean for Iraqis and for soldiers coming home?

Guests: Micheal Hammer, Spokesman, White House National Security Council, Washington, D.C., www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/nsc ; Francisco Ibarra, Former National Commander, American GI Forum, Seattle, WA, www.agifusa.org ; Rick Reyes, Iraq and Afghanistan Veteran, Los Angeles, CA, http://rethinkafganistan.com/veterans/

YOUTH VOICES ON THE WEB. It’s not often that you read or hear Latino youth voices in mainstream media. Two different projects, in El Paso, Texas, and Chicago, IL, empower Latino teens to write their own stories and put them on the web. In El Paso, Latinitas is the first digital magazine made for and by Latina youth. In Chicago, a group of Latino immigrant youth are creating theater productions and radionovelas that they upload to the internet to help their communities make better health decisions.

Guests: Marisol Guzmán, Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator, Latinitas, El Paso, TX, www.latinitasmagazine.org ; Eliana Grijalva, Reporter, Latinitas, El Paso, TX, www.latinitasmagazine.org ; Ireri Unzueta, Member, Salud: Healing Through the Arts, Chicago, IL, newroutes.org/projects/salud ; Adriana Velásquez, Member, Salud: Healing Through the Arts, Chicago, IL, newroutes.org/projects/salud

READY FOR THE NEXT EMERGENCY? Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, children’s rights activists say most states have not implemented basic protections for children during a natural disaster. They say thousands of children in Louisiana and Mississippi were separated from their parents for months, and tens of thousands missed school, or were diagnosed with clinical depression. Also, reports show that even in Los Angeles, CA, emergency-response providers lack the resources to prepare limited-English speakers for disasters.

Guests: Gabriel Nehrbass, Specialist, Domestic Emergency Program, Save the Children, Bay Saint Louis, MS, www.savethechildren.org ; Lucas Díaz, Director, Puentes New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, http://www.puentesno.org/ ; Dr. Harry Pachon, President, Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, Los Angeles, CA www.trpi.org

MEXICO EDITION. 9,758 Central American migrants were victims of kidnapping and extorsion in Mexico in 2009. The cases were documented by the National Human Rights Commission, which has still not received a response from the Mexican government. Civil organizations accuse Mexican authorities of refusing to receive the list of 1,222 Central Americans who have disappeared in Mexico. After 72 migrants were killed, allegedly by the organized crime group “Las Zetas,” the question is “Who is protecting them?” Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guest: Father Luis Ángel Nieto, Coordinator of Nuestros Lazos de Sangre, Our Blood Ties, Los Angeles, CA.

BASEBALL PROTESTERS TAKE THE FIELD. Baseball fans continue to hold demonstrations and storm the field at Major League Baseball games, to try to move the All-Stars Game from Phoenix, in protest of Arizona's new immigration law. Although Commissioner Bud Selig has said he will not move the game, some columnists say the players themselves could make him change his mind. This edition is a trip to the stadium, with a look at the protests over the All-Stars Game, the history of race and baseball, and an interview with the oldest living ballplayer.

Guests: Gustavo Andrade, Organizing Director, Casa de Maryland, Langley Park, MD, http://www.casademaryland.org/ ; Pepe Lozano, Writer and Blogger, People’s World, Chicago, IL, www.peoplesworld.org ; Emilio Navarro, Former professional baseball player, Negro League Baseball, Ponce, PR, http://www.negroleaguebaseball.com/

HEALTH REFORM: STEP BY STEP. Now that Health Reform is law, what does it mean for real-life uninsured people? Some changes will begin in September of this year, to expand coverage to young adults, and to require new insurance plans to cover more preventive services at no charge. Other provisions, such as the elimination of discrimination for pre-existing health conditions, won't go into effect until 2014. Analysts discuss and break down the benefits of the new health reform law, and what it will mean for the uninsured, taking into account specific real-life cases.

IMMIGRATION EDITION. The $600 million border security bill that Obama recently signed into law will add 1500 more border patrol agents and other law enforcement personnel at the border. The law has prompted the American Immigration Lawyers Association and others to push up their calls for comprehensive immigration reform. Attorney Rosalba Piña, an immigration law expert, hosts this edition from Chicago. Piña also answers listeners questions about the do's and don'ts of applying for residency and naturalization.

Guest: Fernando García, Director, Border Network for Human Rights, El Paso, TX, www.bnhr.org

BREASTFEEDING THE NEXT GENERATION. If 90% of U.S. women breastfed their babies for the first six months of life, hundreds of babies' lives and billions of dollars would be saved, according to research. Although many Latina mothers begin breastfeeding, a high percentage also feed their babies formula. The longer their families have been in the U.S., the more likely it is that Latina mothers will opt for formula. In honor of National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, this edition takes a look at what's needed to help more Latinas breastfeed, for both stay-at-home mothers and those who work outside the home.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this edition of the Voz Pública series from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts the program Voz Pública from Mexico City.

JUSTICE IN THE SUPREME COURT. Mexico’s Supreme Court made international history when it decided that same-sex marriage is constitutional, as is to allow same-sex couples to adopt children. In California, same-sex marriage has also been declared legal, although the decision is being appealed and could reach the U.S. Supreme Court. What other cases might reach the Supreme Court, which now includes Elena Kagan, as the fourth woman to sit on the highest court of the land.