LIVE TV

© 2025 WGCU News

PBS and NPR for Southwest Florida

LIVE TV

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

How MS-13 Makes Money

NPR

Published August 11, 2017 at 4:17 PM EDT

Latino USA producer Marlon Bishop examines the economics of Honduran gangs like MS-13 and the 18th Street gang.

Copyright 2017 NPR

More from WGCU

Government & Politics

IRS furloughs to result in backlogs, delays and long wait times on IRS customer service telephone lines

Tom Hall

Nearly 40,000 IRS employees remain on the job, including 3,500 new customer service representatives who began training on September 22nd. While walk-in Taxpayer Assistance Centers are closed, the IRS customer service telephone lines are still open, although taxpayers and practitioners are reporting difficulty in getting through to an IRS representative. IRS will not respond to correspondence during the shutdown.
Government & Politics

Will America survive the current political discord?

WGCU News

On October 18th, approximately 7-million people united in cities and towns across the country for No King’s Day. Organizers called the event a “non-violence defiance of authoritarianism”.
Arts & Culture

Writers Conference at FGCU is free and open to all

Cary Barbor

The Sanibel Island Writers Conference is back, and it’s free!

Human Interest

Several Sanibel Island roads to briefly close for Saturday race

WGCU Staff

Due to the annual F.I.S.H. "JOG N JAM" 10k/5k Race, several roads on Sanibel Island will be closed briefly on Saturday, November 1.
Trump administration posts notice that no federal food aid will go out Nov. 1

The Associated Press

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1, raising the stakes for families nationwide as the government shutdown drags on.
Arts & Culture

Week of stellar shows includes 'Young Frankenstein' at Belle Theatre in Cape Coral

Tom Hall

This week, four shows open, five close, 11 continue their runs and there are three limited engagements at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters.