Do we need to re-think our safety net strategies?

As more americans experience poverty, do we need to re-think our safety net strategies? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the anti-poverty movement and innovative strategies for building wealth. Our guests say our current policies penalize people who get jobs and make economic gains, keeping families locked in poverty. As the wealth gap continues to widen, have we pathologized poverty? Would a new framing change the way we think? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What does it take to create class mobility? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan, and you.

Guests:
Maurice Lim Miller, founder of the Family Independence Initiative

Carla Javits, executive director of The Roberts Enterprise Development Fund

Anne Stuhldreher, senior fellow at New America Foundation

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week we'll continue discussing coverage of the massive protests in Wisconsin and the historic uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. We will also talk about the recent House vote to ban federal funding to Planned Parenthood. We will be joined by RH Reality's Jodi Jacobson, Aljazeera's Richard Gizbert and Milwaukee Labor Press' Dominique Paul Noth. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Jodi Jacobson, Editor-in-Chief, RH Reality Check.

Richard Gizbert, the host of Listening Post on Aljazeera International

Dominique Paul Noth, The Milwaukee Labor Press

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What's in store for the future of public education?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with education historian Diane Ravitch. She served as assistant secretary of education under George H.W. Bush and is the author of the bestselling The Death and Life of the Great American School System. Teachers are under attack, school budgets are being slashed, and President Obama and Republicans are moving toward a possible compromise on education reform. What would you like to see reformed? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Diane Ravitch, education professor at NYU and author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

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What do unions need to do to save themselves?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the future of unions. Anti-union legislation is being introduced across the country and the future of organized labor is on the line. So what can unions do to change public opinion and make themselves more popular? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is your opinion of unions? And what can they do to convince skeptics that they're relevant? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Fernando Gapasin, co-author of Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice

Peter Rachleff, professor of labor history at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota

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How would Governor Jerry Brown's budget change California?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the proposed California budget. The proposal includes $12.7 billion cuts in education and social services as well as an extension of current tax rates. Who'll be hit hardest--and who does it let off the hook? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. With the state facing a $26.6 billion budget gap, how should the state balance its budget? What do you welcome about the governor's plan? And what worries you? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Jim Lindburg, California Budget analysts with the Friends Committee on Legislation.

Chase Davis, an investigative reporter focusing on money and politics for California Watch

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What's in store for foster care in California?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the state's 75,000 foster children. Many of the proposed budget cuts would drastically reduce funding for foster care services. One out of four foster kids is jailed within two years after leaving foster care. What will it take to help these children? Will recently passed legislation around reforming the system help? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do foster kids want? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:

Sam Cobbs, executive director of First Place for Youth

Sokhom Mao, former foster youth

Vernita Hubbard, former foster youth

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of President Obama's budget and the massive protests in response to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's proposal to eliminate collective bargaining for public employees. We'll also discuss the protests and media blackout in Iran. We'll be joined by McClatchy's Kevin Hall, Milwaukee Labor Press' Dominque Paul Noth and Wall Street Journal's Farnaz Fassihi joins us from Beirut. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Kevin Hall, the National Economics Correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers

Farnaz Fassihi, the deputy bureau chief of Middle East and Africa for The Wall Street Journal

Dominique Paul Noth, editor of Milwaukee Labor Press

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Are animals organizing resistance to humans?

When confined animals trample their trainers or escape from their cages, are they accidents? Or are they resisting? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Jason Hribal, author of Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance. He argues that confined animals rebel with intent and purpose on a daily basis. Chimps escape their cages, circus elephants attack their trainers, tigers refuse to perform. Is this evidence of organized resistance? Is there a difference between human and animal resistance? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Jason Hribal, author of Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance

Colleen Kinzey, general curator at the Oakland Zoo

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Who are California's homeless youth?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the realities of being young and homeless. According to a new report from the CA Homeless Youth Project, there are 200,000 homeless youth in CA and only 1,000 beds. Where are the rest going? Why do kids end up on the street? And why are so few services available? What can we do to help homeless youth? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Donnie Lumpkins, formerly homeless, now works for Youth Outlook at New America Media

Ginny Puddefoot, director of the California Homeless Youth Project

Sharon Hawkins Laydon, co-founder and executive director of YEAH, a youth shelter in Berkeley

John Casey, program director of the Bay Area Covenant House California, a shelter in Oakland

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Who benefits from government subsidies?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about subsidies. Oil production is one of the most heavily subsidized businesses in America. The tax breaks average about 4 billion dollars a year. Meanwhile, ten percent of America's largest farms receive almost three-fourths of federal farm subsidies. So how do subsidies affect the economy? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Why do subsidies matter? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Timothy Wise, director of the Research and Policy Program at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University.

Steve Kretzmann, executive director of Oil Change International!

Robert Weismann, president of Public Citizen.

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How are food banks faring?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the challenges facing food banks and the services they provide. Individual donations to food banks are down, but demand is on the rise. Some food banks are actually expanding and hiring. They're also providing fresh produce to the community. How are they doing it? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. From food banks to community gardens--what is the best way to meet our community's food needs? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:

Sue Sigler, executive director of the California Association of Food Banks

Willy Elliott-McCrea, executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz

Brian Higgins, communications director for the Alameda County Community Food Bank

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll continue our coverage of the historic uprising in Egypt. What role is the U.S. playing? And how is the press covering U.S. foreign policy in the region? We will be joined by BBC's Kim Ghattas, independent journalist Reese Erlich and Inter Press Service's Emad Mackey. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Kim Khattas, the BBC State Department correspondent

Emad Mackey, a reporter for Inter Press Service based in Cairo.

Reese Erlich, a veteran journalist who has reported for a variety of print and radio outlets including San Francisco Chronicle, and National Public Radio

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Why are so many people in the Gulf region getting sick?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with toxicologist Riki Ott about the human health epidemic she is witnessing in the Gulf since the BP oil disaster. How much (or how little) do we know about the health effects of oil and dispersants? How much is being covered up? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. The EPA says dispersants are safe. So what explains the rise in health problems? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Riki Ott, marine biologist, toxicologist, and author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Robin Young, co-founder of Guardians of the Gulf in Orange Beach, Alabama

Dr. Rodney Soto, physician in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

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How will future generations live with global warming?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Mark Hertsgaard, author of Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth. He was inspired by his daughter, whose generation will inherit the consequences of climate change. So what's in store for the planet in the next 50 years? And what can we do about it? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we prepare future generations for the climate changes they will face? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guest:

Mark Hertsgaard, independent journalist and author of Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth

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For corporations, how much power is too much?

At what point do you know that a corporation has too much power? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Barry Lynn author of Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction. He says if America is to survive economically and politically, the modern day monopolists should be broken up. Are there ways to counter economic concentration? Join us at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What tools do we have as citizens to fight back? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:

Barry Lynn is director of the Markets, Enterprise, and Resiliency Initiative, and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation

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Who are history's unknown heroes and heroines?

On the next Your Call, we'll read between the lines of history and talk about the men and women who changed the world around them, but who are mostly unknown. We'll speak with David Talbot, author of the book series, Pulp History, and Belva Davis, San Francisco's first black female broadcast journalist. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What unsung historical and contemporary heroes and heroines do you think deserve recognition? It's Your Call, with Holly Kernan, and you.

Guests:

David Talbot, co-founder of Salon.com and author of Devil Dog in the series, Pulp History

Belva Davis, San Francisco's first black female broadcast journalist and author of Never in My Wildest Dreams

Karen Korematsu, co-founder of the Korematsu Institute and daughter of Fred Korematsu

Betty Reid Soskin, ranger at the Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the unprecedented uprising in Egypt and the government's efforts to silence foreign correspondents. We'll also discuss coverage of the response from the U.S. State Department. How are U.S. media outlets covering U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East? We'll be joined by Real News Network's Paul Jay and Jadaliyya's Bassam Haddad, while Inter Press Service's Emad Mekay joins us from Cairo. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Paul Jay, a Canadian journalist and film director, and creator and CEO of The Real News.

Bassam Haddad, serves on the Editorial Committee of Middle East Report and is Co-Founder of Jadaliyya Ezine.

Emad Mekay, a journalist with IPS News Service reporting from Cairo

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How are native people fighting to protect their land and way of life?

On the next Your Call, we'll speak with members of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe from Northern California about their efforts to restore salmon to their spawning grounds on the McCloud River. "Our fight to return the salmon," they say, "is no less than a fight to save our Tribe." How does the health of an ecosystem affect the health of a people? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are other indigenous people fighting back against the destruction of their home and culture? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Caleen Sisk-Franco, chief and spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe

Toby McLeod, director of In the Light of Reverence for the Sacred Land Film Project

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What's in store for the future of Egypt?

What's in store for the future of Egypt and the surrounding region? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the historic massive uprising in Egypt. From Cairo to Alexandria, millions of people from all walks of life are taking to the streets to demand President Husni-Mubarak step down. How are the unprecedented events in Egypt changing the socio-political landscape across the region? What are the lessons for social movements in the U.S. and other parts of the world? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Samer Shehata, an Assistant Professor of Arab Politics at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University

Hesham Sallam, Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine

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What's the value of local redevelopment agencies?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about how redevelopment agencies work and whether they should be saved. Governor Jerry Brown's proposal would eliminate funds for redevelopment agencies which are responsible for improving blighted areas. The plan would take billions of dollars out of city coffers and send it to school districts, counties, and the state. So what's at stake if we lose these agencies? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's an example of urban redevelopment you've seen? How did it change the neighborhood? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland

Gabriel Metcalf, executive director of SPUR

Richard Walker, professor of Geography and co-director of Global Metropolitan Studies at UC Berkeley

Amy Neches, manager of project area planning and development for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency

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