Your Call 071307 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. Earlier this week, oil pipelines were blown up in four locations -- not in Iraq, but in central Mexico, the showdown between Congress and President Bush reached new levels, and The Nation Magazine released a disturbing report about the Iraqi casualties. In the piece, American soldiers describe a brutal side of the war rarely seen on television screens or chronicled in newspaper accounts. What was your story of the week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.


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Your Call 071207 Sacramento Update

What deals are the Democrats and Schwarzenegger cooking up in Sacramento? On the next Your Call we'll open the legislative process in the capitol. Speaker of the Assembly Fabian Nunez wants an extension of term limits. Do you? How many more slot machines in Indian casinos do you want? How many did the governor allow to be built? And which health care plan is likely to survive: single payer, or Schwarzenegger and Perata's compromise bill? It's Your Call, do you know where your state government is?

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Your Call 071107 The Politics of Sports

If you want to make a better world, is every minute you spend watching sports a minute squandered? On the next Your Call, we talk with radical sports reporter, Dave Zirin. His new book, "Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports," is just out. Sports gives people an avenue to discuss race, money, fairness and lets strangers celebrate together, but is the wall-to-wall attention to sports just another example of how we're being "entertained to death"? Is there something to be gained by progressives taking part in the national conversation about sports? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

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Your Call 071007 Suburbanization of San Francisco

Is San Francisco becoming suburbanized? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the transformation of San Francisco. It's one of the most desired cities to live in, but also one of the most expensive. If you live here, how do you feel about the city's transformation? Do you think neighborhoods are becoming gentrified? Who is moving here and who is moving out? And how does San Francisco compare to other metropolitan cities? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

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Your Call 070907 Gaza Update

What led to the latest armed confrontation between the Palestinian factions in Gaza? On the next Your Call, we'll discuss the most recent clashes between the rival Palestinian forces of Hamas and Fatah during which,110 people were killed and more than 500 were injured. With Hamas consolidating it's power in Gaza and Fatah's Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, how is Gaza faring under Hamas? And what role does the U.S. play in the current crisis? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

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Your Call 070207 Is Sicko Fair?

Is Sicko fair? On the next Your Call, a debate on Michael Moore's new health care documentary between supporters and opponents of single payer health care. There are almost 50 million uninsured Americans, and - as Moore's film shows - many who do have health coverage often don't get the care they need. What should be done about it? Should we, as Moore advocates, adopt a new system similar to France and Cuba? Or do we need a more market-based approach? What about a hybrid system like San Francisco's new universal health plan? On Monday's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Is Sicko Fair?

Your Call 070307 Tom Tancredo- On the Record

Who is Tom Tancredo and what does he stand for? On the next Your Call, we'll continue our "On the Record" series about presidential candidates' voting records and campaign contributions. Next up: Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado. Congressman Tancredo is an outspoken opponent of amnesty for undocumented immigrants. He recently delivered a head of lettuce and a fruit basket to Homeland Security cheif Michael Chertoff and called on him to to deport everyone without proper papers. Where does he stand on other issues? And where is he getting his support? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

On The Record: Tom Tancredo

Your Call 070407 Chalmers Johnson

Is America headed the way of the Roman Republic - towards imperial government and eventual collapse? On the next Your Call, we'll talk with renowned political scientist Chalmers Johnson about his new book "Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic." The U.S. now maintains more than 737 military bases throughout the world and spends more on the military than all other major world powers combined. Does the militarization of America toll the death knell for our democracy? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Empire vs. Democracy

Your Call 070507 Immigration Reform

What happens next on the Mexican Border? On the next Your Call we'll do a post mortem on the failed immigration reform. The immigrant community might not have gotten the reform they wanted, but they flexed their muscles on a national stage. But so did the nativist wing of the talk radio nation. What should the millions of undocumented expect from a burned Bush administration? A return to the status quo or a turn of the screw? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Immigration Reform

Your Call 070607 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday media roundtable. Twelve million undocumented immigrants didn't get to come out of the shadows, but Scooter Libby did. Two bombs failed to explode outside a London nightclub and Alan Johnston, the BBC's Gaza correspondent, was released unharmed. The Mercury News fired an additional 40 reporters and editorial page after editorial page eulogized the Bush presidency after the death of his immigration reform bill. What was your story of the week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

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