How should we make end of life decisions?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about end of life care for the terminally ill. Dr Jack Kevorkian, who passed away on Friday, sparked a heated debate about assisted suicide, but he also raised awareness about end of life and hospice care. What kind of support is available to patients and their family? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What does it mean to die with dignity? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Robert Brody, chief of the Pain Consultation Clinic and former chair of the Ethics Committee at San Francisco General Hospital and member of the board of directors for Compassion and Choices, an organization focusing on end of life care.

Robb Miller, Executive Director, Compassion & Choices of Washington,

Donald Schumacher, President and CEO National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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Is this the Palestinian moment?

With the Arab Spring changing the political dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa, is this the Palestinian moment? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about how "Arab Spring" has changed the balance between Israel and the Palestinians. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Hamas and Fatah have decided to join forces and push for UN recognition of a Palestinian state. Would UN recognition of a Palestinian state make a difference for Palestinians and their future? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Beshara Doumani, professor of history at UC Berkeley

Jeff Halper, founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)

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How effective are gang injunctions in dealing with urban crime?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about gang injunctions, or court orders that prohibit alleged gang members from activities--including associating with one another--inside a proscribed area. Proponents say injunctions make communities safer from gang violence. Opponents say they perpetuate police repression at inordinate cost to the city. Do you live in an area affected by gang violence or gang injunctions? What do you think is the best solution? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Ali Winston, reporter for "The Informant" at KALW News

Whitney Walton, organizer with Oakland's Stop the Injunctions Coalition

Pat Kernighan, Oakland City Councilperson for District 2 and chair of the Public Safety Committee.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of attempts to slash Medicare and cut Planned Parenthood funding at the state level. Funding has already been cut in Indiana. We'll also talk about freedom of the press in Egypt post-Hosni Mubarak. We'll be joined by Columbia Journalism Review's Trudy Lieberman, RH Reality Check's Jodi Jacobson, and Ahram Online's chief editor Hani Shukrallah joins us from Cairo. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Hani Shukrallah, Chief editor of Ahram online in Egypt

Jodi Jacobson, Chief editor of RH Reality Check

Trudy Lieberman, contributing editor of Columbia Journalism Review

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What is the best way to reintegrate prisoners into society?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about what it takes to help people transition from the inside to the outside. A recent Supreme Court ruling ordered California to reduce its prison population. This may mean more inmates are released on parole in the near future. But just last year California's recidivism rate was almost 70 percent. What explains that high number? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What does it take to reintegrate people behind bars back into our communities? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Linda Evans, organizer with All of Us Or None coalition and Legal Services for Prisoners with Children

Susan Burton, founder and executive director of A New Way of Life Re-Entry Project

Ramiro Mejia, resident employee at San Francisco's Delancey Street Foundation

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Can Mother Earth hold the same rights as people?

Is it possible to grant Mother Earth the same rights as people? And what does that mean? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation on a new law in Bolivia, which redefines natural resources as blessings and gives nature the same rights as human beings. How does it translate into policy? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is it possible to curtail climate change and environmental destruction by giving Mother Earth the same rights as humans? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. Wilma Subra, founder and president of the Subra Company of New Iberia and an accomplished environmental scientist who has been on the frontlines fighting for the rights of local communities in Louisiana following the Gulf Spill.

Pablo Solon, Bolivia's Ambassador to the United Nations.

Martin Wagner, the managing attorney at Earth Justice, an organization that works through the courts on behalf of citizen groups, scientists, and other parties to ensure government agencies and private interests follow the law.

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Do slaughterhouse videos influence you?

Do slaughterhouse videos change your opinion of how animals should be treated? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about undercover investigations into how animals are slaughtered for food. Have you been influenced by amateur videos and how? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. There have been efforts in many states to make these videos illegal. What do these videos reveal about how we treat animals? And should they be legislated? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Tom Laskawy, a contributing writer on food and agriculture for Grist Magazine

Nathan Runkle, the founder and executive director of Mercy For Animals

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What should be done about sexual trauma in the military?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the realities of sexual abuse in the armed forces. As many as 1 in 3 women leaving military service report that they have experienced some form of Sexual Trauma. And there's a growing awareness around it, but it continues to be under-reported and under-prosecuted. A new bill in Congress would help change this. What is the best way to battle the culture of silence in the armed forces? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Rachel Natelson, legal advisor with the Service Women's Action Network (SWAN)

Bob May, the California National Guard's Joint Force Headquarters Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC)

Tracy, former soldier in California's Army National Guard and survivor of military sexual abuse

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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 Supreme Court ruling on California's overcrowded prisons and Sacramento Bee's ongoing investigation of the California National Guard. We'll also talk about continuing mass protests in Spain. We'll be joined by McClatchy's Mike Doyle, Sacramento Bee's Charles Piller and Iberosphere's Guy Hedgecoe joins us from Madrid. 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:
Mike Doyle covers the U.S. Supreme Court for McClatchy

Charles Piller, investigative reporter with Sacramento Bee

Guy Hedgecoe, co-editor of Iberosphere.com, a website that offers news, comment, and analysis on Spain and Portugal

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What does Homeland Security do exactly?

It's been nine years since the Bush administration created the Department of Homeland Security. What does it do exactly? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about Homeland Security. $1.7 billion federal dollars was spent on "domestic security efforts" last year alone, and 268 million went to the state of California. But what is that money actually financing? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How has the approach to "security" changed under the Obama administration? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Kathleen McClellan, homeland security & human rights counsel for the Government Accountability Project

Scott Amey, general counsel for Project on Government Oversight

G.W. Schulz, reporter for the Center for Investigative Reporting covering homeland security

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Are we ready for the big one?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about earthquake preparedness. US Geological Survey forecasts that there is a 63% chance of a 6.7 or greater magnitude earthquake in the Bay Area in the next 30 years. Are we ready? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do we need to do in case of a big earthquake? And what can we learn from the devastating earthquake in Japan? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Abolhassan Astaneh, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Berkeley.

Danielle Hutchings, Earthquake and Hazards Program Coordinator Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG).

Corey Johnson, an investigative reporter focusing on K-12 education for California Watch. He just published a three-part series looking into whether California schools meet seismic safety standards.

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What's the value of a college diploma today?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about job prospects for today's college graduates. A recent study by Rutgers University shows college graduates are facing greater difficulty in finding employment. In 2010 only 56 percent of college graduates were able to land a job. How does the job market look like for this year's graduates? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What kinds of jobs are available to college graduates? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Cliff Zukin, a Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Rutgers University's Eagleton Institute of Politics and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Policy.

Sylvia Allegretto, a labor economist and deputy chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the University of California, Berkeley

Alex Hochman is assistant director of career services at the University of San Francisco

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Should child dependency courts be open to the public?

Should courts that hear cases on the abuse and neglect of children be open to the public? On the next Your Call, we'll have a debate about opening dependency courts. where cases involving abuse, neglect or abandonment of juveniles are tried. In California they have been closed to the public since 1961 to protect the children involved. A bill is pending now in Sacramento that would open them again. Do you think the public and the media has the right to transparency in these cases? Or are would it harm an already sensitive population? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Karen de Sa, reporter with the San Jose Mercury News

Chantel Johnson, legislative and policy coordinator with California Youth Connections (CYC)

Judge Michael Nash, presiding judge of the Juvenile Division of the Los Angeles Superior Court

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of California teachers' week-long protests and Detroit's mass teacher layoff. We'll also talk about media coverage of protests commemorating the Palestinian Nakba day and President Obama's speech on the Middle East. We'll be joined by Huffington Post's Simone Landon, ColorLines' Julianne Hing and IPS' Mel Frykberg joins us from Ramallah. 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:
Mel Frykberg, Inter Press Services global news agency's Ramallah correspondent

Simone Landon, Huffington Post News Editor. She also reported for the Detroit Metro Times, and the national magazine Labor Notes.

Julianne Hing, a reporter and blogger for ColorLines.com covering immigration, education and criminal justice.


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How do corporations affect your life?

How do we understand the power of corporations in our lives? On the next Your Call, we'll talk with members of the 6th International Anti-Corporate Film Festival. The festival covers themes from corporate control over the Internet, to the power of divestment from South Africa's apartheid regime, to the effects corporate greed is having on the environment--just to name a few. How do corporations affect your life? Can you envision a better model for business? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are people doing to demand more corporate accountability? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Wilner, founding director of the 6th annual international Anti-Corporate Film Festival

Connie Field, director of The Bottom Line, a film about divestment during South Africa's apartheid regime

Georgia Sugimura Archer, co-director of Barbershop Punk, a film about corporate control over information and the Internet

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How did plastic become so pervasive in our lives?

How did plastic become so pervasive in our lives? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Suzan Beraza, director of Bag It, a documentary that explores the world of plastics and their effects on our waterways, oceans, and even our bodies. Plastic bags have become a pervasive symbol of a throw-away society and a serious environmental problem. 60,000 plastic bags are used in the U.S. every 6 seconds. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What can we do to use less plastic? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Suzan Beraza, director of the documentary film, Bag It

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What can we learn from the history of renewable energy?

What can we learn from the history of renewable energy in the US and how far back does it go? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Alexis Madrigal, author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology. He says in order to move toward a green energy system, we need to look to the past. What is the history of green technology? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can past inventions help us solve today's environmental crisis? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Alexis Madrigal, a senior editor at The Atlantic. He's the author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology.

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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. We'll also speak with Alec Loorz, a 16-year-old climate activist who is suing the federal government over climate change. Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are the most important actions we can take to protect our planet? It's Your Call, with Holly Kernan, and you.

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

Alec Loorz, 16-year-old climate activist and founder of Kids vs. Global Warming

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Why are gas prices so high?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with one of the makers of Gas Hole, a documentary about the history of oil prices and the viable alternatives to petroleum fuel. Why have we become so dependent on oil? And why have actual solutions been suppressed? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How much power do the oil companies have? If alternatives exist, where is the political will to make them a reality? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jeremy Wagener, co-director of the documentary, Gas Hole: What the Oil Companies Don't Want You To Know

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Why are local public libraries so important?

What's the value of public libraries and what can we do to save them? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about what public libraries mean to our communities. How are they being affected by budget cuts? A number of libraries are cutting their hours and services. Two-thirds of us carry library cards. How often do you visit your local library? Join us live at 10 or send us and email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What can we do to keep libraries open? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Carol da Silva, Division Manager at San Jose Public Library

Teresa Landers, head of Santa Cruz Public Libraries

Robert Dawson, San Francisco Photographer whose projects examine western American water, global water, American Public Libraries, the legacy of the New Deal

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