What's your definition of a "good" job today?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about what makes a job good. With public employees and unions under attack, whole sections of the economy shrinking, and the public education system suffering, how do you define (and then get) a good job in today's world? What do you value in the workplace? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Whether it's a living wage, benefits, meaningful work in your field--what do you look for in a good job? And do you feel those jobs are within reach? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Sylvia Allegretto, labor economist with the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at UC Berkeley

Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of redistricting in California and new voter ID laws. We will also talk about coverage of the brutal suppression of protests in Syria. We'll be joined by independent journalist Brad Friedman, the Ventura County Star's Timm Herdt and Guardian's Martin Chulov joins us from Beirut. Listen 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:
Timm Herdt, State Editor of the Ventura County Star

Martin Chulov, The Guardian's Middle East correspondent. He is currently reporting about the Syrian refugees in Turkey.

Brad Friedman, a blogger, journalist and radio broadcaster

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How is access to healthcare changing?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the future of health care and how the passage of the healthcare bill will affect access. The annual conference of America's Health Insurance Plans is in San Francisco this week discussing how the bill is affecting the insurance industry. But how is it affecting doctors and patients? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How is the bill affecting you and what changes would you like to see in the future? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Patrick Johnston, CEO of California Association of Health Plans
Deborah Burger, president of the California Nurses Association
Julie Appleby, reporter with Kaiser Health News

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What do personal stories reveal about healthcare?

What do personal stories reveal about the state of healthcare and issues of life and death? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with acclaimed actress-playwright Anna Deavere Smith about her one-woman play "Let Me Down Easy." It is based on interviews with doctors, patients and people from all walks of life. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can art and artists become an engine of social and political change? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Anna Deavere Smith, a prize-winning actress and playwright

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Where is Mexico heading?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with John Gibler, author of To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War. During the past four years, more than 30,000 people have been killed in Mexico's drug wars. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How is this crisis impacting the future of Mexico and what role does the U.S. play in Mexico's Drug War? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Gibler, a journalist based in Mexico and author of To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War

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What's your definition of family in the 21st century?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Melissa Fay Greene, author of No Biking in the House... Without a Helmet. Greene, a journalist and writer from Atlanta, Georgia, is the mother of 9 children--4 biological and 5 adopted from Bulgaria and Ethiopia. Her memoir paints a funny and moving portrait of the adoption process and raising a nontraditional family of nine. What does family mean to you? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Melissa Fay Greene, journalist, mother of nine, and author of No Biking in the House... Without a Helmet

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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 ongoing unemployment crisis. We will also talk about the economic crisis in Europe and the IMF's restructuring program for Greece and Portugal. We'll be joined by The Nation's William Greider, Huffington Post's Arthur Delany and Globe and Mail's Eric Reguly joins us from Rome. 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:
Arthur Delaney, economic reporter with The Huffington Post

William Greider, national affairs correspondent for The Nation

Eric Reguly, Globe and Mail European Business Correspondent

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What should be done about human sex trafficking?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about how people end up in the human sex trafficking industry. Three to five hundred thousand children are victims of commercial sexual exploitation in the U.S. each year. So what happens to them once they're inside it? And how do they get out? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are alternatives to criminalizing exploited youth in the sex trafficking industry? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Antonia Balkanska Lavine, vice president of Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE) Project, Inc.

Denise Tejada, Youth Radio reporter who worked on the Trafficked series

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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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