Your Call 073107 Executive Power 101

When is it appropriate for a president to issue an executive order? On the next Your Call, we'll have a discussion about presidential power. The Constitution says that the president shall exercise "executive power," but it doesn't clarify what those powers are. By ignoring or defying Congress and the Constitution, President Bush has used his executive privilege to sign more than 750 laws. What is the history behind executive orders? And how has it changed over time? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.


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Your Call 073007 What Are Kids Reading?

What are children reading this summer? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about how kids' reading habits have evolved over time. Over the past decade, the Harry Potter series has sold 325 million copies worldwide. The media sensation is transforming kids' reading habits. But are they actually reading more? With so much competition out there, what are children's book publishers doing to capture kids' imaginations? And what are your kids reading? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

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Your Call 072707 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week an Iraqi soccer team of Sunni, Shia and Kurds went to the Asian Soccer finals, Alberto Gonzalez is stonewalled on capitol hill - again, and the Pakistani government teetered on the edge of a knife. We'll be talking with reporters in Islamabad, Baghdad and Washington DC. What was your story of the week? On the next Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
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Your Call 072607 Stories from the Holy Land

What stories are Israelis telling each other? On the next Your Call, we'll host a panel of Israeli documentary film makers in town for the San Francisco Jewish film festival. The festival includes a movie about the last Israeli soldiers in an abandoned Lebanese fort right before their withdrawal, an inside portrait of Israeli prisons, and the story of Palestinian workers who sneak into Israel to find work. Dispatches from the front lines on the next Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

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Your Call 072507 Trash Talk

Why is garbage still sitting on East Bay streets? On the next Your Call we'll talk about the trash lock-out in Alameda County. Waste Management Inc,. the nation's garbage collector with revenues of $12 billion dollars, is fighting the Teamsters over benefits, pay and punishments. Is this what happens when cities privatize essential public services? Has Waste Management been picking up white people's trash faster than black people's trash during the lock-out? What kind of accountability should the union members have, both to the company they work for and the public they serve? Has the trash been picked up where you live? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

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Your Call 072407 The World Without Humans

What would Earth look like without humans? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Alan Weisman, author of "The World Without Us." Six-and-half billion humans are currently depleting the earth of its natural resources. We're also polluting the earth's water and air. Some of our fingerprints will take millions of years to fade away. How long will it take for planet Earth to rejuvenate itself? And what will a post-human planet look like? It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar and you.

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Your Call 072307 Affirmative Action after Brown v. Board of Ed

What's in store for the future of education after the Brown Vs. Board landmark decision? On the next Your Call, we'll discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling that requires the elimination of integration plans at elementary and secondary schools in Seattle, Washington and Louisville, Kentucky. How will the decision impact the future of diversity in our nation's schools? And how integrated is the school system here in California and throughout the country? It's Your Call, with me Rose Aguilar and you.

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Your Call 072007 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call its our Friday media roundtable. This week the Senate held an Iraq slumber party, the Bush administration admitted their strategy against Al Qaeda is failing and Nelson Mandela launched a global council of elders on his 89th birthday. Citizens of Alameda moldered in piles of their own garbage and a Republican family values senator admitted to serious sins with DC prostitutes. Where did you get the reporting that put these events in Context? What was your story of the week? It¹s Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you

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Your Call 071907 India at 60

Is India doomed to be forever the country of the future? On the next Your Call we'll stalk about the culture, politics and economics of India 60 years after independence. In the early 1990's India was in crisis: forced to open its economy and without faith in the Congress party. In the years since poverty has shrunk but hundreds of millions are still desperately poor and sectarian strife is on the rise. Will India become a global power, or just the globe's richest poor country? On the next Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.


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Your Call 071807 What do Iraqis Say about the Future of their Country?

Four years after the invasion of Iraq, what is life like on the ground in Baghdad? On the next Your Call, we’ll speak with Iraqis about the future of their country. The Just Foreign Policy Organization estimates that 975,000 Iraqis have died since March 2003. The ongoing occupation has also forced more than four million people to flee the country and their homes. How are the debates in Washington DC affecting the daily lives of ordinary Iraqis? What do you want to know about life on the ground in Iraq? It’s Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

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Your Call 071707 On the Record: Senator Joe Biden

What do we need to know about Presidential hopeful Joseph Biden? On the next Your Call, we continue our On the Record series on presidential candidates' voting records and campaign contributions. Up next: Democratic Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware. Biden opposes public funding for abortions and supports the so-called partial birth abortion ban. He also supports dividing Iraq along ethnic and religious lines. What's his position on issues you care about? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

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Your Call 071607 Anthony Romero

What is the greatest challenge to American civil liberties today? On the next Your Call, we welcome Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union and author of the book, "In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror." Romero tells the stories of real Americans on the frontlines of the fight for civil liberties. Should defending sex criminals and abortion providers be as high a priority as restoring habeas corpus and ending warrantless wiretapping? With so many issues to fight for, how should the ACLU prioritize? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

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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.

Media Roundtable