What will it take to limit the role of money in politics?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig about his new book, Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It. Between 1974 and 2008 the average amount it took to run for reelection in the House and Senate went from $56,000 dollars to more than $1.3 million. How did we get here? What will it take to remove money from politics? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Lawrence Lessing is a professor at Harvard Law School and author of Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss media coverage of ALEC's annual meeting in New Orleans. That's the American Legislative Exchange Council. We'll also talk about the brutal government crackdown in Syria. We'll be joined by Propublica's Lois Beckett, investigative journalist Will Potter, and Borzou Daragahi of the LA Times joins us from Beirut. Tune in 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:
Borzou Daragahi, LA Times staff writer based in Beirut, Lebanon

Lois Beckett, a reporter with Propublica an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

Will Potter, an investigative journalist and author

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What does it take to organize in the workplace?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about how workers try to form or join a union. Recently employees at a Target store in New York voted against joining the country's largest retail union. What does it take to win rights for workers? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are corporations preventing workers from forming unions? Have you tried to organize in your workplace? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Debbie Fontaine, an employee at the Rite Aid Distribution Center in Lancaster

Lila Shairo, a labor reporter with Huffington Post. She has been writing extensively on the Target employees' efforts to form a union.

David Bacon is a writer and photojournalist based in the Bay Area.

Margaret Van Ness, an overnight stocker at a Wal-Mart store in Lancaster

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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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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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How has the 'Citizens United' decision affected our politics?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about the Citizens United case. January 21 is the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that allowed unfettered election campaign contributions by corporations and unions. Did it make an impact on last year's political campaigns? And how will it continue to alter the future of American politics? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Does the new law give corporations too much power in politics? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Peter Stone, journalist for the Center for Public Integrity

John Bonifaz, co-founder and director of Free Speech for People

Wendy Kaminer, a lawyer, writer, social critic

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Is it time to bring back the Fairness Doctrine?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about the Fairness Doctrine. The doctrine, initiated in 1954 and abolished in 1987, dictated that public broadcast license-holders had a duty to present important issues to the public and to give multiple perspectives while doing so. What would a fairness doctrine look like if we brought it back today? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What kind of "balance" does the media owe its audience? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Tim Giago, editor of Native Sun News

Craig Aaron, managing director of Free Press

Dave Johnson, fellow with Campaign for America's Future, the Commonweal Institute, and senior fellow with Renew California

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Will Corporate Control of Politics Increase?

Is this the moment to transform the role of corporations in politics? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision that has laid down the gauntlet for anyone who's ever wanted to take politics back from the corporations. What should we be demanding? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is there a coalition that can get it done? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Trent Lange, president, California Clean Money Action Fund

Dave Levinthal, communications director and spokesperson with Center for Responsive Politics

David Donnelly, Public Campaign Action Fund's (PCAF) National Campaigns Director.

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