How did 9/11 change your worldview?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the impact 9/11 has had on our identities and our understanding of the world. From war and heightened security to wire-tapping and Islamophobia, how have the events and reactions of the last ten years shaped us and what's in store for the future? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How did 9/11 affect how you see the world and your place in it? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sandip Roy, journalist based in Kolkata, India. Sandip is on leave as an editor with New America Media and co-host of Your Call. He is currently the Culture Editor for FirstPost.com.

Basma AlKhateeb, women's rights activist in Iraq

Jamilah King, news editor for Colorlines magazine

Elliott Woods, independent writer and photographer; Iraq veteran

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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 the 10th anniverary of 9/11. How has reporting changed in the past decade in the US and abroad? We'll also discuss coverage of President Obama's jobs speech and unemployment. We'll be joined by the Sydney Morning Herald's Paul McGeough, McClatchy's Kevin Hall and independent journalist Aunohita Mojumdar join us from Kabul. Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Kevin Hall, the national economics reporter for McClatchy Newspapers

Paul McGeough, chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald

Aunohita Mojumdar, an independent journalist based in Kabul

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Can we talk about what actually happened on 9/11?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the questions that remain seven years after the 9/11 Commission delivered its report. What were their conclusions? And what is still missing? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. A wide range of people are calling for an independent investigation. Ten years after the attacks, is this warranted? And what would it reveal? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Ann Wright, Retired Col. and a diplomat in the State Department for 15 years, serving in the U.S. embassies of Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Grenada and Nicaragua. She resigned in 2003 in protest of the then-impending invasion of Iraq. In 2009, she co-authored Dissent, Voices of Conscience.

Anthony Summers, an investigative journalist and author

Paul Thompson, a 9/11 researcher and co-author of The Terror Timeline: Year by Year, Day by Day, Minute by Minute: A Comprehensive Chronicle of the Road to 9/11 and America's Response

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How has Islamophobia changed since Sept. 11, 2001?

As we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11, we'll have a conversation about Islamophobia in the U.S. Recently the Center for American Progress released the report Fear Inc., the Roots of Islamophobia Network. It details how 7 foundations have contributed around 49 million dollars to anti-Muslim Islamophobic movement. Who are these foundations? Join us live at 10 or send us an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Alia Malek, an author and a civil rights lawyer. Her reportage has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, Salon, The Christian Science Monitor, The Columbia Journalism Review, and Washington Post.

Faiz Shakir, Vice President at the Center for American Progress and serves as Editor-in-Chief of ThinkProgress.org.

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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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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the Obama administration's announcement of Osama Bin Laden's death and US relations with Pakistan. Who's asking questions about what this means for the so-called 'war on terror?' We'll be joined by the Guardian's Jonathan Steele, veteran journalist Paul Fitzgerald and Pakistani journalist Zahid Hussain joins us from Islamabad. 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:
Paul Fitzgerald is a veteran Afghanistan journalist and co-author of Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire.

Zahid Hussain is Senior Editor News Line and author of most recently The Scorpion's Tail: The Relentless Rise of Islamic Militants in Pakistan-And How It Threatens America.

Jonathan Steele is a Guardian columnist, roving foreign correspondent and author of Defeat: Why America and Britain Lost Iraq. Since 9/11 he has reported from Afghanistan and Iraq as well as on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

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What does the death of Osama bin Laden mean?

What does the death of Osama bin Laden mean to the world today, after ten years of the so-called "War on Terror"? On the next Your Call, we'll open the lines to talk about the significance of Osama bin Laden's death. His body has reportedly been buried at sea. What do you think about President Obama saying we brought Osama bin Laden to "justice"? How will this impact people in Afghanistan and Pakistan? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is bin Laden's legacy? How did he change the world? And how did the US shape him as a symbol by framing him as terrorist #1? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Aunohita Mojumdar is a freelance journalist currently based in Kabul. She has reported from the South Asian region for 19 years.

Ali Kamran Asdar, associate professor of anthropology, Middle East Studies and Asian Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.

Paul Fitzgerald is co-author of Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire.

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What's in store for Afghanistan and surrounding regions?

What's in store for the future of Afghanistan and the surrounding regions? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald, authors of Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire. They say this conflict has become one of the most complex foreign policy problems the US has ever faced. So why has President Obama expanded the military presence in Afghanistan? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What will the expansion mean for the region and US security? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald, a husband and wife journalism team since 1981, and authors of Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire

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How are Obama's counterterrorism policies different from Bush's?

How are the Obama administration's counterterrorism policies different from the Bush administration's? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about Homeland Security under Obama and whether policies have changed at all since Bush. Public outrage is growing over the new use of body-scanners and intrusive pat-downs at airports. How do they fit into the larger picture? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. President Obama doesn't use the term "war on terror," but is his approach different? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Nico Melendez is Public Affairs Manager for the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) for California, Arizona, and Hawaii

Linda Lye, an attorney with the Northern California ACLU

Karen Greenberg, executive director of the Center on Law and Security at the NYU School of Law and co-editor of The Enemy Combatant Papers: American Justice, the Courts, and the War on Terror

Zahra Billoo, executive director for the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week we'll discuss the lack of coverage of last Saturday's Rally in DC, which was organized by civil rights and labor groups. We will also discuss coverage of the terror alert in Europe. We'll be joined by New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse, independent journalist Danny Schechter and The Globe and Mail's European bureau chief Doug Saunders. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 11 or send email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Danny Schechter, independent journalist, author and media critic
Steven Greenhouse, NY Times labor reporter
Doug Saunders, The Globe and Mail's European bureau chief

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What's in store for Pakistan?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Fatima Bhutto, niece of assassinated Pakistani president Benazir Bhutto, and author of Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter's Memoir. As flood relief efforts continue, the U.S., with the support of the Pakistani government, has increased deadly drone operations. What explains this? Join us at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Bhutto says if it weren't for American money and political support, the Pakistani government would not be in power. What lies ahead in this relationship? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
Fatima Bhutto, niece of assassinated Pakistani president, Benazir Bhutto, and author of Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter's Memoir

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of President Hamid Karzai's 4-day visit to Washington, the role of money in politics and the ever-growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. We'll be joined by Propublica's Marian Wang, National Journal's Peter Stone and Guardian's Jonathan Steele. Join us live at 11 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:
Marian Wang, ProPublica's reporter-blogger.

Peter H. Stone, a journalist covering lobbying and campaign finance issues for National Journal.

Jonathan Steele, Guardian's Senior Foreign Correspondent for the Guardian.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. As Moscow recovers from Monday's suicide bombings, what does the coverage in Russia look like? Also this week, members of Hutaree Christian militia were charged with conspiring to kill police officers. And NUMMI Toyota auto plant in Fremont closed its doors. We'll be joined by Christian Science Monitor's Fred Weir in Moscow, labor reporter David Bacon and TPMmuckraker's Justin Elliott.

Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 11 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:
David Bacon, a photojournalist and associate editor at Pacific News Service/New America Media

Justin Elliott, a reporter-blogger at TPMmuckraker.

Fred Weir, Moscow correspondent for In These Times and regular contributor to the Christian Science Monitor, The Independent, and the South China Morning Post.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. Harper's editor Scott Horton joins us to discuss his six-month investigation about three Guantanamo detainees who died in 2006. The U.S. government says they committed suicide. A former sergeant says they were tortured. Why is it getting so little coverage in the national media?

We'll also discuss the lack of coverage of the devastating storm that's left the Sioux Reservation in South Dakota without power, water, or heat. And we'll find out how reporters who have no choice but to cover Iran from outside the country are getting their stories. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Scott Horton, Harper's editor
Farnaz Fassihi, Wall Street Journal's Middle East bureau chief
Scott Waltman, Aberdeen American News reporter

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What Happens When the War on Terror Comes to You?

What happens when the focus of the war on terror turns to your country? Yemen, nearly unknown to most Americans, is now headline news. How does that sudden focus affect the way Yemenis and their country are perceived? What are we learning, and what's being missed? Got questions about Yemen that have nothing to do with Al Qaeda? Join the conversation live at 11 a.m. or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What happens when the War on Terror turns to your country? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy, and you.

Guests:
Dr. Sheila Carapico, professor of political science and international studies at the University of Richmond

Charles Schmitz, of the American Institute for Yemeni studies

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Your Call 061209 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday media roundtable where we bring in reporters from the mainstream, alternative and international press to discuss the week in American media. This week Laura Ling and Euna Lee of San Francisco-based CurrentTV were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korean prisons, a black man was shot dead by a white supremacist at the Holocaust museum and the Iranian people went to the polls to elect a new president. We'll be joined by the San Francisco Chronicle's Jason Rezaian in Tehran, David Neiwert, author of The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right, and Olga Pierce of ProPublica who just finished a state-by-state look at unemployment insurance. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. Where did you see the best reporting this week and where did it fall short? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jason Rezaian in Tehran
Writes Inside Iran for the San Francisco Chronicle. He is also the writer, executive producer and narrator of a feature length documentary film on Iran called A World Between.

Olga Pierce in New York
Staff Reporter for ProPublica. She covered health policy for United Press International in Washington before attending the Stabile Investigative Journalism Seminar at Columbia University, where she won a Horton Prize for health reporting.

David Neiwert in Seattle
Freelance journalist and author of several books including the newly released The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right from Polipoint Press. Dave is a freelance journalist based in Seattle. His reportage for MSNBC.com on domestic terrorism won the National Press Club Award for Distinguished Online Journalism in 2000. Neiwert is also the managing editor of the video blog Crooks and Liars.

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Your Call 052509 How do we keep the Iraq war in the news?

On Memorial Day: How do we keep the war in Iraq in the American consciousness? On the next Your Call we will speak with people who can't forget that there's a war happening in Iraq right now: Military families, veterans, Iraqis in Iraq and in exile, aid workers involved with refugees. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. If we pay more attention, will it improve the outcome in Iraq? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Kristele Younes in DC
Senior Advocate for Refugees at Refugees International

Karen Meredith in DC
Mother of 1Lt. Ken Ballard, Killed in Action in Iraq on May 30, 2004

Abderahman al Tikriti in Alexandria, VA
Iraqi refugee relocated by Refugees International

Stephanie Bowen in Los Angeles
Program Director for International Medical Corps

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Your Call 042209 What can mothers tell us about the politics of war and terror?

How is California funded, and how should it be? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about California's upcoming special election. On May 19, Californians will vote on six ballot propositions intended to close the 42 billion dollar budget gap. What's in these propositions? You can join the conversation by email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we have a more fair and stable way of paying the state's bills - and what can we learn from other states? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Mary Tillman, mother of NFL star Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan, and author of Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman

Event -- An Evening with Military Mom Susan Galleymore and Mary Tillman
MotherSpeak: Book Launch Celebration! With Music, Art, Poetry, and Refreshments
Tuesday, April 28th
Reception at 6:30 pm; Event begins 7:00 pm
Grace Cathedral's Gersham Hall, San Francisco

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Your Call 112008 Leaving Guantanamo

On the next Your Call, we're going to be talking about what to do with the approximately 250 people imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay. Only 23 have been charged with any official crime. President-elect Obama vows to restore America's moral stature in the world, but how easily will that be done in Guantanamo Bay? On the next Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Jennifer Daskal, Senior Counsel, Terrorism/Counterterrorism, Human Rights Watch. Jennifer was deeply involved in the discussions over US detention policy taking place in Congress during 2007 and is a leading voice in the ongoing efforts to limit the effects of counterterrorism legislation on refugee and asylum seekers.

Nadia Asancheyev, Fellow, Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law, Georgetown University Law School. Nadia has extensive experience working on Guantanamo detainee issues, including work on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the case that challenged the policy of military trials at Guantanamo Bay.

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Your Call 111708 Iraq Update

How is Obama's victory changing life in Iraq? On the next Your Call we'll broadcast a pre-recorded conversation about the future of the occupation. From the streets to the halls of power, what do Iraqis face each day and what do they believe is possible with the Democrats in charge? Now that Obama is about to take ownership of Bush's war, what forces are constraining what he can do? On the next Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests: Jabran Mansoor in Amsterdam
Former Administrative Coordinator of the International Institute for the Rule of Law in Iraq, which worked with the government of Iraq, and before that the coalition authority, to establish an independent judiciary. Mr. Mansoor left Iraq in left Iraq since September 2007; and is looking for work in the Netherlands.

Leila Fadel in Baghdad
McClatchy's Baghdad Bureau Chief, where she has been, on and off, since June 2005.

Juan Cole in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan and author of InformedComment.com

Nabil Al Tikriti in Fredericksburg, Virginia
Assistant Professor of History at the University of Mary Washington

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