What's the state of worker safety?

On the next Your Call, we'll mark the 100th anniversary of one of the most tragic labor disasters in American history--the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City. The deaths of 146 garment workers drastically changed labor laws and worker safety standards. It also electrified the labor movement. So how safe are our workplaces today? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How does worker safety in the US compare to regulations in factories overseas? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Charles Kernaghen, director of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights (formerly known as the National Labor Committee)

Eileen Nevitt, granddaughter of one of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory workers

Dr. Larry Rose, former doctor with Cal OSHA

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What do you think about Obama bombing Libya?

What do you think of the Obama administration's decision to begin bombing Libya? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the unfolding news in Libya. US and European leaders declared a no-fly zone over Libya on Sunday after two days of strikes. How should the US and international community respond? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Does military action in Libya set a precedent of attacking countries where the leadership does not favor the US? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Dr. Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, scholar on modern Libya and professor of political science at the University of New England

Dr. Mansour El-Kikhia, exiled Libyan opposition leader and professor of political science at the University of Texas San Antonio

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Who's profiting from nuclear power?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the economics of the nuclear power industry. President Obama sees nuclear power as an integral part of a "green" energy plan. And the US government continues to subsidize nuclear power from 13 percent to 98 percent of the value of the power produced, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. We know that anyone can suffer the consequences from nuclear disasters, but who reaps the riches from this industry? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Whose interest does nuclear power really benefit? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Michael Mariotte, executive director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service

Ellen Vancko, Nuclear Energy & Climate Change Project Manager with the Union of Concerned Scientists

Mike Papantonio, host of Ring of Fire Radio

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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 financial crisis and find out why no one has been held accountable. We'll also talk about coverage of private contractors and the revolutionary uprising in Libya. We'll be joined by investigative journalist Tim Shorrock, Propublica's Jake Bernstein and the Guardian's Martin Chulov will join us from Benghazi, Libya. Join us live at 10 and 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:
Tim Shorrock, an investigative journalist and author of Spies For Hire: The Secret World of Outsourced Intelligence.

Jake Bernstein, journalist with Propublica.

Martin Chulov, The Guardian's Iraq correspondent. He is currently reporting from Benghazi, Libya.

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What's the problem with pink?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture. How is the image of the princess or ballerina bathed in pink related to girl power, feminism, and our culture's complicated relationship to girls and their sexuality? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Has there been a resurgence of girlie-girl culture? And if you're you one of the parents who resists it, why? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guest:
Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture

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How does political resistance translate to the big screen?

On the next Your Call, we'll speak with Paul Laverty, screenwriter for Even the Rain, a new dramatic film about Bolivians resisting water privatization. When filmmakers portray stories of resistance, what impact do they have? How is reality distorted for dramatic effect -- or to reveal a deeper truth? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's your favorite example of people fighting back on film? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Paul Laverty, screenwriter for Even the Rain

B. Ruby Rich, film and community studies professor at UC Santa Cruz

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How have tax havens distorted the global economy?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Nicholas Shaxson, author of Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World. Britain and the United States are the world's two most important tax havens. Who are the corporations and individuals taking advantage of tax havens? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are the costs of international tax evasion? And how could the global financial system be regulated? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Nicholas Shaxson, a British writer and an investigative journalist

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Do we need to re-think our safety net strategies?

As more americans experience poverty, do we need to re-think our safety net strategies? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the anti-poverty movement and innovative strategies for building wealth. Our guests say our current policies penalize people who get jobs and make economic gains, keeping families locked in poverty. As the wealth gap continues to widen, have we pathologized poverty? Would a new framing change the way we think? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What does it take to create class mobility? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan, and you.

Guests:
Maurice Lim Miller, founder of the Family Independence Initiative

Carla Javits, executive director of The Roberts Enterprise Development Fund

Anne Stuhldreher, senior fellow at New America Foundation

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week we'll continue discussing coverage of the massive protests in Wisconsin and the historic uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. We will also talk about the recent House vote to ban federal funding to Planned Parenthood. We will be joined by RH Reality's Jodi Jacobson, Aljazeera's Richard Gizbert and Milwaukee Labor Press' Dominique Paul Noth. 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:

Jodi Jacobson, Editor-in-Chief, RH Reality Check.

Richard Gizbert, the host of Listening Post on Aljazeera International

Dominique Paul Noth, The Milwaukee Labor Press

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What's in store for the future of public education?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with education historian Diane Ravitch. She served as assistant secretary of education under George H.W. Bush and is the author of the bestselling The Death and Life of the Great American School System. Teachers are under attack, school budgets are being slashed, and President Obama and Republicans are moving toward a possible compromise on education reform. What would you like to see reformed? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Diane Ravitch, education professor at NYU and author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

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What do unions need to do to save themselves?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the future of unions. Anti-union legislation is being introduced across the country and the future of organized labor is on the line. So what can unions do to change public opinion and make themselves more popular? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is your opinion of unions? And what can they do to convince skeptics that they're relevant? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Fernando Gapasin, co-author of Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice

Peter Rachleff, professor of labor history at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota

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How would Governor Jerry Brown's budget change California?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the proposed California budget. The proposal includes $12.7 billion cuts in education and social services as well as an extension of current tax rates. Who'll be hit hardest--and who does it let off the hook? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. With the state facing a $26.6 billion budget gap, how should the state balance its budget? What do you welcome about the governor's plan? And what worries you? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Jim Lindburg, California Budget analysts with the Friends Committee on Legislation.

Chase Davis, an investigative reporter focusing on money and politics for California Watch

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What's in store for foster care in California?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the state's 75,000 foster children. Many of the proposed budget cuts would drastically reduce funding for foster care services. One out of four foster kids is jailed within two years after leaving foster care. What will it take to help these children? Will recently passed legislation around reforming the system help? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do foster kids want? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:

Sam Cobbs, executive director of First Place for Youth

Sokhom Mao, former foster youth

Vernita Hubbard, former foster youth

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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 Obama's budget and the massive protests in response to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's proposal to eliminate collective bargaining for public employees. We'll also discuss the protests and media blackout in Iran. We'll be joined by McClatchy's Kevin Hall, Milwaukee Labor Press' Dominque Paul Noth and Wall Street Journal's Farnaz Fassihi joins us from Beirut. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Kevin Hall, the National Economics Correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers

Farnaz Fassihi, the deputy bureau chief of Middle East and Africa for The Wall Street Journal

Dominique Paul Noth, editor of Milwaukee Labor Press

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Are animals organizing resistance to humans?

When confined animals trample their trainers or escape from their cages, are they accidents? Or are they resisting? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Jason Hribal, author of Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance. He argues that confined animals rebel with intent and purpose on a daily basis. Chimps escape their cages, circus elephants attack their trainers, tigers refuse to perform. Is this evidence of organized resistance? Is there a difference between human and animal resistance? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Jason Hribal, author of Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance

Colleen Kinzey, general curator at the Oakland Zoo

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Who are California's homeless youth?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the realities of being young and homeless. According to a new report from the CA Homeless Youth Project, there are 200,000 homeless youth in CA and only 1,000 beds. Where are the rest going? Why do kids end up on the street? And why are so few services available? What can we do to help homeless youth? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Donnie Lumpkins, formerly homeless, now works for Youth Outlook at New America Media

Ginny Puddefoot, director of the California Homeless Youth Project

Sharon Hawkins Laydon, co-founder and executive director of YEAH, a youth shelter in Berkeley

John Casey, program director of the Bay Area Covenant House California, a shelter in Oakland

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Who benefits from government subsidies?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about subsidies. Oil production is one of the most heavily subsidized businesses in America. The tax breaks average about 4 billion dollars a year. Meanwhile, ten percent of America's largest farms receive almost three-fourths of federal farm subsidies. So how do subsidies affect the economy? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Why do subsidies matter? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Timothy Wise, director of the Research and Policy Program at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University.

Steve Kretzmann, executive director of Oil Change International!

Robert Weismann, president of Public Citizen.

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How are food banks faring?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the challenges facing food banks and the services they provide. Individual donations to food banks are down, but demand is on the rise. Some food banks are actually expanding and hiring. They're also providing fresh produce to the community. How are they doing it? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. From food banks to community gardens--what is the best way to meet our community's food needs? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:

Sue Sigler, executive director of the California Association of Food Banks

Willy Elliott-McCrea, executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz

Brian Higgins, communications director for the Alameda County Community Food Bank

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll continue our coverage of the historic uprising in Egypt. What role is the U.S. playing? And how is the press covering U.S. foreign policy in the region? We will be joined by BBC's Kim Ghattas, independent journalist Reese Erlich and Inter Press Service's Emad Mackey. 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:

Kim Khattas, the BBC State Department correspondent

Emad Mackey, a reporter for Inter Press Service based in Cairo.

Reese Erlich, a veteran journalist who has reported for a variety of print and radio outlets including San Francisco Chronicle, and National Public Radio

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Why are so many people in the Gulf region getting sick?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with toxicologist Riki Ott about the human health epidemic she is witnessing in the Gulf since the BP oil disaster. How much (or how little) do we know about the health effects of oil and dispersants? How much is being covered up? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. The EPA says dispersants are safe. So what explains the rise in health problems? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Riki Ott, marine biologist, toxicologist, and author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Robin Young, co-founder of Guardians of the Gulf in Orange Beach, Alabama

Dr. Rodney Soto, physician in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

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