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4:09pm

Wed June 27, 2012
Your Call: Special Edition

Your Call: Special Edition

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the challenge to the healthcare reform bill, what questions do you have about the Court’s decision?  What do you want to know about how it will affect your access to medical care – and the future of health care locally and nationally?  Where does the movement for healthcare for all go next?  Join host Rose Aguilar for a special broadcast on Your Call on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act, Thursday at 11am.  Participate by calling in to 866-798-8255.

5:08pm

Mon June 25, 2012
Health, Science, Environment

Volunteers and private funding keeping some parks open

Credit http://www.parks.ca.gov/

Just 47 miles north of San Francisco, a country road winds through the small town of Glen Ellen, where a sign directs you to Jack London State Historic Park.

Bob Ruether is a docent at the park. He guides me along trails lined with ancient manzanita trees, where everything is still. It’s like walking through a painting. The air is damp from an early morning rain. Down a hill a group of teenage boys from a halfway house pull out sandwiches and sit at a bench with their teacher.

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10:46pm

Sun June 24, 2012
Health, Science, Environment

Today on Your Call: Who’s profiting from pink ribbon campaigns?

Credit UPI/Kevin Dietsch

On today's Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about the documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc. Every year, billions of dollars are raised to put an end to breast cancer. Countless women and men walk, bike, climb and shop for the cure. Where does the money go and what does it achieve? Join us at 10am PST or leave a comment here.  Have you participated in pink ribbon campaigns and cancer walks? Do you know how your money is spent? It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar you.

Guests:

Ravida Din, producer of Pink Ribbons, Inc.

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