Rose Aguilar
Host, Your CallRose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.
Rose has written for Al Jazeera English, The Guardian, Truthout, The Nation, and AlterNet. In 2014, Flyaway Productions turned her Nation cover story about older homeless women into a dance performance.
She's a member of the Native American Journalists Association and mentor-editor for The OpEd Project, an organization that works to increase the range of voices we hear in the media.
In 2005, Rose took a six-month road trip through the so-called red states to learn about why people vote the way they do (or not). She wrote about her journey in Red Highways: A Journey into the Heartland.
Before joining KALW, Rose published a newsletter about women's issues and was a reporter and weekend host for CNET Radio, where she covered technology's impact on society. In college, she ran the TV and radio news departments and DJ'd a heavy metal show.
Rose's interests include hiking, vegan living, live music, and spending as much time underwater as possible.
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Professor John Powell argues that the most radical act we can take is to build broad, multiracial political alliances that cross ideological and cultural differences. -
My dad's involvement with The Miracle League changed his life and taught him about the power of inclusion and advocacy for people with disabilities. -
What lessons can we learn from Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement in the fight for climate and racial justice? -
Governor Walz said, "News reports simply don’t do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities." -
Despite an internet blackout, videos from Iran reveal a brutal crackdown that has killed thousands, put tens of thousands at risk, and left many seriously injured. -
As protests increase across the US and another person is shot by a federal agent in Minnesota, the Trump Administration has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act. -
There have been nearly 23,000 book bans in public schools nationwide since 2021. Librarians are fighting censorship and standing for the right to read. -
On average, one Palestinian child has been killed every hour by Israeli forces over 23 months of war. What does the future hold for the children of Gaza and their families? -
This year, we'll continue to focus on issues like the oil industry, Trump’s anti-climate policies, and how communities are mobilizing to fight climate change. -
This year, we'll spend more time on positive topics, like universal childcare in New Mexico and groups doing important work in our communities. What do you want to hear?
