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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Voting rights attorney David Walbert says Trump is doing everything possible to rig the midterms for Republicans. What can people do to ensure their votes are counted? -
California has returned over 100,000 acres of land to Native tribes and plans to return at least 7.5 million more. How are tribes stewarding this land? -
ProPublica investigations reveal that despite intense White House pressure, only a few dozen noncitizens have been prosecuted for voting, with even fewer convictions. -
The new documentary, ‘American Doctor,’ follows the journey of three US doctors from saving lives in Gaza to fighting for the patients and colleagues they left behind. -
In her new book, Dr. Blair LM Kelley reveals how Black communities have gathered to honor freedom, resilience, and the ongoing struggle for true liberation for 150 years. -
A recent investigation by Grist reveals how unverified claims of Indigenous identity can have serious consequences for Indigenous peoples and climate action. -
The UN’s World Food Programme reports that one in three Afghans is facing acute food insecurity with millions of lacking access to basic needs. -
Mother Jones reports that Salus, CSI, and GEO, which are profiting from Trump's immigration crackdown, are fighting over portions of the Trump-era deportation industry. -
Yesterday, residents, advocates, and community leaders held a rally outside the Sixth Street Self-Help Center in SOMA to call on SF Mayor Lurie to reconsider the closure. -
After 20 years of providing services to unhoused people in SOMA, Mayor Lurie is closing the center as a part of his plan to "revitalize" the Sixth Street corridor.
