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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California lawmakers approved a budget that eliminates $78 million in funding for mental health phone lines. What will this mean for these essential services? -
CrosscurrentsRose Aguilar is the host of KALW’s “Your Call.” She shared some of her personal caregiving experiences, along with some advice for the event participants, on how to navigate their own journeys with caregiving. -
California's budget could eliminate funding for the Parents Anonymous’ California Parent & Youth Helpline, which has helped hundreds of thousands across the state. -
The 19th's Errin Haines writes: The Black women I talk to said they are being strategic about what their resistance looks like now, preparing for a long fight ahead. -
Last week, children with disabilities and their parents were on Capitol Hill telling Republicans that Medicaid cuts would be devastating. -
Activists say the budget, which includes $200 million in nonprofit funding cuts over two years, threatens to gut everything from violence prevention to food security. -
We get the latest on Israel bombing Iran, Iran retaliating, and the Trump administration's announcement that it bombed three nuclear sites in Iran. -
On June 12, House Republicans voted to eliminate $1.1B in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The bill now moves to the Senate. -
More than 45 million people are caring for a loved one with little to no financial help. As the population ages, this crisis is only growing. What solutions are needed? -
On today's Your Call, we're opening the lines to find out what you want us to cover and discuss during these unprecedented times.
