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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In the most anticipated race of the night, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in the Michigan Senate Democratic primary. AIPAC spent $31M supporting Stevens. -
Trump made over $2.2 billion in his first year back in office, while 49 percent of US families report that they can’t afford basic necessities, according to the Urban Institute. -
In her new podcast, First America, Rebecca Nagle reveals how the founders’ treatment of Native nations shaped the foundation for American democracy and authoritarianism. -
In her new podcast, First America, Rebecca Nagle reveals how the founders’ treatment of Native nations shaped the foundation for American democracy and authoritarianism. -
A new report reveals that oil and gas companies knew by the mid-1970s that methane fueled climate change while peddling the myth of "clean" natural gas. -
On Friday, Trump ordered warning signs installed outside of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History due in part to its depiction of Native American history. -
We discuss coverage of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and what it reveals about the state of the corporate media under the Trump regime. -
As the US war with Iran enters its sixth month, US and Iranian strikes and counterstrikes have intensified, fueling fears of further escalation. -
The GOP cut SNAP by nearly $187 billion through 2034, the largest cut to the program in history. The 4.5 million who have lost benefits includes 1.5 million children. -
The big five military contractors – which receive about a third of the DOD’s annual contracts – are making billions from Trump’s attacks on Iran and other countries.
