On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing how the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill will benefit families and children. The bill includes a historic measure of expanding the Child Tax Credit and making it a monthly payment. Low-income families would be the biggest beneficiaries. Today, four in 10 children in the US live in households that struggle to afford basic expenses. Advocates say it’s the most far-reaching anti-poverty legislation in more than 50 years. What questions do you have about the child allowance and what will it take to make it permanent?

On this edition of Your Call, Adam Jentleson discusses his new book, Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy. Jentleson says the Senate has become one of the greatest threats to US democracy.A tenacious minority of white conservatives are using the filibuster to block the majority from passing popular legislation. For much of its history, the filibuster was used to prevent civil rights legislation from becoming law. He says unless we drastically reform the Senate’s rules and practices — starting with the filibuster — we face the prospect of permanent minority rule.

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we are discussing the impact of climate change on butterfly populations. According to a new study published in the journal Science, over the past four decades, more than 450 butterfly species have declined at an average rate of nearly two percent a year.

On this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, we're discussing the pandemic in South Africa, which has had 51,110 deaths and 1.53 million cases. The Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism reports that the AstraZeneca vaccine doesn't offer enough protection against mild to moderate COVID caused by the South African variant.

On this edition of Your Call, we get an update from Uncuffed, KALW's audio journalism program in San Quentin and Solano prisons. March 11 marks one year since California prisons closed to visitors due to the pandemic.

On this edition of Your Call, economics commentator Grace Blakeley discusses her new book, The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism. She asks: if the state could afford to spend billions bailing out the country's wealthy bankers, then why shouldn't it provide free higher education, housing, and healthcare when the crisis ends?

On this edition of Your Call, we're taking your questions about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in California and discussing vaccine efficacy against variants. California, a state with almost 40 million residents, has now administered more than 10.5 million doses.

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we're speaking with environmental activist Catherine Coleman Flowers about her new book, Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret.

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing the new FRONTLINE documentary, Yemen's COVID Cover-Up, which focuses on how the coronavirus pandemic has deepened the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.

On this edition of Your Call, we're getting an update on California’s vaccine rollout. On Monday, Blue Shield took over the state’s distribution program. They say they plan to vaccinate four million people a week by the end of the month.President Biden says there will be enough vaccine supply for every adult in the US by the end of May. What questions do you have about getting vaccinated?