Your Call

On this edition of Your Call, we're getting an update on a COVID-19 vaccine. According to The New York Times' vaccine tracker, more than 165 vaccines are being developed, but only 32 are currently in human trials, while eight have made it to Phase 3 trials.

On this edition of Your Call, we’re discussing escalating protests against the SF Giants. Unemployed Oracle ballpark workers say the SF Giants refuse to negotiate as they struggle to make ends meet. About 1,000 concession workers with UNITE HERE Local 2 are employed by the Bon Appetit Management Company, the Giants’ food service subcontractor. UNITE HERE says the SF Giants are worth $3.1 billion and their billionaire owners will continue to profit as the baseball season continues without fans or

On this edition of Your Call's One Planet series, we're discussing the impacts of sea level rise and extreme coastal flooding on communities of color and low-income residents living near hundreds of hazardous waste sites in the US.

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we're discussing the rise in deadly attacks against environmental activists around the world. According to Global Witness, 212 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2019, making it the deadliest year on record. Governments around the world, from the US to the Philippines, have used the COVID crisis to strengthen draconian measures to control citizens and roll back hard fought environmental regulations. Agribusiness, oil, gas, and mining

On this edition of Your Call’s media roundtable, we're getting an update on wildfires raging across the state of California. So far, they’ve consumed more than 124,000 acres across Sonoma, Lake, Napa, Yolo and Solano counties, destroying more than 100 structures and threatening 25,000 others. Thousands have fled their homes.

On this edition of Your Call, we’ll learn more about last weekend’s rolling blackouts in California as temperatures broke records. We haven’t had blackouts since 2001, so why now? California's Independent System Operator decides when and where the blackouts occur. What do we need to know about this organization?

On this edition of Your Call, we’re getting an update on COVID-19 as the US death toll passed 170,000 this week. Six months in and we still don’t have a national plan.

On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing COVID’s ongoing effects on food, housing, and employment. 29 million adults say their household didn’t have enough to eat in the last week, one in five renters are now behind on rent, and 40 million people face eviction.

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet series, we're discussing the environmental and health impacts of hundreds of chemical and oil industry plants on those who live along a polluted stretch of the Mississippi River. Residents refer to the region as 'Cancer Alley' or 'Death Alley.' We'll also talk about their fight to stop the plastics company Formosa from building a $9.4 billion petrochemical complex on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. James, Louisiana. Activists say the multi

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing the impacts of China’s national security law on Hong Kong. In recent weeks, independent media organizations have come under attack, activists have been arrested, and several have fled the country. What’s next for the territory?