Your Call

On this edition of Your Call, we discuss a 60 Minutes investigation that found military contractors like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon overcharge the Pentagon on almost everything the Department of Defense buys each year.

Almost half of this year’s largest-ever $842 billion dollar military budget will go to defense contractors. A bipartisan group of Senators are calling on the Defense Department to launch an investigation into the long history of price gouging.

Sea otters are important to coastal ecosystems, but they are missing from a huge chunk of the North Pacific coastline. The CBD wants to reintroduce them.

Since 2015, right-wing US evangelical groups that "share an anti-LGBTIQ, anti-abortion agenda" have spent over $20M in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Byline Times.

Republican politicians in 46 states have introduced more than 650 anti-LGBTQ bills this year. How are the media covering growing attacks on trans communities?

On this edition of Your Call, we discuss the Local Legends program featured at this year's Frameline’s LGBTQ+ film festival in San Francisco.

Local Legends features documentaries about Jewelle Gomez, a trailblazing lesbian writer and activist, and Anjali Rimi, an Indian immigrant trans activist who followed her passion for social justice to San Francisco.

On this edition of Your Call, we discuss how growing attacks and bans on gender affirming care are affecting LGBTQ youth, especially those struggling with homelessness and mental health issues.

Around 40% of young people experiencing homelessness identify as LGBTQ, and providers told USA Today that more than half of homeless LGBTQ youths say they have been forced onto the streets because of hostility or abuse from parents over their gender identity or sexual orientation.

What resources are available for those who are struggling?

On this edition of Your Call, we have an intergenerational conversation with youth and elder LGBTQ activists.

We’ll discuss the gains that have been made, and where we are today with growing attacks on the community, including the targeting of transgender youth, bans on drag shows and gender affirming care, and more. Lawmakers in 46 states have introduced more than 650 anti-LGBTQ bills in this year alone, according to a report by the Movement Advancement Project.

How are activists fighting back against rising hate and violence targeting their community?

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the world’s most endangered whale species. They are approaching extinction with fewer than 350 remaining.

Since 2018, the Department of Labor has documented a 69 percent increase in children who were employed illegally across industries.

In a surprise victory for Native nations, the Supreme Court preserved the ICWA, which protects the well-being and best interests of Indian children and their families.